Titel: Att implementera nya arbetssätt i hemrehabiliteringspraxis - Multipel fallstudie. Syftet med studien var att utvärdera och beskriva implementeringsprocessen av en intervention i hemrehabiliteringen inom Korsholms kommun. Den nya interventionen inom hemrehabiliteringen grundade sig på klientcentrering, multiprofessionellt samarbete samt att jobba aktiverande utgående från gemensamma mål för att stärka klienters självständighet och kvarboende. Metoden som valdes var multipel fallstudie. Både kvalitativa och kvantitativa data samlades in och analyserades. Åtta klienter inkluderades i studien och genomförde en hemrehabiliteringsperiod på fyra veckor. Intervjuer gjordes med dessa klienter och deras vårdpersonal och intervjuerna analyserades med kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Utfallsmått som mättes före och efter interventionen var SPPB, FRAT, Barthel index och måluppfyllelsegrad med GAS. Också följsamhet och bortfall och antalet hemservicebesök registrerades. Som modell för implementering användes PDSA- cykeln. Angående resultatet kan det ssammanfattas med att hemrehabiliteringen upplevdes som positivt av klienterna och av personalen och att klienterna uppnådde goda resultat gällande självständighet, funktionsförmåga och måluppfyllelse samt att det framkom brister i aktiverande arbetssätt och klienternas delaktighet. Personalen upplevde att tidsbrist och klienternas bristande motivation var hinder för hemrehabiliteringen och att kommunikationen och samarbetet mellan hemrehabiliteringspersonal och hemservicepersonal borde utvecklas, eftersom de såg nyttan av interventionen i de fall där det fungerade. I det fortsatta multiprofessionella arbetet inom hemrehabiliteringen och implementeringen av den kommer mer fokus att läggas på dessa faktorer. Detta arbete kan också fungera som ett hjälpmedel för andra som vill implementera nya arbetssätt i praktiken. Vikten av att använda sig av modeller för utvecklingsarbete och studera implementeringen ur ett brett perspektiv lyfts fram med denna studie. Sökord: Hemrehabilitering, Implementering, Multipel Fallstudie, PDSA- cykeln / Title: To Implement New Strategies in Rehabilitation at Home - Multiple Case Study The aim of this study was to evaluate and describe the implementation process of a Home- rehabilitation-intervention. The new intervention was client-focused, used re-ablement with common goals in order to strengthen the clients’ independence and ability to live at home. Multiple case study was chosen as method and both quantitative and qualitative data was collected and analyzed. Eight clients were included in the study and they took part of a four- week long rehabilitation intervention at home. Interviews with these clients and their care staff were conducted and then analyzed with qualitative content analysis. Measurement before and after the intervention were SPPB, FRAT, Barthel and the Goal Attainment scale, GAS. The adherence, loss of clients to the intervention and the amount of home visits from care staff was also analyzed. As a model for implementation the PDSA- cycle was used. The results show that the clients and the staff felt positive about rehabilitation at home, and that the clients achieved goals and got positive results on function and independence, but that there were weaknesses in the implementation of re- ablement and participation. The care- staff saw that lack of motivation amongst the clients and lack of time were barriers to rehabilitation at home. They also wanted to improve the communication and the cooperation between care-staff and rehabilitation-staff because they saw that the rehabilitation at home was valuable when it worked properly. In the future development of the intervention and implementation of these multiprofessional tasks we will start with these factors. This study can also be seen as a guideline for others that wish to implement new strategies in to clinical practice. The use of development tools and the importance of studying the implementation from a broad perspective is emphasized with this study. Searchwords: Rehabilitation At Home, Implementation, Multiple Case Study, PDSA-cycle

Title of diploma thesis: Specific foot changes in figure skaters and options for their physiotherapeutic intervention. Objective: The purpose of this thesis is to research available literary sources concerning anatomy, kinesiology and biomechanics of foot and foot arch in relation to specific foot changes resulting from figure skating. In addition, the thesis seeks to research various physiotherapeutic approaches which could be applied in prevention, compesation or therapy of these changes. Methods: This diploma thesis has descriptively-analytical character. It is structured in the form of literary research. Results: On the basis of the researched literary sources, this thesis provides a comprehensive picture on the topic of foot in figure skaters. Based on the research, the thesis identifies foot changes resulting from deformation of the foot in the skate. Subsequently, the thesis discussess the possible physiotherapeutic approaches which can be applied in prevention, compensation or therapy of these changes. Key words: foot, figure skating, flatfoot, physiotherapy

