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Fear, coping and support- from the perspective of children aged 10-17-year old having acute lymphoblastic leukemia. 从 10-17 岁急性淋巴细胞白血病患儿的角度看恐惧、应对和支持。

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International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-02-07 DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2024.2310147

Ingela Leibring, Annica Kihlgren, Agneta Anderzén Carlsson

{"title":"Fear, coping and support- from the perspective of children aged 10-17-year old having acute lymphoblastic leukemia.","authors":"Ingela Leibring, Annica Kihlgren, Agneta Anderzén Carlsson","doi":"10.1080/17482631.2024.2310147","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17482631.2024.2310147","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: To describe experiences of fear, coping, and support in 10-17-year-old children under treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL).Methods: A longitudinal descriptive qualitative design was adopted. Ten children participated in one to three interviews each (24 interviews in all). Interviews were analysed using a matrix-based qualitative method.Results: The variety of fears described related to uncertainty, pain and medical procedures, bodily changes and loss of control, complications, professionals' attitudes, affected school results, and social isolation. Children used various strategies to deal with fear: some more general, to cope with the whole situation, and others more related to specific events such as treatment and tests. The most reported strategies we labelled Accepting the situation, Positive thinking, and Being an active agent. Less favourable strategies were also reported. Health care professionals, families, and friends offered valuable, but different kinds of, support.Conclusions: Children aged 10 to 17 undergoing treatment for ALL experience various fears. Each experience is individual and changes over time, but there are common patterns. Most children used problem-solving or emotional-regulation strategies, but withdrawal was also reported. Even children who can deal with fear need support from their health care professionals, families, and friends.","PeriodicalId":51468,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being","volume":"19 1","pages":"2310147"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10851796/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139703986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Using a co-design methodological approach to optimize perioperative nursing care for older adult patients from ethnically diverse backgrounds: a study protocol. 使用共同设计方法优化对来自不同种族背景的老年患者的围手术期护理：研究方案。

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International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-05-06 DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2024.2349438

Charmaine G Bonus, Deborah Hatcher, Tiffany Northall, Jed Montayre

{"title":"Using a co-design methodological approach to optimize perioperative nursing care for older adult patients from ethnically diverse backgrounds: a study protocol.","authors":"Charmaine G Bonus, Deborah Hatcher, Tiffany Northall, Jed Montayre","doi":"10.1080/17482631.2024.2349438","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17482631.2024.2349438","url":null,"abstract":"This article outlines the use of a co-design methodological approach aimed at optimizing perioperative care experiences for ethnically diverse older adults and their family carers. The research involved three phases. In Phase 1, the foundation was established with the formation of a Core Advisory Group comprising key informants, including health consumers. This initial phase focused on forming relationships and conducting a literature review to inform subsequent stages of the research. Phase 2 progressed to data collection, where a qualitative survey on perioperative experiences was conducted. Semi-structured interviews were held with patients, their family carers, and perioperative staff. Phase 3 advanced the co-design process through a workshop involving patients, family carers, perioperative staff, and key stakeholders. Workshop participants collaborated on potential practice changes, proposing strategies for future clinical implementation. While data analysis and reporting for Phases 2 and 3 are forthcoming, the continued involvement of the Core Advisory Group ensures ongoing consensus-building on health consumer needs. This methodology article adopts a prospective stance, with findings to be presented in subsequent scholarly works. Use of this methodology will help to determine how the use of a co-design approach may impact the development of culturally responsive perioperative nursing care for those from ethnically diverse communities.","PeriodicalId":51468,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being","volume":"19 1","pages":"2349438"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11075656/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140858900","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Caring touch as communication in intensive care nursing: a qualitative study. 重症监护护理中作为交流的关爱抚摸：一项定性研究。

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International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-05-09 DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2024.2348891

