Experiences of supporting older persons in completion of an exercise and nutrition intervention: an interview study with nursing home staff

BMC Geriatrics

T. Cederholm¹  Å. Seiger²  S. Vikström³  H. K. Grönstedt⁴  E. Franzén⁵  G. Faxén-Irving⁶  A.-M. Boström⁷ 

[1] Department of Geriatric Medicine, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden;Karolinska University Hospital, Theme Aging, Stockholm, Sweden;Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden;Department of Neurobiology, Care Science and Society, Division of Clinical Geriatrics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;Department of Neurobiology, Care Science and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;Stockholms Sjukhem R&D unit, Stockholm, Sweden;Allied Health Professionals, Function Area Occupational Therapy & Physiotherapy, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden;Stockholms Sjukhem R&D unit, Stockholm, Sweden;Allied Health Professionals, Function Area Occupational Therapy & Physiotherapy, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden;Department of Neurobiology, Care Science and Society, Division of Physiotherapy, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;Stockholms Sjukhem R&D unit, Stockholm, Sweden;Department of Neurobiology, Care Science and Society, Division of Clinical Geriatrics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;Stockholms Sjukhem R&D unit, Stockholm, Sweden;Karolinska University Hospital, Theme Aging, Stockholm, Sweden;Department of Neurobiology, Care Science and Society, Division of Nursing, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;

关键词: Nursing home;    Staff;    Adherence;    Health intervention;    Sit-to-stand;    Oral nutritional supplementation;    Interview;    Experience;    Expectation;    Well-being;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12877-021-02039-7

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe interactions between nursing home (NH) staff and their residents are crucial not only for the atmosphere at the NH but also for achieving care goals. In order to test the potential effects of daily physical activities (sit-to-stand (STS) exercises) combined with oral nutritional supplementation (ONS), a randomized intervention trial (the Older Person’s Exercise and Nutrition (OPEN) Study) was performed in NH residents. One aspect of the study was to interview and report the NH staff’s experiences of supporting the residents in fulfilling the intervention.MethodsIn this qualitative study, individual and focus group interviews were performed in eight NH facilities with NH staff who had assisted residents in performing the 12-week ONS/STS intervention. An interview guide developed for this study was used to assess staff experiences of the intervention and its feasibility. The transcribed interviews were analyzed inductively following a constant comparative method and with input from experts in the area, described in Grounded Theory as a reliable technique for researchers to form theory and hypothesis in unexplored areas.ResultsThree main themes relating to the health-promoting intervention emerged. These included: 1) insights into attitudes towards health in general and NH care specifically; 2) intervention-related challenges, frustrations and needs, and 3) aspects of collaboration and opportunities.The overarching hypothesis derived from the analysis reads: A health-promoting intervention such as the OPEN-concept has great potential for integration into NH life if a combined empathic and encouraging attitude, and a structure to keep it sustainable, are in place.ConclusionsNH staff experienced the health-promoting intervention as a potentially positive concept, although it was suggested that it works best if introduced as a general routine in the unit and is integrated into the daily planning of care.Trial registrationClinicalTrials.govIdentifier: NCT02702037. Date of trial registration February 26, 2016. The trial was registered prospectively

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