Sistema de Salut de Catalunya
Institut Català de la Salut
[Canet-Vélez O] Facultat Ciències de la Salut Blanquerna, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain. Research Group Global Health, Gender and Society (GHenderS), Barcelona, Spain. [Solis-Navarro L] Programa de Doctorat-Facultat Ciències de la Salut Blanquerna, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain. Global Research on Wellbeing (GRoW), Barcelona, Spain. [Sitjà-Rabert M] Facultat Ciències de la Salut Blanquerna, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain. Global Research on Wellbeing (GRoW), Barcelona, Spain. [Pérez LM, Soto-Bagaria L] Grup de Recerca en Envelliment, Fragilitat i Transicions a Barcelona (REFiTBcn), Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain. Parc Sanitari Pere Virgili, Barcelona, Spain. [Roca J] Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain. Health Care Research Group (GRECS), Biomedical Research Institute of Lleida, Lleida, Spain. Health Education, Nursing, Sustainability and Innovation Research Group (GREISI), University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain. [Inzitari M] Grup de Recerca en Envelliment, Fragilitat i Transicions a Barcelona (REFiTBcn), Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain. Parc Sanitari Pere Virgili, Barcelona, Spain. Faculty of Health Sciences and eHealth Center, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), Barcelona, Spain
Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus
2023-05-02T10:54:11Z
2023-05-02T10:54:11Z
2023-03-30
Exercise; Exercise implementation programme; Frailty
Ejercicio; Programa de ejecución de ejercicios; Fragilidad
Exercici; Programa d'execució d'exercicis; Fragilitat
Introduction: The +AGIL Barcelona programme is a multicomponent care intervention for frail older adults (FOAs) living in the community. To improve the programme, it is essential to investigate the experience of all participants. Our objective was to explore the perspective of FOA and professionals about the barriers, facilitators, and improvement elements of the development of the +AGIL Barcelona programme. Qualitative descriptive approach. Were included FOA and professionals who participated in the +AGIL Barcelona programme. Methods: Three focus groups and four interviews were conducted. These were analyzed following the qualitative method of content analysis. The criteria of scientific rigor of credibility, dependence, and transferability were ensured throughout the study. Results: Three themes and seven sub-themes were developed: facilitators (positive experience and perceived benefits), barriers (self-perceived health status, digital divide, and continuity of the programme at home), and improvements elements (programme continuity and adaptation of technology). All the participants felt satisfied, highlighting aspects such as interpersonal relationships and social contact, face-to-face sessions guided by a physiotherapist, and the functional improvement achieved. Some of the difficulties were the self-perception of frailty, the need for technological support, and continuing the exercise programme at home. Conclusion: The FOA who participated in the +AGIL Barcelona programme perceived direct benefits for their health and physical condition due to the development of self-confidence by being able to perform physical exercise despite their baseline condition, and the professionals experienced an improvement in the quality of care due to work in a multidisciplinary team.
This study was partially supported by Subvencions de L'institut de Cultura de Barcelona per a Projectes de Recerca i Innovació del Pla Barcelona Ciència 2019 (ID 19S01576-006).
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Exercici; Persones grans; PHENOMENA AND PROCESSES::Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena::Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena::Movement::Motor Activity::Exercise; NAMED GROUPS::Persons::Age Groups::Adult::Aged::Frail Elderly; FENÓMENOS Y PROCESOS::fenómenos fisiológicos nerviosos y musculoesqueléticos::fenómenos fisiológicos musculoesqueléticos::movimiento::actividad motora::ejercicio físico; DENOMINACIONES DE GRUPOS::personas::Grupos de Edad::adulto::anciano::personas mayores frágiles
Frontiers Media
Frontiers in Public Health;11
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1161883
Attribution 4.0 International
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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