Impact of a student-driven wellness program for individuals with disabilities on caregivers and family members

Ware, Megan; deMarrais, Kathleen; McCully, Kevin K.

doi:10.1080/09638288.2018.1522549

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“…. the interaction with the people that has made the difference.” 25 In the context of participant adherence and participation, some caregivers were able to identify relationship with students as a contributing factor. For example, Rebecca, the mother of a class participant, said: “She really likes working with the girls, and I think that’s why she’s changed this attitude towards exercise .…”

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“…. she is getting the attention of 2 people, for a whole hour.” 25 While there is no certainty that this phenomena would occur in other populations or with other people, it does present interesting implications on what kinds of relationships people with disabilities would like to have in health care settings.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The companion study data were obtained from interviews with caregivers of individuals selected for this study. 25 While these data have been submitted for publication separately, there are significant related contributions of that data to this study. These data are referenced further in this document.…”

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Adherence and Continued Participation in a Wellness Class for Individuals with Disabilities

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deMarrais

McCully

2019

Rehabilitation Process and Outcome

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BACkgRounD: For individuals with disabilities, adherence and participation in wellness programs is a challenge. Adherence and participation were explored in a wellness class for people with disabilities. oBjeCTIve: Understand what factors impact participant adherence and participation in the wellness class. MeThoDS: Eight wellness class participants, who have been in the class for 6 to 36 months, were chosen for qualitative interviews. Interview responses were coded and analyzed for overarching themes. ReSulTS: A total of 77 codes were obtained from interview data. The primary theme identified from the codes was related to social interaction with the student-trainers, divided into subthemes of social accountability, motivation, supporting classroom environment, and participant-student interaction. ConCluSIon: The primary factor influencing adherence and participation was related to social interaction with student-trainers. These results suggest that social interaction can play a major role in continued participation in exercise as well as exercise adherence.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%