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Older adults, physical activity and the internet: Exploring their behaviours, beliefs and opinions
Mouton, Alexandre; Cloes, Marc
2014In International Journal of Physical Education, 51 (1), p. 18-29
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Keywords :
Physical activity promotion; Internet-based intervention; Older adults; Home-exercising
Abstract :
[en] Despite the numerous health benefits, population physical activity (PA) levels are low and decline with age. As the population grows older, with some major implications in terms of public health cost, innovative interventions to promote PA in older adults are of major interest. The Internet holds potential for delivering effective PA interventions and older adults are the largest-growing group of Internet users. Therefore, the main purpose of this study was to explore the older adults’ behaviours, beliefs and opinions about PA and Internet. At baseline, 75 older adults participated in the two stages of the study: (1) an assessment of their behaviours and beliefs about PA and web-based PA promotion; and (2) the experimentation of a single session of home-exercising followed by an interview regarding their opinion on this session. Results exposed that a minority of the participants were regularly active according to the stage of change for PA. Depending on their knowledge of PA, participants mainly perceived social and health aspects as barriers or motivators for their practice of PA. Senior adults considered home-exercising delivered via the Internet sufficiently relevant, acceptable, original, appreciated and reproducible only if it goes along with a reinforced social support and a community-centred PA promotion.
Disciplines :
Education & instruction
Author, co-author :
Mouton, Alexandre  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Centre interfacultaire de formation des enseignants (CIFEN)
Cloes, Marc ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la motricité > Intervention et gestion en activités physiques et sportives
Language :
English
Title :
Older adults, physical activity and the internet: Exploring their behaviours, beliefs and opinions
Publication date :
March 2014
Journal title :
International Journal of Physical Education
ISSN :
0341-8685
Publisher :
Karl Hofmann Verlag, Aachen, Germany
Volume :
51
Issue :
1
Pages :
18-29
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
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