Lise Sandnes, Lisbeth Uhrenfeldt

{"title":"Caring touch as communication in intensive care nursing: a qualitative study.","authors":"Lise Sandnes, Lisbeth Uhrenfeldt","doi":"10.1080/17482631.2024.2348891","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17482631.2024.2348891","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: This article describes intensive care nurses` experiences of using communicative caring touch as stroking the patient`s cheek or holding his hand. Our research question: \"What do intensive care nurses communicate through caring touch?\"Methods: In this qualitative hermeneutically based study data from two intensive care units at Norwegian hospitals are analysed. Eight specialist nurses shared experiences through individual, semi-structured interviews.Results: The main theme, Communicating safety and presence has four sub-themes: Amplified presence, Communicating security, trust and care, Creating and confirming relationships and Communicating openness to a deeper conversation. Communicative caring touch is offered from the nurse due to the patient`s needs. Caring touch communicates person-centred care, invites to relationship while respecting the patient's dignity as a fellow human being. Caring touch conveys a human initiative in the highly technology environment.Conclusion: Caring touch is the silent way to communicate care, hope, strength and humanity to critical sick patients. This article provides evidence for a common, but poorly described phenomenon in intensive care nursing.","PeriodicalId":51468,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being","volume":"19 1","pages":"2348891"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11086036/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140899699","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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"I've had constant fears that I'll get cancer": the construction and experience of medical intervention on intersex bodies to reduce cancer risk. "我一直担心自己会得癌症"：为降低癌症风险而对双性人身体进行医疗干预的构造和经历。

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International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-05-26 DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2024.2356924

Jane M Ussher, Morgan Carpenter, Rosalie Power, Samantha Ryan, Kimberley Allison, Bonnie Hart, Alexandra Hawkey, Janette Perz

{"title":"\"I've had constant fears that I'll get cancer\": the construction and experience of medical intervention on intersex bodies to reduce cancer risk.","authors":"Jane M Ussher, Morgan Carpenter, Rosalie Power, Samantha Ryan, Kimberley Allison, Bonnie Hart, Alexandra Hawkey, Janette Perz","doi":"10.1080/17482631.2024.2356924","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17482631.2024.2356924","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: This paper examines the subjective experience of medical interventions on intersex bodies to reduce cancer risk.Methods: Twenty-five individuals with intersex variations took part in semi-structured interviews, analysed through thematic discourse analysis.Results: Intersex bodies were positioned as inherently sick and in need of modification, with cancer risk legitimating surgical and hormonal intervention. This resulted in embodied shame, with negative impacts on fertility and sexual wellbeing. However, many participants resisted discourses of bio-pathologisation and embraced intersex status. Some medical interventions, such as HRT, were perceived to have increased the risk of cancer. Absence of informed consent, and lack of information about intersex status and the consequences of medical intervention, was positioned as a human rights violation. This was compounded by ongoing medical mismanagement, including health care professional lack of understanding of intersex variations, and the objectification or stigmatization of intersex people within healthcare. The consequence was non-disclosure of intersex status in health contexts and lack of trust in health care professionals.Conclusions: The legitimacy of poorly-evidenced cancer risk discourses to justify medical intervention on intersex bodies needs to be challenged. Healthcare practitioners need to be provided with education and training about cultural safety practices for working with intersex people.","PeriodicalId":51468,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being","volume":"19 1","pages":"2356924"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11134048/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141155937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Public health nurses' experiences following up children with overweight and obesity according to national guidelines. A qualitative study. 公共卫生护士根据国家指导方针跟踪超重和肥胖儿童的经验。定性研究。

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International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-01-23 DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2024.2306658

Hanna Skjelbred Nygaard, Kirsten Gudbjørg Øen

{"title":"Public health nurses' experiences following up children with overweight and obesity according to national guidelines. A qualitative study.","authors":"Hanna Skjelbred Nygaard, Kirsten Gudbjørg Øen","doi":"10.1080/17482631.2024.2306658","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17482631.2024.2306658","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: This study aimed to develop knowledge of how the follow-up regarding overweight and obesity among children in primary school is experienced by the PHN and how the guidelines may be used to improve health services in this follow-up.Methods: We analysed semi-structured interviews of 9 PHNs using qualitative content analysis.Results: Two themes emerged: Following up with children with overweight and obesity is an important but challenging duty; The PHNs call for clearer guidelines. Following five sub-themes: PHNs strive to adhere to the guidelines, show compassion in the follow-up, have difficulty handling parents' feelings and reactions, feel alone with the responsibility, and have suggestions for clearer guidelines.Conclusions: PHNs call for enough resources to communicate the results of the child's weight in a sufficient form. PHNs and families should establish common goals. The PHN should avoid one-way communication but meet the parents' concerns and needs. This requires the PHN to focus on building a secure relation to the child and the families, as described by Peplau. Guidelines must include instructions and tools on how to communicate and meet the family's concerns. Political action and increased funding could strengthen the follow-up and thereby prevent more obesity among children, which can be a predictor of poorer health outcomes later in life.","PeriodicalId":51468,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being","volume":"19 1","pages":"2306658"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10810652/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139543528","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Live music in the intensive care unit - a beautiful experience. 重症监护室里的现场音乐--一次美妙的体验。

