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Experiences of supporting older persons in completion of an exercise and nutrition intervention: an interview study with nursing home staff.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The interactions between nursing home (NH) staff and their residents are crucial not only for the atmosphere at the NH but also for achieving care goals. In order to test the potential effects of daily physical activities (sit-to-stand (STS) exercises) combined with oral nutritional supplementation (ONS), a randomized intervention trial (the Older Person's Exercise and Nutrition (OPEN) Study) was performed in NH residents. One aspect of the study was to interview and report the NH staff's experiences of supporting the residents in fulfilling the intervention.

Methods

In this qualitative study, individual and focus group interviews were performed in eight NH facilities with NH staff who had assisted residents in performing the 12-week ONS/STS intervention. An interview guide developed for this study was used to assess staff experiences of the intervention and its feasibility. The transcribed interviews were analyzed inductively following a constant comparative method and with input from experts in the area, described in Grounded Theory as a reliable technique for researchers to form theory and hypothesis in unexplored areas.

Results

Three main themes relating to the health-promoting intervention emerged. These included: 1) insights into attitudes towards health in general and NH care specifically; 2) intervention-related challenges, frustrations and needs, and 3) aspects of collaboration and opportunities. The overarching hypothesis derived from the analysis reads: A health-promoting intervention such as the OPEN-concept has great potential for integration into NH life if a combined empathic and encouraging attitude, and a structure to keep it sustainable, are in place.

Conclusions

NH staff experienced the health-promoting intervention as a potentially positive concept, although it was suggested that it works best if introduced as a general routine in the unit and is integrated into the daily planning of care.

Trial registration

ClinicalTrials.govIdentifier: NCT02702037 . Date of trial registration February 26, 2016. The trial was registered prospectively.

SUBMITTER: Vikstrom S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7866449 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Experiences of supporting older persons in completion of an exercise and nutrition intervention: an interview study with nursing home staff.

Vikström S S Grönstedt H K HK Cederholm T T Franzén E E Faxén-Irving G G Seiger Å Å Boström A-M AM

BMC geriatrics 20210205 1

<h4>Background</h4>The interactions between nursing home (NH) staff and their residents are crucial not only for the atmosphere at the NH but also for achieving care goals. In order to test the potential effects of daily physical activities (sit-to-stand (STS) exercises) combined with oral nutritional supplementation (ONS), a randomized intervention trial (the Older Person's Exercise and Nutrition (OPEN) Study) was performed in NH residents. One aspect of the study was to interview and report th ...[more]

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