Lindsay Rosie K, Smith Lee, Allen Peter M
Vision and Hearing Sciences Research Centre, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge CB1 1PT, UK.
Centre for Health Performance and Wellbeing, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge CB1 1PT, UK.
Vision (Basel). 2023 Jan 22;7(1):8. doi: 10.3390/vision7010008.
Research suggests adults with visual impairment would increase their physical activity (PA) if they were advised to by a professional working in visual impairment services. However, there are no training programs which are targeted at enabling these professionals to promote PA. Therefore, this study aims to inform a UK-based training program which facilitates PA promotion within visual impairment services. A modified Delphi technique was used, consisting of a focus group and two rounds of surveys. The panel included 17 experts in round one, and 12 experts in round two. Consensus was defined as equal to or greater than 70% agreement. The panel agreed training should: educate professionals on PA benefits, injury prevention, and wellbeing, address myths associated with PA, address health and safety concerns, help professionals to find local PA opportunities, and include a networking session for professionals in visual impairment services and local PA providers. The panel agreed training should also target PA providers and volunteers for visual impairment services, and that training should be delivered online and in-person. In conclusion, training should provide professionals with the capability to promote PA and to establish stakeholder partnerships. The present findings can inform future research which tests the panel's recommendations.
研究表明，如果视觉障碍服务领域的专业人员建议有视觉障碍的成年人增加身体活动（PA），他们会这样做。然而，目前没有专门针对使这些专业人员能够促进身体活动的培训项目。因此，本研究旨在为英国的一个培训项目提供信息，该项目将促进在视觉障碍服务中推广身体活动。采用了一种改良的德尔菲技术，包括一个焦点小组和两轮调查。第一轮专家小组有17名专家，第二轮有12名专家。共识定义为达成70%或更高的一致意见。专家小组一致认为，培训应：向专业人员传授身体活动的益处、预防受伤和健康方面的知识，解决与身体活动相关的误解，处理健康和安全问题，帮助专业人员找到当地的身体活动机会，并为视觉障碍服务领域的专业人员和当地身体活动提供者安排一次交流活动。专家小组还一致认为，培训也应以视觉障碍服务的身体活动提供者和志愿者为目标，并且培训应通过线上和线下相结合的方式进行。总之，培训应使专业人员有能力促进身体活动并建立利益相关者伙伴关系。本研究结果可为未来检验专家小组建议的研究提供参考。
