Activity In Nursing

State the problem. Is it significant to nursing? Explain.

The problem of the research is the activity level of older adults in different assisted living residence. Previous research has shown that physical activity can promote functional independence in people, older adults included. A lack of physical activity on the other hand, can worsen a condition. This is significant because nurses can use this research finding to understand the predictors of physical activity in older adults and plan effective goals and interventions and for their patients.

State the purpose of the research. Is it significant to nursing? Explain. The purpose of this research was to determine whether gender differences played a role in the levels of physical activity

The study also used the GDS-SF (Geriatric Depression Scale- Short Form) and the SEPA (Self-Efficacy for Physical Activity scale), which are fairly good measures. The weakness of the study was the lack of diversity in the population sample. Another weakness of the study was that a resident’s current health status could give a false interpretation of their usual level of physical activity. The selection bias and reactive effect were threats to external validity. The study’s sample was a convenience sample in which residents from only a certain area (middle region) of Taiwan were studied. Therefore, the findings and results cannot be generalized to other long-term care residents in and outside of Taiwan. The reactive effects were a threat to external validity because the use of the self-reported Seven-day Physical Activity Recall (7 day PAR) to measure physical activity could have created an issue of social desirability or recall bias. In turn, this could then potentially create a Hawthorne

The findings may not be groundbreaking for the entire field of nursing but it has somewhat of an impact. Understanding that there may be gender differences in the predictors of physical activity among older adults could help foster the development and implementation of an effective gender sensitive physical activity interventions. This in turn could help many older adults because the intervention would be tailored to their gender and particular needs. It is safe to say that before this can occur, further research in this area needs to be conducted in different parts of the