Pang Bingyan, McVeigh Joanne A, Thompson Craig, Thøgersen-Ntoumani Cecilie, Stamatakis Emmanual, Moullin Joanna C
Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia.
enAble Institute, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia.
Health Promot J Austr. 2025 Jan;36(1):e957. doi: 10.1002/hpja.957.
Australian adults transitioning into retirement aged 55-75 years (> 50%) do not meet the World Health Organization recommendation of physical activity (PA). One potential strategy to promote PA is through vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity (VILPA). This study aimed to investigate barriers and facilitators from adults transitioning to retirement about participation in VILPA and to identify strategies to promote and implement VILPA.
Thirty adults transitioning to retirement (mean age = 64 years) were recruited to participate in focus groups to provide their perceptions on VILPA. All participants' PAs were measured by accelerometers. A set of semi-structured questions developed from the findings of a previous scoping review was used to guide focus groups with participants. To increase awareness of PA bouts and intensity, the focus group discussions were prompted by participants' individualised accelerometer-measured PA reports. The identified barriers and facilitators were mapped to the Theoretical Domains Framework. Intervention strategies were derived from the framework domains.
Three focus groups were conducted. Participants perceived barriers to participation in VILPA stem from health constraints, insufficient awareness about VILPA, and adverse weather conditions. To promote VILPA, adults transitioning to retirement require a better understanding of PA intensities, knowledge of identifying VILPA opportunities, and monitoring and feedback for engagement. Intervention to promote VILPA should include elements of education, persuasion, incentivisation and enablement.
Adults transitioning to retirement perceived VILPA as feasible and convenient for increasing their overall PA. SO WHAT?: The study findings will directly inform the development of a targeted VILPA intervention with key stakeholders and an implementation plan to promote PA in adults transitioning to retirement.
55至75岁（超过50%）步入退休阶段的澳大利亚成年人未达到世界卫生组织的身体活动建议标准。促进身体活动的一个潜在策略是通过剧烈间歇性生活方式身体活动（VILPA）。本研究旨在调查步入退休阶段的成年人参与VILPA的障碍和促进因素，并确定促进和实施VILPA的策略。
招募30名步入退休阶段的成年人（平均年龄 = 64岁）参加焦点小组，以提供他们对VILPA的看法。所有参与者的身体活动通过加速度计进行测量。根据先前范围综述的结果制定了一组半结构化问题，用于指导与参与者的焦点小组讨论。为了提高对身体活动时段和强度的认识，焦点小组讨论由参与者个性化的加速度计测量的身体活动报告引发。将确定的障碍和促进因素映射到理论领域框架。干预策略源自框架领域。
进行了三个焦点小组讨论。参与者认为参与VILPA的障碍源于健康限制、对VILPA的认识不足以及恶劣天气条件。为了促进VILPA，步入退休阶段的成年人需要更好地了解身体活动强度、识别VILPA机会的知识以及参与的监测和反馈。促进VILPA的干预应包括教育、劝说、激励和赋能等要素。
步入退休阶段的成年人认为VILPA对于增加他们的总体身体活动是可行且方便的。那又如何？：研究结果将直接为与关键利益相关者制定有针对性的VILPA干预措施以及促进步入退休阶段成年人身体活动的实施计划提供信息。
