@misc{10481/81035,
year = {2022},
month = {9},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/81035},
abstract = {Objective. This study was conducted to try to understand the barriers
encountered by Spanish older adults participating in the study when
joining programs or maintaining the practice of physical exercise based
on their perceptions.
Methods. Four focus groups were conducted in different socio-economic-
locations with a total of 39 older adults. These settings were in a rural
area, a neighborhood at risk of exclusion and an urban context of higher
socioeconomic level. The methodological analysis was inductive and
emergent, delimiting the statements of the study participants from the
specific to the general through the coding process of grounded theory.
Results. Differences between contexts on personal barriers to physical
practice, the role of the family, the context and its influence on practice
barriers were presented. There are socioeconomic and cultural differences
between the physical environments of the four different focus
groups developed in this research. The results revealed that levels of
exercise and physical activity decreased with age.
Conclusions. The study makes clear that the attributes of the personal
domain directly affect participation in physical practice. In relation to
gender differences, older adult men find fewer barriers in terms of free
time after retirement, while women continue to have family and domestic
responsibilities in addition to suffering from the macho culture that
increases their barriers to physical exercise.},
organization = {Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation
R&D + i PID2019 – 105916RB-I00/AEI /
10.13039/501100011033},
organization = {Superior Sports Council
of Spain, through the RIADIS Project (Research Network in Service-Learning in Physical Activity
and Sport for Social Inclusion) – 03/UPB/20},
publisher = {Società Italiana di Gerontologia e Geriatria (SIGG)},
keywords = {Qualitative},
keywords = {Older adults},
keywords = {Exercise},
keywords = {Barriers},
keywords = {Personal factors},
keywords = {Personal factors},
title = {Personal barriers to physical practice by older adults in different socio-economic locations: a qualitative study},
doi = {10.36150/2499-6564-N520},
author = {Martín Moya, Ricardo and Ruiz Montero, Pedro Jesús and Rivera García, Enrique},
}