Open AccessIn the Eyes of Those Who Were Randomized: Perceptions of Disadvantaged Older Adults in a Tai Chi Trial
Author(s) -
OnYee Lo,
Lisa Conboy,
Alexandra Rukhadze,
Caroline Georgetti,
Margaret Gag,
Brad Manor,
Margie E. Lachman,
Lewis A. Lipsitz,
Peter M. Wayne
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the gerontologist/the gerontologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1758-5341
pISSN - 0016-9013
DOI - 10.1093/geront/gny165
Subject(s) - randomized controlled trial , attendance , psychological intervention , disadvantaged , psychology , subsidized housing , intervention (counseling) , medicine , cluster randomised controlled trial , focus group , gerontology , qualitative research , physical therapy , public housing , nursing , social science , civil engineering , surgery , engineering , business , marketing , sociology , political science , law , economics , economic growth
Older adults living in subsidized housing have typically been excluded from exercise intervention studies. We conducted a qualitative study to explore the perceived physical, psychological, social, and economic factors that influenced participation in and adherence to a year-long Tai Chi intervention within an ongoing cluster-randomized controlled trial (RCT) for older adults living within subsidized housing facilities.