Author: Bc. Veronika Valášková Title of the work: The effect of physiotherapeutic procedures on cervical spine surgery. Aim: The aim of my thesis is to give an overview of the physiotherapy treatment after surgery of herniated cervical intervertebral disc. Methods: This thesis is written as a review of literature sources. The thesis consists of three parts, the first of which highlights the issue of kinesiology, biomechanics, stability of the cervical spine, pathophysiology of a prolapsed spinal disc and imaging issues involved in the discovery of a the actual prolapse. The second part deals with the various surgical techniques and associated complications. The final theoretical part looks into physiotherapy treatment after the operation. I examine the chronology of physiotherapy after the operation, and ascertain if there is a necessity to apply a neck brace after the surgery. It is important to answer the question of when it is possible to return to work and when the patient can return to their original physical activities. Results: The results of this thesis shows that postoperative care in individual departments vary and is inadequately described within available resources. Subsequent physiotherapy is dependent on the patient's condition before the operation, the operation itself, and its...

Introduction With an increasing knowledge of the health benefits from physical activity (PA) the interest in objectively measuring PA in free living environment has increased. ActiGraph is the most commonly used accelerometer to objectively measure PA, while ActivPAL is considered gold standard when it comes to measuring sedentary behavior. Aims The aim of this study was to investigate if ActivPAL could be used to measure Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity (MVPA) instead of ActiGraph. Methods Data from 79 overweight office workers carrying the ActivPAL and ActiGraph device simultaneously were analyzed. All activities with a cadence of 90 steps per minute (spm) or more lasting for at least 30 seconds from one day from ActivPAL data was extracted and compared to the corresponding activity from ActiGraph. An activity was classified as MVPA by using the cut points of 100 spm for ActivPAL and 3208 activity-counts per minute (cpm) for ActiGraph using vector magnitude (VM). Results A correlation of r=0.326 (p<0.001) was seen between ActiGraph and ActivPAL with a Cohen’s kappa of K=0.14, a percentage agreement of 60.7%, a sensitivity of 61.5% with ActiGraph as denominator and a positive predictive value (PPV) of 84.3% for ActivPAL. Neither age nor BMI affected the association between the estimates by these devices. There was no correlation for time spent in MVPA between devices. Conclusion Cadence from ActivPAL cannot replace ActiGraph to measure MVPA in a free living environment in overweight adults.

Magister Artium - MA / Osteoarthritis (OA) is the major cause of pain and disability in the elderly, as well as people younger than the age of 45. Research reported the importance of conservative management of OA in the early stages, as it has proved to be effective in slowing down the progression of the disease, as well as reducing the secondary effects of decreased functional ability and disability. Early referral could assist with effective pain management, decrease in disease progression and increase in functional ability and quality of life. Therefore, the overall aim of the study was to establish a profile of patients with OA, as well as to explore the perceptions and experiences of health professionals regarding the conservative management of OA at a tertiary hospital in Nigeria. The study employed a sequential exploratory mixed method approach, using a retrospective and exploratory study design for the quantitative and qualitative phases respectively. Data was collected from one hundred and thirty-five medical records of patients with OA, meeting the inclusion criteria of the study, and admitted at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2016. The patient sample was predominantly female (n=80; 93%), with a mean age of 51.85 years old (SD=13.73). Thirteen (13) health professionals, eight (8) physiotherapists and five (5) orthopedic surgeons participated in the interviews. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 24 was used to analyse quantitative data. Inferential and descriptive statistics were used to describe the results in terms of frequencies, percentages, means and standard deviation. Alpha level was set at 5%. Audio-taped qualitative data was transcribed verbatim, and analysed using categories and themes.