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International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-02-29 DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2024.2322755

Pia Dreyer, Linette Thorn, Trine Højfeldt Lund, Margrethe Langer Bro

{"title":"Live music in the intensive care unit - a beautiful experience.","authors":"Pia Dreyer, Linette Thorn, Trine Højfeldt Lund, Margrethe Langer Bro","doi":"10.1080/17482631.2024.2322755","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17482631.2024.2322755","url":null,"abstract":"Background: The growing number of lightly or non-sedated patients who are critically ill means that more patients experience the noisy and stressful environment. Live music may create positive and meaningful moments.Purpose: To explore non-sedated patients' experiences of patient-tailored live music interventions in the intensive care unit.Design: A qualitative study using a phenomenological-hermeneutic approach. Data were collected at two intensive care units from September 2019 to February 2020 exploring 18 live music interventions performed by music students from The Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus, Denmark.Methods: Observations of live music interventions followed by patient interviews. All data together were analysed using Ricoeur's theory of interpretation. The Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research (COREQ) checklist was used.Results: Five themes emerged: 1) A break from everyday life, 2) A room with beautiful sounds and emotions, 3) Too tired to participate, 4) Knowing the music makes it meaningful and 5) A calm and beautiful moment.Conclusion: Patient-tailored live music to awake patients is both feasible and acceptable and perceived as a break from every-day life in the ICU.Implications for practice: Supporting health and well-being by bringing a humanizing resource into the intensive care setting for patients and nurses to enjoy.","PeriodicalId":51468,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being","volume":"19 1","pages":"2322755"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10906112/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139998203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Caught between two worlds: mental health literacy and stigma among bicultural youth. 夹在两个世界之间：双文化青年的心理健康知识和耻辱感。

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International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-03-03 DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2024.2321644

Ariel Kwegyir Tsiboe, Shruthi Raghuraman, Tara C Marshall

{"title":"Caught between two worlds: mental health literacy and stigma among bicultural youth.","authors":"Ariel Kwegyir Tsiboe, Shruthi Raghuraman, Tara C Marshall","doi":"10.1080/17482631.2024.2321644","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17482631.2024.2321644","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: Bicultural youths are at higher risk of mental health problems and are less likely to utilize mental health services, yet our knowledge of their mental health literacy and help-seeking behaviours remains limited.Methods: To fill this gap, the current study explored bicultural youths' mental health literacy and stigma by conducting semi-structured interviews with 14 Canadian university students in 2021.Results: Our analysis revealed that bicultural youths may be torn between two worlds: intergenerational tensions between participants assimilated into individualistic Canadian culture and their more collectivist parents meant that they had different cultural perceptions of mental health literacy and stigma. While being caught between these two worlds may be detrimental for bicultural youth, our results also suggested that a trans-cultural factor-celebrities' mental health journeys-may promote help-seeking behaviour across participants. Furthermore, our study speaks to the ways that unprecedented events such as the COVID-19 pandemic impact mental health literacy among bicultural youth. Our findings might be used by university mental health services to encourage help-seeking among bicultural students.Conclusion: The acculturation of mental health literacy, stigma, and associated intergenerational differences needs to be considered by university wellness services.","PeriodicalId":51468,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being","volume":"19 1","pages":"2321644"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10911255/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140023185","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Beyond health: exploring women's socio-cultural motivations for HPV vaccination. 超越健康：探索妇女接种 HPV 疫苗的社会文化动机。

IF 2.1 4区医学

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-11-18 DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2024.2424494

