Carrying on with Living: The Impact of Pulmonary Rehabilitation on the Health Behaviour of Older Adults with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Introduction: This study explored the health behaviour of older adults with COPD. Objectives included: 1) to explore the process of successfully managing COPD; 2) to identify health behaviour strategies utilized; 3) to identify factors influencing health behaviour change; 4) to understand the impact...
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| Language: | en_ca |
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2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1807/24623 |
| Summary: | Introduction: This study explored the health behaviour of older adults with COPD.
Objectives included: 1) to explore the process of successfully managing COPD; 2) to
identify health behaviour strategies utilized; 3) to identify factors influencing health
behaviour change; 4) to understand the impact of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR). Methods:
Eleven community-dwelling older adults were interviewed following PR. Interviews were
coded and analyzed using constant comparative analysis, comparing and contrasting
incoming data with emerging theory. Findings: Two distinct models were developed
representing participants’ experience with COPD and health behaviour change: Struggling
with Living: Life with COPD before Pulmonary Rehabilitation; and Carrying on with
Living: Life with COPD following Pulmonary Rehabilitation. Conclusions: Older adults
with COPD engaged in a limited repertoire of health behaviour strategies which were
relatively ineffectual prior to participation in PR. PR had a major impact on health behaviour
strategies, and on the external and personal factors influencing health behaviour. |
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