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Introdução: A Distrofia Muscular de Duchenne (DMD) é uma doença genética que causa limitações físicas e motoras progressivas, além de alterações da função pulmonar em fase mais tardia. A escala da medida da função motora (MFM) e do teste de caminhada de 6 minutos (TC6) são ferramentas confiáveis e precisas para avaliar pacientes com DMD. A capacidade de realização desses testes pode ser influenciada pela condição cardiorrespiratória, resistência e força muscular, mas ainda não está bem definido qual, ou quais, destas variáveis podem interferir de forma mais significativa na função motora e na capacidade funcional de exercício. Objetivo: Avaliar a função motora por meio da MFM e correlacionar com a função pulmonar e capacidade funcional de exercício em pacientes com DMD. Métodos: Trata-se de um estudo transversal que envolveu 61 voluntários com DMD submetidos a um protocolo de avaliação composto por informações pessoais, antropometria, escala MFM, espirometria (CVF,VEF1,VEF1/CVF, FEF25-75, PFE, CVL, VVM), ventilometria (VC, VM e CVL), pico de fluxo expiratório (PFE) e pico de fluxo de tosse (PFT) no medidor portátil, pressão inspiratória máxima (PImax) e pressão expiratória máxima (PEmax), pressão inspiratória nasal (SNIP), oscilometria de impulso (R5, R20, R5-R20, X5) e TC6. Foi realizada a análise de correlação entre as variáveis e posteriormente a comparação entre os grupos de voluntários deambuladores e não deambuladores. Resultados: A média de idade dos voluntários foi de 13,70±3,93. Na espirometria, houve correlação positiva do escore total, domínios 1(D1) e 2 (D2) da MFM com a porcentagem do previsto da CVF% (r=0,58, r=0,51, r=0,57, respectivamente), correlação negativa do escore total, domínios 1, 2 e 3 com VEF1/CVF (r=-0,61, r=-0,57, r=-0,49 e r=-0,49, respectivamente), correlação negativa do escore total, domínio 1 e domínio 3 com o FEF25-75% (r=-0,48, -0,47, -0,42, respectivamente). Na manobra de PFE realizada no medidor portátil, houve correlação do PFE% com o escore total e todos os domínios da MFM. O escore total, domínio 1, 2 e 3 se correlacionaram positivamente com os valores percentuais da PEmax (r=0,67, r=0,60, r=0,63 e 0,42, respectivamente) e SNIP (r=0,56, r=0,42, r=0,64 e r=0,45, respectivamente). Na oscilometria de impulso (IOS), houve correlação da resistência total (R5) com o escore total, domínio 1 e 2 (r=0,55; r=0,52 e r=0,50, respectivamente) e resistência central (R20) com o escore total, domínios 1 e 2 (r=0,52; r=0,51 e r=0,45, respectivamente); correlação da resistência periférica (R5-R20) com o escore total (r = 0,46) e domínio 2 (r=0,49), e da reatância (X5) com o escore total, D1 e D2(r=-0,43; r=- 0,40 e r=-0,36, respectivamente). No TC6, a distância em metros foi de 294,75±96,97 e se correlacionou fortemente com a MFM, e a percepção da dispneia relatada no TC6 se correlacionou negativamente com o domínio 3 daMFM (r=-0,75). Na análise comparativa entre os grupos de deambuladores (D) e não deambuladores (ND), o IOS demonstrou valores obtidos significativamente menores no grupo ND de R5, R20, R5-R20, X5 e da porcentagem do previsto de R5-20. No mesmo grupo (ND), a espirometria demonstrou valores obtidos significativamente maiores de VVM, da VEF1/CVF, FEF25-75 e porcentagem do previsto de VEF1/CVF, além da diminuição da porcentagem do previsto da CVF, PFE no medidor portátil, PEmax, SNIP e MFM (escore total e domínios 1,2 e 3). Conclusão: A diminuição da MFM se correlacionou com a diminuição da resistência e reatância das vias aéreas, com a diminuição da PEmax, SNIP e da CVF. Além desses parâmetros, houve correlação da diminuição da MFM com o aumento dos valores de PFE, FEF25-75 e VEF1/CVF. Na comparação entre os grupos, os resultados confirmam o que foi encontrado nas correlações no grupo de pacientes que não deambulavam, com diminuição das resistências e reatância das vias aéreas, da força muscular respiratória e valores maiores de volume (VEF1/CVF) e fluxo pulmonar (FEF25-75). Apesar da forte correlação entre a distância percorrida no teste de caminhada com a função motora, não houve alteração dos dados vitais, o que pode indicar que os pacientes não atingiram o esforço submáximo estimado / Introduction: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is a genetic disease which causes progressive physical and motor limitations, including alterations to the pulmonary function in later stages. The scale of the motor function measure (MFM) and of the six minute walking test (TC6) are reliable and precise tools to assess DMD patients. The possibility of performing these tests may be influenced both by the patient\'s cardiopulmonary condition, resistance and muscular strength. However, it has not been yet demonstrated which of these variables can have the most significant impact on the patient\'s motor function and functional capacity of exercise. Objective: To assess the motor function though the application of the MFM scale and correlate it with the pulmonary function and functional