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Turning disability into ability: barriers and facilitators to initiating and maintaining exercise among older men living with HIV.

ABSTRACT: Physical activity reduces the risk for comorbidities, but little is known about barriers to exercise among older adults living with HIV. Three focus groups were conducted among 19 adults living with HIV, aged???50 years, who were enrolled in or recently completed a supervised exercise intervention. Sessions were recorded, transcribed, and coded first using inductive methods. All participants were male, and the majority were white, non-Hispanic; 53% were receiving disability benefits. All had suppressed HIV infection on antiretroviral therapy, with almost 20 years since HIV diagnosis. Participants noted a lack of self-efficacy, motivation, and physical limitations that contributed to a sense of "disability" as barriers to exercise prior to the intervention. Through social support and improvements in self-efficacy, participants were motivated to start and continue exercising. Perceived sense of disability may impede (or interfere with) exercise initiation and maintenance; self-efficacy and social support may facilitate exercise maintenance in older adults living with HIV.

SUBMITTER: Neff HA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6318073 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Turning disability into ability: barriers and facilitators to initiating and maintaining exercise among older men living with HIV.

Neff Hadlai A HA Kellar-Guenther Yvonne Y Jankowski Catherine M CM Worthington Carly C McCandless Sean A SA Jones Jacqueline J Erlandson Kristine M KM

AIDS care 20180703 2

Physical activity reduces the risk for comorbidities, but little is known about barriers to exercise among older adults living with HIV. Three focus groups were conducted among 19 adults living with HIV, aged ≥ 50 years, who were enrolled in or recently completed a supervised exercise intervention. Sessions were recorded, transcribed, and coded first using inductive methods. All participants were male, and the majority were white, non-Hispanic; 53% were receiving disability benefits. All had sup ...[more]

PMID: 29968493

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Project description:Introduction/purposeDue to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, many in-person cancer exercise and rehabilitation programs necessarily transitioned to virtual formats to meet the needs of individuals living with and beyond cancer. The purpose of this study was to qualitatively assess program-level facilitators and barriers to virtual exercise program implementation and to identify preferred strategies to overcome implementation barriers.MethodsUS-based virtual cancer exercise and rehabilitation programs were recruited from professional networks via an emailed screening questionnaire. Eligible programs identified a point of contact for a 1:1 semi-structured interview to discuss program-level barriers and facilitators to implementing virtual exercise programs. Interview transcript analysis was conducted via inductive coding techniques using NVivo software. Barriers were categorized according to the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research and a prioritized list of strategies to support implementation was created by mapping barriers to a list of Expert Recommendations for Implementing Change.ResultsOf the 41 unique responses received, 24 program representatives completed semi-structured interviews. Interviewees represented individual programs, community-based programs, and hospital-based cancer exercise/rehabilitation programs. Analysis showed high correlation between facilitators and barriers by program type, with both program- and individual-level strategies used to implement exercise programs virtually. Strategies that ranked highest to support implementation include promoting program adaptability, building a coalition of stakeholders and identifying program champions, developing an implementation blueprint, altering organizational incentives and allowances, providing education across stakeholder groups, and accessing funding.ConclusionsLearning from the transition of cancer exercise and rehabilitation programs to virtual formats due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we identify program-level barriers and facilitators encountered in the implementation of virtual programs and highlight implementation strategies that are most relevant to overcome common barriers. We present a roadmap for programs to use these strategies for future work in virtual exercise and rehabilitation program implementation.

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Turning disability into ability: barriers and facilitators to initiating and maintaining exercise among older men living with HIV.

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Turning disability into ability: barriers and facilitators to initiating and maintaining exercise among older men living with HIV.

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