PMID: 16506876Mar 2, 2006Paper

Exercise adherence following physical therapy intervention in older adults with impaired balance

Physical Therapy
Rebecca ForkanAnne Shumway-Cook

Abstract

This study looked at adherence, and factors affecting adherence, to a prescribed home exercise program (HEP) in older adults with impaired balance following discharge from physical therapy. The subjects were 556 older adults (> or =65 years of age) who were discharged from physical therapy during the period 2000 to 2003. A survey was developed to determine participation in a HEP. Univariate logistic regressions identified specific barriers and motivators that were associated with exercise participation following discharge from physical therapy. Ninety percent of respondents reported receiving a HEP; 37% no longer performed it. Change in health status was the primary reason for poor adherence to a HEP. Eight barriers (no interest, poor health, weather, depression, weakness, fear of falling, shortness of breath, and low outcomes expectation) were associated with a lack of postdischarge participation in exercise. Exercise adherence following discharge from a physical therapy program is poor among older adults. Barriers, not motivators, appear to predict adherence.

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