capacity of exercise on DMD patients. Methodology: The approach adopted in this study consisted of a transversal analysis involving sixty one DMD patients who have volunteered to submit themselves to an evaluation protocol which includes the following parameters: personal information, anthropometry, MFM scale, spirometry (CVF,VEF1,VEF1/CVF, FEF25-75, PFE, CVL, VVM), ventilometry (VC, VM e CVL), peak expiratory flow (PFE) and peak cough flow (PFT) according to the portable meter measurements, maximum inspiratory pressure (PImax), maximum expiratory pressure (PEmax), nasal inspiratory pressure (SNIP), impulse oscillometry (R5, R20, R5-R20, X5) and TC6. The study focused on the analysis of the correlation between variables, followed by a comparison between two groups of patients: wanderers and non-wanderers. Results: The average age of patients was 13,70±3,93. On spirometry, there was a positive correlation between the total score, domains 1(D1) and 2 (D2) of the MFM and the expected CVF percentage (r=0,58, r=0,51, r=0,57, respectively); there was a negative correlation between the total score, domains 1, 2 and 3 and VEF1/CVF (r=-0,61, r=-0,57, r=-0,49 and r=-0,49, respectively), as well as a negative correlation between domain 1, domain 3 and FEF25-75% (r=-0,48, -0,47, -0,42, respectively). On the PFE maneuver performed using the portable meter, there was a correlation between the expected PFE percentage, the total score and all MFM domains. The total score and domains 1, 2 and 3 had a positive correlation with the percentage values of PEmax (r=0,67, r=0,60, r=0,63 and 0,42, respectively) and SNIP (r=0,56, r=0,42, r=0,64 and r=0,45, respectively). Regarding the impulse oscillometry system (IOS), there was a correlation between the total resistance (R5), the total score and domains 1 and 2 (r=0,55; r=0,52 and r=0,50, respectively); and between the central resistance (R20) and total score, domains 1 and 2 (r=0,52; r=0,51 and r=0,45, respectively); in addition, there were correlations between the peripheral resistance (R5-R20), the total score (r = 0,46) and domain 2 (r=0,49), as well as between the reactance (X5) and total score, D1 and D2(r=-0,43; r=-0,40 and r=-0,36, respectively). Thedistance in meters reached in the TC6 was of 294,75±96,97 and had a strong correlation with the MFM. The perception of dyspnoea reported through the TC6 had a negative correlation with domain 3 of the MFM (r=-0,75). On the comparative analysis between groups of wanderers (D) and non-wanderers (ND), the IOS has shown significantly lower values in the group of ND (R5, R20, R5- R20, X5), as well as on the expected percentage of R5-20. In the same group (ND), the spirometry has shown significantly higher values of VVM, VEF1/CVF, FEF25-75 and the expected percentage of VEF1/CVF; in addition to a reduction of the expected percentage of CVF and PFE on the portable meter, PEmax, SNIP e MFM (total score and domains 1, 2 and 3). Conclusion: The reduction of the MFM correlates with the reduction of airways resistance and reactance, and with the reduction of PEmax, SNIP and CVF. In addition to these parameters, there was a correlation between the MFM reduction and the increase of the PFE, FEF25- 75 e VEF1/CVF values. In the comparison between groups, the results confirm the findings in the correlations of the non-wanderers group, with reduction of the airways resistance and reactance, of the respiratory muscular strength and higher volume values (VEF1/CVF) and pulmonary flow (FEF25-75). Despite the strong correlation between the distance covered during the walking test and the motor function, there was no alteration on vital indicators, which may point out to the fact that the patients did not achieve the expected sub-maximum effort level

PhD (Physiotherapy), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand / Despite the improvements that have been made in health care over the years, stroke remains a serious public health problem in low, middle and high-income countries. Post-stroke, there are many consequences that manifest and these include mortality, morbidity and socioeconomic, affecting not only the stroke survivor but also the caregiver. These consequences are felt hardest in low and middleincome countries because they are the least able to deal with health related setbacks to development. Pressure for beds and the need to reduce hospitalisation related costs have resulted in early discharge home of patients culminating in caregivers playing a more significant role post-stroke. The role played by caregivers has of late received much attention and is well documented in highincome regions. Informal caregivers are particularly important in low resourced settings. Caregivers play an important role in the rehabilitation process of the stroke survivor. The discharge home of patients with stroke to unprepared caregivers is associated with burden or strain, which negatively affects the quality of life of not only the caregiver but the stroke survivor as well. The effect of a structured, individualised