School of Health, Care and Social Welfare, Mälardalen University, Hamngatan 15, Box 325, 631 05, Eskilstuna, Sweden.
School of Health Sciences, University of Skövde, Högskolevägen, Box 408, S-54 128, Skövde, Sweden.
BMC Geriatr. 2022 Feb 11;22(1):117. doi: 10.1186/s12877-022-02775-4.
The proportion of the older Thai population is increasing rapidly. Lifestyle may impact active ageing in later life. Interventions that empower older Thai adults to initiate and carry out lifestyle changes are needed. This study applied the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycle, a tool for improving lifestyle changes, with the aim of exploring interactions among older Thai adults when participating in group activities.
Focused ethnography was used based on participant observations, field notes and video recordings of 15 older Thai adults aged 62-78 years.
Older Thai adults faced difficulties at the beginning since they were unfamiliar with initiating and carrying out lifestyle changes according to the PDSA concept. This provided a learning opportunity enabling older Thai adults to reach their individual goals of lifestyle change.
The PDSA cycle has the potential to empower older adults in group contexts to promote lifestyle changes related to active ageing.
泰国老年人口的比例正在迅速增加。生活方式可能会影响老年人的积极老龄化。需要采取干预措施,赋予泰国老年人权力,促使他们开始并实施生活方式的改变。本研究应用了计划-执行-研究-行动(PDSA)循环,这是一种促进生活方式改变的工具,目的是探索老年泰国成年人在参与小组活动时的相互作用。
采用以参与者观察、实地记录和 15 名 62-78 岁的老年泰国成年人的视频记录为基础的聚焦民族志。
老年泰国成年人在开始时遇到了困难,因为他们不熟悉根据 PDSA 概念启动和实施生活方式的改变。这为老年泰国成年人提供了一个学习的机会,使他们能够实现个人的生活方式改变目标。
PDSA 循环有可能在小组环境中赋予老年人权力,促进与积极老龄化相关的生活方式的改变。