@article{ref1,
title="Older adult perceptions of participation in group- and home-based falls prevention exercise",
journal="Journal of aging and physical activity",
year="2015",
author="Robins, Lauren M. and Hill, Keith D. and Day, Lesley and Clemson, Lindy and Clemson, Caroline and Finch, Caroline and Haines, Terry",
volume="24",
number="3",
pages="350-362",
abstract="This paper describes why older adults begin, continue and discontinue group- and home-based falls prevention exercise and benefits and barriers to participation. Telephone surveys were used to collect data for 394 respondents. Most respondents reported not participating in group- (66%) or home-based (78%) falls prevention exercise recently. Reasons for starting group-based falls prevention exercise include health benefits (23-39%), health professional recommendation (13-19%) and social interaction (4-16%). They discontinued because the program finished (44%) or due to poor health (20%). Commonly reported benefits were social interaction (41-67%) and health (15-31%). Disliking groups was the main barrier (2-14%). Home-based falls prevention exercise was started for rehabilitation (46-63%) or upon health professional recommendation (22-48%) and stopped due to recovery (30%). Improvement in health (18-46%) was the main benefit. These findings could assist health professionals in prescribing group-based falls prevention exercise by considering characteristics of older adults who perceive social interaction to be beneficial.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1063-8652",
doi="10.1123/japa.2015-0133",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/japa.2015-0133"
}