caregiver training programme on patients with stroke and their carers has not been established in sub-Saharan Africa in general and South Africa in particular. With this in mind, the aim of the study was to establish the impact of caregiver education on the morbidity of the stroke survivors and on the quality of life of the stroke survivors and their carers. The specific objectives of the study were to establish the: physiotherapy caregiver education programmes and associated content in use for managing patients with stroke at Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital, effect of caregiver education on the mobility of the stroke survivors, effect of caregiver education on the health related quality of life of the stroke survivor and the caregivers, effect of caregiver education on the ability of the stroke survivor to socialise and participate in community issues and also the patient and caregiver characteristics associated with caregiver strain post-stroke. To achieve the first objective, a self designed questionnaire was used to establish the physiotherapy caregiver education programmes and associated content in use for managing patients with stroke at Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital from the physiotherapists at the hospital. For the rest of the objectives, a stratified randomised controlled trial using concealed allocation with a broad entry and blinded outcome assessment at baseline, three, six and 12 months was used for data collection. The participants for the study were first time ischaemic patients with stroke admitted to Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital, Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa. A total of 200 patients and their caregivers participated in the study. These were randomly assigned to either the control group or the experimental group. The caregivers in the experimental group were subjected to an individualised training programme just prior to discharge of the patient with stroke and at the three month follow up. The assessor was blinded to the group allocation of the patients and caregivers until after completion of the study. From the study, the one-year case fatality was 38%. The mean hospital length of stay for patients with stroke was six days and the average number of physiotherapy contacts for the stroke survivors was one. The content of the rehabilitation programme of patients post-stroke was well structured and appropriate at Chris Hani Baragwanath. However, there was no caregiver involvement or training during in-patient rehabilitation. The barriers to caregiver involvement included perceived high workload by therapists, short hospital length of stay, poor referral systems between clinicians and therapists of patients post-stroke and caregivers being unavailable during working hours for training purposes. Using the Barthel Index (BI) scores, 78% of the patients were functionally dependent at 12 months post discharge. None of the patients were fully independent in mobility and stair climbing. The experimental group had better mean BI scores at the three and 12 month follow up periods (p = 0.01 and p = 0.05 respectively) when compared to the control group. Caregiver education had the effect of improving the BI scores by one and 0.7 at the three and 12 months follow ups respectively. However, the functional abilities of the patients from both groups were still low at 12 months with averages of 13.3 and 12.6 for the experimental and control groups respectively (out of a possible 20). The overall patient mobility scores as measured on the Rivermead Mobility Index were low over the study period with averages of 9.1 and 8.5 for the experimental and control group respectively (out of a possible 15). However, the experimental group had slightly better Rivermead Mobility Index (RMI) scores, which were not statistically significant. Caregiver education had the effect of reducing the risk of death by 27% relative to that occurring among the control group patients. The health related quality of life of the stroke survivors was generally poor over the study period. The baseline means from their EQ-5D scores (for health related quality of life) were 42.4 and 43.7 for the control and experimental groups respectively, which rose to 67 and 68.8 at 12 months respectively post discharge. Caregiver education had the effect of improving patients’ EQ-5D scores by a factor of three and this was only at 12 months. The caregivers’ quality of life generally declined over the 12 months of the study period (more in the control group than the experimental group) from averages of 92 and 93 at three months (for the control and experimental groups respectively) to 83 and 86 (respectively) at 12 months. However, the experimental group had better mean EQ-5D scores (health related quality of life) than the control group (p = 0.001). Caregiver education had the effect of improving EQ-5D scores by factors of 3.4 and 3.6 at the six and twelve month follow up period. The ability to socialise and