内容分析非洲裔美国人在社区环境中从事Qigong练习干预的经验
Pei-Shiun Chang1, Andrea Cohee2, Christina Poe1
1Department of Community and Health Policy, School of Nursing, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA.
Journal of integrative and complementary medicine
|August 16, 2023
概括
45-85岁的非洲裔美国人发现,青功对身体和心理健康有益,包括平衡,力量和减轻压力. 许多人报告了坚持和家庭练习,推青功改善福祉.
科学领域:
- 心灵与身体的练习.
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 清功是一种心身运动,越来越多的非洲裔美国人用于健康管理.
- 关于非裔美国人对功的看法和经验的研究有限.
- 这项研究解决了这一差距,探讨了这个人口群体中青功的健康益处,参与和学习.
研究的目的:
- 探索对健康益处的主观感知,参与,坚持和学习功练习.
- 为促进青功为非洲裔美国人的身体和心理健康奠定基础.
- 收集关于未来针对少数民族老年人的运动干预措施的见解.
主要方法:
- 一组15名非裔美国人 (年龄在45-85岁) 参加了为期8周的青功课程 (每周1小时,两次).
- 干预后,进行了面对面的采访,以探索参与者的感知.
- 用内容分析分析分析了字面转录,以确定新出现的主题.
主要成果:
- 五个主题出现了:感知到的好处,学习策略,家庭实践促进者,坚持动机和建议.
- 人们认为青功可以改善平衡,灵活性,肌肉力量,睡眠质量,情绪调节和压力管理.
- 大约75%的参与者在家中练习功,每周至少练习两次.
结论:
- 中年和老年非洲裔美国人认为,清功运动对健康有很大的益处.
- 调查结果提供了关于坚持,家庭练习和学习的见解,这对于促进青功在这个人群中至关重要.
- 这项研究为适应少数民族老年人的功干预提供了基础.
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