Hahn, Lea-Sofie; Thiel, Ansgar; Trüb, Dorothée; Eschweiler, Gerhard W; Nieß, Andreas M; Sudeck, Gorden; Frahsa, Annika (2023). Patterns of physical activity among nursing home residents before and during the Covid 19 pandemic-a systematic observation. European review of aging and physical activity, 20(1), p. 23. Springer 10.1186/s11556-023-00332-5
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BACKGROUND
The Covid-19 outbreak in spring of 2020 posed an array of challenges for nursing homes, including promoting resident physical activity (PA). Given the diversity of factors affecting resident PA, we explored how activity patterns outside weekly-scheduled structured activities changed during the pandemic and what factors promoted or inhibited PA during the pandemic.
METHODS
We conducted systematic direct observations over 823.5 h in eight nursing homes in Southern Germany in 2020 and 2021.
RESULTS
In 2020, 84.7% of person observation units were classified as sedentary (average activity level: 1.14 MET). In 2021, the percentage increased to 91.6% of observed person units (average activity level: 1.08 MET) (t = 6.947; p = .000). According to tree classification, influencing factors of PA included mealtime and daytime in 2020 and 2021, as well as presence of men residents only in 2020 and guided low threshold activities in 2021.
CONCLUSIONS
Nursing homes constitute highly sedentary places-an issue exacerbated by access restrictions for external activity experts and significant others as well as behavioural restrictions for residents during the Covid-19 pandemic. Staff could not compensate due to existing time restraints and lack of training in PA promotion. Based on our findings, we recommend future studies to develop feasible and resource-low activities to be integrated into the daily routines of nursing homes.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Frahsa, Annika |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 360 Social problems & social services |
ISSN: |
1813-7253 |
Publisher: |
Springer |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Pubmed Import |
Date Deposited: |
08 Dec 2023 16:16 |
Last Modified: |
14 Dec 2023 11:14 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1186/s11556-023-00332-5 |
PubMed ID: |
38057739 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Covid-19 pandemic Long-term care facilities Nursing home Older adults Physical activity patterns |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/189911 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/189911 |
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