TY - JOUR
T1 - Health promotion among older adults in Austria: a qualitative study
AU - Boggatz, T.
AU - Meinhart, C.M.
N1 - Cited By :12
Export Date: 14 December 2023
CODEN: JCCNE
Correspondence Address: Boggatz, T.; Division of Nursing, Austria; email: [email protected]
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PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Aims and objectives: To determine the types of attitudes to health promotion among older Austrians. Background: Health promotion in old age becomes increasingly important in the current period of demographic transition. Interventions are likely to be successful if they take the attitude of older persons into consideration. There may be several types of attitudes to health promotion among older adults. Design: Cross-sectional qualitative study. Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted in a purposive sample consisting of 36 home-dwelling older persons from local communities in the federal province of Salzburg, Austria. Data were analysed using qualitative content analysis according to Mayring and subsequent construction of types. Results: There are three main types of attitudes to health promotion. ‘Health promoters through everyday activities’ considered domestic work and walks to be sufficient in keeping up their health. Fitness-oriented persons practised sports of some type. Users of complementary methods practised such methods to some degree. These types of attitudes could be further differentiated according to their outcome expectations. In addition to benefits for health, socialising was also an important outcome. Physical decline may reduce a fitness-oriented attitude, whereas encouragement by others may trigger it. Conclusion: Older adults have various attitudes to health promotion, but these are not immutable. Relevance to clinical practice: Health promotion programmes that are not restricted to a narrow focus on health but provide the opportunity to socialise may support older adults in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. © 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd
AB - Aims and objectives: To determine the types of attitudes to health promotion among older Austrians. Background: Health promotion in old age becomes increasingly important in the current period of demographic transition. Interventions are likely to be successful if they take the attitude of older persons into consideration. There may be several types of attitudes to health promotion among older adults. Design: Cross-sectional qualitative study. Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted in a purposive sample consisting of 36 home-dwelling older persons from local communities in the federal province of Salzburg, Austria. Data were analysed using qualitative content analysis according to Mayring and subsequent construction of types. Results: There are three main types of attitudes to health promotion. ‘Health promoters through everyday activities’ considered domestic work and walks to be sufficient in keeping up their health. Fitness-oriented persons practised sports of some type. Users of complementary methods practised such methods to some degree. These types of attitudes could be further differentiated according to their outcome expectations. In addition to benefits for health, socialising was also an important outcome. Physical decline may reduce a fitness-oriented attitude, whereas encouragement by others may trigger it. Conclusion: Older adults have various attitudes to health promotion, but these are not immutable. Relevance to clinical practice: Health promotion programmes that are not restricted to a narrow focus on health but provide the opportunity to socialise may support older adults in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. © 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd
KW - aged
KW - attitude to health
KW - health promotion
KW - qualitative research
KW - adult
KW - Austria
KW - clinical article
KW - clinical practice
KW - content analysis
KW - daily life activity
KW - expectation
KW - human
KW - human tissue
KW - lifestyle
KW - promoter region
KW - purposive sample
KW - semi structured interview
KW - sport
KW - cross-sectional study
KW - female
KW - geriatric assessment
KW - health behavior
KW - health education
KW - male
KW - procedures
KW - social behavior
KW - Adult
KW - Aged
KW - Attitude to Health
KW - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW - Female
KW - Geriatric Assessment
KW - Health Behavior
KW - Health Education
KW - Health Promotion
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Qualitative Research
KW - Social Behavior
U2 - 10.1111/jocn.13603
DO - 10.1111/jocn.13603
M3 - Article
SN - 0962-1067
VL - 26
SP - 1106
EP - 1118
JO - Journal of Clinical Nursing
JF - Journal of Clinical Nursing
IS - 7-8
ER -
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being