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Experiences of Active Everyday Life Among Persons with Prodromal Alzheimer’s Disease: A Qualitative Study

INTRODUCTION: Identifying strategies to prevent or delay cognitive decline among the rising numbers of elderly is acknowledged as a global public health priority. Research suggests that an active lifestyle in terms of participation in activities has the potential to reduce the risk of later-life cog...

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Autores principales: Fallahpour, Mandana, Fritz, Heather, Thunborg, Charlotta, Akenine, Ulrika, Kivipelto, Miia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9441142/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36068878
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S369878
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author Fallahpour, Mandana
Fritz, Heather
Thunborg, Charlotta
Akenine, Ulrika
Kivipelto, Miia
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Thunborg, Charlotta
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description INTRODUCTION: Identifying strategies to prevent or delay cognitive decline among the rising numbers of elderly is acknowledged as a global public health priority. Research suggests that an active lifestyle in terms of participation in activities has the potential to reduce the risk of later-life cognitive decline. The concept of “active everyday life”, however, needs to be further explored. AIM: The study aimed to explore and describe the active everyday lives of persons with prodromal Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in terms of quality of participation in activities and perceived restrictions. METHODS: This qualitative study was part of a larger project, the MIND-AD(MINI) trial. Nine in-depth interviews were conducted with seven participants (2 males, 5 females; mean age of 72.3) at baseline before the intervention. The data were collected from January to October 2018 and analyzed using the grounded theory approach. RESULTS: Four categories emerged from the analysis: (i) active body and mind; (ii) doing desired meaningful activities to feel engaged, contented, and satisfied; (iii) doing in the context of being connected to others; (iv) ability in making decisions and taking actions. From these categories, which presented the key elements of an active everyday life, a core category was identified: Living a complete life in flow. CONCLUSION: The findings suggest key elements of participation quality that contribute to an active life. The identified elements are important to be considered in rehabilitation to provide opportunities and possibilities for participation to enable and improve the quality of participation among persons with cognitive impairments.
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spelling pubmed-94411422022-09-05 Experiences of Active Everyday Life Among Persons with Prodromal Alzheimer’s Disease: A Qualitative Study Fallahpour, Mandana Fritz, Heather Thunborg, Charlotta Akenine, Ulrika Kivipelto, Miia J Multidiscip Healthc Original Research INTRODUCTION: Identifying strategies to prevent or delay cognitive decline among the rising numbers of elderly is acknowledged as a global public health priority. Research suggests that an active lifestyle in terms of participation in activities has the potential to reduce the risk of later-life cognitive decline. The concept of “active everyday life”, however, needs to be further explored. AIM: The study aimed to explore and describe the active everyday lives of persons with prodromal Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in terms of quality of participation in activities and perceived restrictions. METHODS: This qualitative study was part of a larger project, the MIND-AD(MINI) trial. Nine in-depth interviews were conducted with seven participants (2 males, 5 females; mean age of 72.3) at baseline before the intervention. The data were collected from January to October 2018 and analyzed using the grounded theory approach. RESULTS: Four categories emerged from the analysis: (i) active body and mind; (ii) doing desired meaningful activities to feel engaged, contented, and satisfied; (iii) doing in the context of being connected to others; (iv) ability in making decisions and taking actions. From these categories, which presented the key elements of an active everyday life, a core category was identified: Living a complete life in flow. CONCLUSION: The findings suggest key elements of participation quality that contribute to an active life. The identified elements are important to be considered in rehabilitation to provide opportunities and possibilities for participation to enable and improve the quality of participation among persons with cognitive impairments. Dove 2022-08-31 /pmc/articles/PMC9441142/ /pubmed/36068878 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S369878 Text en © 2022 Fallahpour et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) ). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php).
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title_short Experiences of Active Everyday Life Among Persons with Prodromal Alzheimer’s Disease: A Qualitative Study
title_sort experiences of active everyday life among persons with prodromal alzheimer’s disease: a qualitative study
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