Factors That Influence Physical Activity in Individuals With Down Syndrome: Perspectives of Guardians and Health Professionals.

IF 1.7 3区医学 Q2 REHABILITATION

Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-02-08 Print Date: 2023-10-01 DOI:10.1123/apaq.2022-0103

Emma E Schultz, Katerina Sergi, Gregg Twietmeyer, Nicolas M Oreskovic, Stamatis Agiovlasitis

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Abstract

Identifying factors that influence physical activity (PA) among individuals with Down syndrome is essential for PA promotion. Insight can be gained from guardians and health professionals. The purpose of this study was to explore the perspectives of guardians and health professionals on facilitators and barriers of PA in individuals with Down syndrome. Interviews were conducted with 11 guardians (five mothers, four fathers, and two legal guardians) and 11 professionals (four PA specialists, three physical therapists, and four occupational therapists). Grounded theory was applied. Barriers and facilitators fit the levels of the ecological model of health behavior: (a) intrapersonal (perceived rewards), (b) interpersonal (interaction), (c) community (availability of programs), (d) organizational (school systems), and (e) policy (education). Guardians and professionals agreed on the importance of enjoyment, interaction, and programs to promote PA. Differences between groups were identified at the organizational and policy levels. PA in persons with Down syndrome is influenced by interactions between individual and environmental factors.

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影响唐氏综合征患者体育活动的因素：监护人和卫生专业人员的观点。

在唐氏综合征患者中识别影响体育活动的因素对于促进体育活动至关重要。可以从监护人和卫生专业人员那里获得见解。本研究的目的是探讨监护人和卫生专业人员对唐氏综合征患者PA的促进因素和障碍的看法。对11名监护人（5名母亲、4名父亲和2名法定监护人）和11名专业人员（4名PA专家、3名物理治疗师和4名职业治疗师）进行了访谈。应用了有根据的理论。障碍和促进者符合健康行为生态模型的水平：（a）个人内部（感知奖励），（b）人际关系（互动），（c）社区（项目可用性），（d）组织（学校系统），以及（e）政策（教育）。监护人和专业人士一致认为享受、互动和促进PA的计划的重要性。在组织和政策层面发现了群体之间的差异。唐氏综合征患者的PA受到个体因素和环境因素之间相互作用的影响。

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Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly 医学-康复医学

CiteScore

3.00

自引率

10.50%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： APAQ is an international, peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary journal designed to stimulate and communicate scholarly inquiry relating to physical activity that is adapted in order to enable and enhance performance and participation in people with disability. Physical activity implies fine, gross, functional, and interpretive movement including physical education, recreation, exercise, sport, and dance. The focus of adaptation may be the activity or task that is to be performed, environment and facilities, equipment, instructional methodology, and/or rules governing the performance setting. Among the populations considered are persons with motor, intellectual, sensory, and mental or other disabilities across the life span. Disciplines from which scholarship to this aim may originate include, but are not limited to, physical education, teacher preparation, human development, motor behavior and learning, biomechanics, exercise and sport physiology, and exercise and sport psychology. Scientific inquiry may originate from quantitative or qualitative inquiry, as well as from multimethod designs.