Shang Xu, Wen Zhang, YuChen Zhang

{"title":"Beyond health: exploring women's socio-cultural motivations for HPV vaccination.","authors":"Shang Xu, Wen Zhang, YuChen Zhang","doi":"10.1080/17482631.2024.2424494","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17482631.2024.2424494","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: Autonomous motivation is critical to motivating individuals to adopt healthy behaviours. While many studies have explored the medical factors that influence women's autonomous motivation to receive HPV vaccination, sociocultural factors have received less attention. Therefore, this study analyses women's autonomous motivation for HPV vaccination from a sociocultural perspective to gain insight into the generation of women's health decisions.Methods: This study conducted in-depth interviews with 19 women at their peak age of infection who had been vaccinated against HPV to examine the socio-cultural factors that drove them to receive HPV vaccination. It used NVivo12 to analyse qualitative data obtained from interviews.Results: The results showed that (1) Demonstrating Personal Independence, (2) Asserting Reproductive Autonomy, (3) Acknowledging Sexual Needs, and (4) Showcasing Health Literacy, Economic Power, and Social Connections were autonomous motivations for women to receive HPV vaccination.Conclusions: Based on these motivations, future vaccine promotion programmes should demonstrate the role of the HPV vaccine for women to become autonomous individuals, as well as clear up misconceptions between the HPV vaccine and sexual shame and reduce the monetary burden of the vaccine to build a friendly and egalitarian vaccination environment.","PeriodicalId":51468,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being","volume":"19 1","pages":"2424494"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11574947/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142649429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Exploring experiences of ageing in older adults living with HIV in Sweden: a qualitative study. 探索瑞典感染艾滋病毒的老年人的老龄化经历：一项定性研究。

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International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-08-27 DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2024.2393752

Annelie J Sundler, Marie Lund, Sandra van Dulmen, Ewa Carlsson Lalloo

{"title":"Exploring experiences of ageing in older adults living with HIV in Sweden: a qualitative study.","authors":"Annelie J Sundler, Marie Lund, Sandra van Dulmen, Ewa Carlsson Lalloo","doi":"10.1080/17482631.2024.2393752","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17482631.2024.2393752","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: The number of people living and ageing with HIV is increasing. Insight into their well-being is lacking. The present study was conducted to explore needs, psychosocial issues and experiences of ageing in older adults living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Sweden.Methods: A qualitative approach was employed. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a convenience sample of 22 participants aged 65 years or older living with HIV in Sweden. Thematic analysis based on descriptive phenomenology was used.Results: Being an older adult living with HIV emerged as a multifaceted experience. The meaning and impact of HIV varied from minimal to substantial, and ageing could overshadow the significance of HIV in everyday life. Three themes emerged: 1) increasing age in the foreground, 2) internalizing HIV in everyday life, and 3) socioemotional impact on everyday life.Conclusions: The findings suggest a need for a more holistic approach to care of older adults living with HIV, recognizing the broader context of healthy ageing. While participants experienced good health, challenges related to ageing persist, and experiencing HIV-related stigma. The findings highlight the importance of empowering older adults living with HIV.","PeriodicalId":51468,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being","volume":"19 1","pages":"2393752"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11351364/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142074531","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Maintaining exercise in fitness centre settings: insights from the physical activity maintenance theory. 在健身中心环境中保持锻炼：体育锻炼保持理论的启示。

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International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-10-02 DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2024.2409832

Luiz Fernando Santos Tross, Helton Magalhães Dias, Marcelo Callegari Zanetti

{"title":"Maintaining exercise in fitness centre settings: insights from the physical activity maintenance theory.","authors":"Luiz Fernando Santos Tross, Helton Magalhães Dias, Marcelo Callegari Zanetti","doi":"10.1080/17482631.2024.2409832","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17482631.2024.2409832","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: This study examines factors that influence long-term fitness centre participation, applying the Physical Activity Maintenance Theory to assess psychological and contextual influences on exercise adherence.Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 17 regular fitness centre attendees in Taubaté, São Paulo, Brazil. Data were analysed using Bardin's Content Analysis, exploring the participants' experiences and the factors contributing to their sustained activity.Results: Autonomous motivation, such as enjoyment and satisfaction from workouts, along with self-efficacy, emerged as crucial for continued fitness centre attendance. The environment, including ambiance, social support, and facility quality, significantly impacted exercise persistence. However, challenges like time constraints, weather conditions, and personal issues occasionally hindered engagement. The study also highlights the role of personalized fitness programmes in supporting long-term adherence, suggesting that tailoring these programmes to individual goals could further enhance commitment.Conclusions: The findings underscore the importance of fitness centres creating environments that align with individual needs and preferences. Customized programmes that cater to both personal and communal needs could bolster long-term adherence. Future research should explore the impact of personalized, community-integrated fitness approaches on sustaining active lifestyles, emphasizing the importance of accommodating individual preferences in maintaining regular exercise habits.","PeriodicalId":51468,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being","volume":"19 1","pages":"2409832"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11451290/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142367402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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