Despite the increased use of activity trackers, little is known about how they can be used in healthcare settings. This study aimed to support healthcare professionals and patients with embedding an activity tracker in the daily clinical practice of a specialized mental healthcare center and gaining …

BACKGROUND: lifestyle-related secondary prevention reduces cardiac events and is recommended irrespective of age. However, motivation may be influenced by age and disease progression. OBJECTIVE: to explore older cardiac patients' perspectives toward lifestyle-related secondary prevention after a hospital …

Background: The support of people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) rarely focused on motor activity, which might have negative consequences for the quality of life of these people. Evidence-based motor activity programs that present individually tailored and structural motor …

Moroccan companies face a multitude of risks related to their vulnerability to climate change, in particular operational, supply chain, and financial risks. In recent years, public and private actors have experimented with a number of approaches to facilitate the integration of climate change at different …

Background: It is unclear why some physical activity (PA) mobile health (mHealth) interventions successfully promote PA whereas others do not. One possible explanation is the variety in PA mHealth interventions—not only do interventions differ in the selection of persuasive strategies but also the design …

Objective. The aim of this study was to explore perceived factors of influence on the implementation of Hospital in Motion, a multidimensional and multidisciplinary implementation project to improve inpatients’ movement behavior. Methods. This qualitative study was conducted on 4 wards. Per ward, a tailored …

Question: What are the views of patients, close relatives and healthcare professionals on physical activity behaviour in hospital care? Methods: A meta-ethnographic synthesis of qualitative studies was conducted with a lines-of-argument analysis. The methodological quality of included studies was evaluated …

Background: During hospitalization patients frequently have a low level of physical activity, which is an important risk factor for functional decline. Function Focused Care (FFC) is an evidencebased intervention developed in the United States to prevent functional decline in older patients. Within FFC, …

This study explores the evaluation of research pathways of self-management health innovations from discovery to implementation in the context of practice-based research. The aim is to understand how a new process model for evaluating practice-based research provides insights into the implementation success …

BACKGROUND: Falls and fall-related injuries among older adults are a serious threat to the quality of life and result in high healthcare and societal costs. Despite evidence that falls can be prevented by fall prevention programmes, practical barriers may challenge the implementation of these programmes. …