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Factors Related to Preventive Behaviors against a Decline in Physical Fitness among Community-Dwelling Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study

Older adults face the concern of developing frailty and sarcopenia due to an inactive lifestyle during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This study aimed to reveal the preventive behaviors taken by older adults who perceived a decline in physical fitness during COVID-19 and analyze t...

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Autores principales: Kimura, Yumi, Akasaka, Hiroshi, Takahashi, Toshihito, Yasumoto, Saori, Kamide, Kei, Ikebe, Kazunori, Kabayama, Mai, Kasuga, Ayaka, Rakugi, Hiromi, Gondo, Yasuyuki
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9141717/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35627545
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19106008
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author Kimura, Yumi
Akasaka, Hiroshi
Takahashi, Toshihito
Yasumoto, Saori
Kamide, Kei
Ikebe, Kazunori
Kabayama, Mai
Kasuga, Ayaka
Rakugi, Hiromi
Gondo, Yasuyuki
author_facet Kimura, Yumi
Akasaka, Hiroshi
Takahashi, Toshihito
Yasumoto, Saori
Kamide, Kei
Ikebe, Kazunori
Kabayama, Mai
Kasuga, Ayaka
Rakugi, Hiromi
Gondo, Yasuyuki
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description Older adults face the concern of developing frailty and sarcopenia due to an inactive lifestyle during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This study aimed to reveal the preventive behaviors taken by older adults who perceived a decline in physical fitness during COVID-19 and analyze the background factors which promoted such behaviors using a qualitative study design in 2020. The participants were recruited through the cohort study of Japanese older adults who were aged 79–81 and had not been diagnosed with sarcopenia previously in 2019 and perceived their physical fitness to have declined during the pandemic. The interviews of 19 participants were analyzed using thematic analysis. The participants engaged in five types of preventive behaviors to counter declining physical fitness: “walking”, “exercising at home”, “improving daily diet”, “maintaining a daily routine”, and “taking a good rest”. Four themes were extracted pertaining to backgrounds of such preventive behaviors: “feeling anxiety and mental pressure”, “available networks with family and neighbors”, “prior experiences of behaviors”, and “access to information”. Anxiety due to lifestyle changes during the pandemic was the primary reason for the behaviors. This study can be a useful guide for undertaking possible measures to prevent frailty during future pandemics.
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spelling pubmed-91417172022-05-28 Factors Related to Preventive Behaviors against a Decline in Physical Fitness among Community-Dwelling Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study Kimura, Yumi Akasaka, Hiroshi Takahashi, Toshihito Yasumoto, Saori Kamide, Kei Ikebe, Kazunori Kabayama, Mai Kasuga, Ayaka Rakugi, Hiromi Gondo, Yasuyuki Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Older adults face the concern of developing frailty and sarcopenia due to an inactive lifestyle during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This study aimed to reveal the preventive behaviors taken by older adults who perceived a decline in physical fitness during COVID-19 and analyze the background factors which promoted such behaviors using a qualitative study design in 2020. The participants were recruited through the cohort study of Japanese older adults who were aged 79–81 and had not been diagnosed with sarcopenia previously in 2019 and perceived their physical fitness to have declined during the pandemic. The interviews of 19 participants were analyzed using thematic analysis. The participants engaged in five types of preventive behaviors to counter declining physical fitness: “walking”, “exercising at home”, “improving daily diet”, “maintaining a daily routine”, and “taking a good rest”. Four themes were extracted pertaining to backgrounds of such preventive behaviors: “feeling anxiety and mental pressure”, “available networks with family and neighbors”, “prior experiences of behaviors”, and “access to information”. Anxiety due to lifestyle changes during the pandemic was the primary reason for the behaviors. This study can be a useful guide for undertaking possible measures to prevent frailty during future pandemics. MDPI 2022-05-15 /pmc/articles/PMC9141717/ /pubmed/35627545 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19106008 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Kimura, Yumi
Akasaka, Hiroshi
Takahashi, Toshihito
Yasumoto, Saori
Kamide, Kei
Ikebe, Kazunori
Kabayama, Mai
Kasuga, Ayaka
Rakugi, Hiromi
Gondo, Yasuyuki
Factors Related to Preventive Behaviors against a Decline in Physical Fitness among Community-Dwelling Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study
title Factors Related to Preventive Behaviors against a Decline in Physical Fitness among Community-Dwelling Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study
title_full Factors Related to Preventive Behaviors against a Decline in Physical Fitness among Community-Dwelling Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study
title_fullStr Factors Related to Preventive Behaviors against a Decline in Physical Fitness among Community-Dwelling Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study
title_full_unstemmed Factors Related to Preventive Behaviors against a Decline in Physical Fitness among Community-Dwelling Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study
title_short Factors Related to Preventive Behaviors against a Decline in Physical Fitness among Community-Dwelling Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study
title_sort factors related to preventive behaviors against a decline in physical fitness among community-dwelling older adults during the covid-19 pandemic: a qualitative study
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9141717/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35627545
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19106008
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