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Factors influencing proactive health behaviors in pre-frailty older adults: A qualitative study based on theory of
1Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, PR China; School of Nursing, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, PR China.
Aims:
to explore factors that can influence proactive health behaviors in pre-frailty older adults.
Design:
this is a qualitative content analysis study.
Methods:
data collected through interviews with 20 pre-frailty older adults in a geriatric unit at a general hospital in Guangzhou, China. We used deductive content analysis to categorize codes and calculate their frequency based on the theory of planned behavior. Inductive content analysis was used to analyze data that could not be analyzed according to the theory of planned behavior.
Results:
the data were analyzed and grouped into categories by beliefs similarity, counted from the frequencies. The factors of 6 behavioral beliefs, 6 normative beliefs, and 14 control beliefs were issued. Six themes emerged, including positive attitudes toward proactive health behaviors outcomes, lack of proactive health awareness the negative influence of children on proactive health behaviors, lack of knowledge of proactive health behaviors, spouses play an important role in proactive health behaviors, low resistance to unhealthy behavior.
Conclusion:
this research will support to the construction of a psychometric scale to measure the intentions of proactive health behaviors in pre-frailty older adults. These influencing factors will also help us to develop measures to improve the ability of pre-frailty older adults to be proactive health in the future.
Impact:
this research validates and extends the theory of planned behavior. The findings of factors influencing proactive health behaviors help us to develop strategies to enhance proactive health in pre-frailty older adults in the future. These findings also provide content for the construction of the psychometrics of proactive health intentions scales. REPORTING METHOD: this study follows the COREQ reporting norms.
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