participate in community issues was poor. None of the participants could carry out single and multiple tasks without assistance at 12 months post discharge. More than 87% of the patients had mild to moderate difficulty with walking at 12 months post discharge and they were all unable to lift and carry objects, have fine hand use and move around with equipment without assistance. None of the patients was able to carry out domestic activities without any difficulty and consequently they could not prepare meals and do housework without assistance from helpers. All of the participants had mild to moderate and severe to complete difficulty in basic interpersonal interactions, complex interpersonal interactions and formal relationships. They all had mild to moderate difficulty engaging in recreation and leisure activities while 27% of the control group and 25% of the experimental group had severe to complete difficulty with community life at 12 months post discharge. The design, construction and building products and technology for both public and private use were cited as barriers to community participation. More than 50% of the patients also cited friends as being barriers to community participation but acquaintances, colleagues, neighbours and community members were cited as being facilitators together with personal care providers (caregivers). Transport services, systems and policies were also cited as barriers by more than 80% of the participants. Caregiver education did not seem to influence patients’ ability to participate in community issues given the similarities in percentages between the control and experimental groups. At three months post discharge, 89% of the caregivers in the control group and 92% of those in the experimental group were strained from caregiving duties. However, these percentages declined to 78% and 43% respectively at 12 months, showing the effectiveness of caregiver education. Caregiver education had the effect of reducing strain by a factor of 2.6 at 12 months. The patient characteristics that were associated with caregiver strain were the dependency levels in transfers, mobility, dressing, bathing, poor activities of daily living scores, patient anxiety/depression, pain and poor perceived health state. The only caregiver characteristic that influenced caregiver strain was the level of education. The reduced hospital length of stay, pressure for beds and possibly inadequate rehabilitation personnel levels means that its possible that some caregivers are not adequately trained to meet patient needs, although this needs to be confirmed with further controlled research. The current pressure on in-patient services at Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital is resulting in suboptimal exposure to rehabilitation of patients post-stroke. There is insufficient organised caregiver education at present. Structured individualised caregiver training has the effect of positively influencing the health related quality of life of the patients especially at six and 12 months post discharge. Caregivers for patients with stroke suffer from physical, financial and psychological problems, which negatively affect their health related quality of life. Currently, high levels of caregiver strain persist poststroke. Caregiver education however has the effect of reducing the decline in caregiver health related quality of life over time. Caregiver training did not positively influence patient mobility and this is most probably because the patients had very low or poor functional ability levels at discharge from hospital. However, structured and individualised caregiver training has the effect of improving patients’ quality of life and can help reduce deaths among stroke survivors. The patient ability to socialise and participate in community issues post-stroke is currently poor. This mainly stems from the poor functional ability levels, which necessitate dependency on caregivers. Compounding the low functional ability levels are the transport systems, services and policies, attitudes of friends and the design, construction and building products and technology for both public and private use, which are barriers to community participation. The high patient dependency levels result in caregivers being highly strained. The patient characteristics that influence caregiver strain are dependence in transfers, grooming, mobility, dressing, poor activities of daily living, patient anxiety/depression, pain and poor perceived health state (health related quality of life). The only caregiver characteristic that was associated with caregiver strain is the level of education. The early discharge home with little caregiver training calls for provision of community rehabilitation services preferably through domiciliary visits. Caregivers of patients with stroke should be assessed and treated for depression given its high prevalence among this cohort. The referral system between the local community health centres and the discharging hospital need to be strengthened to ensure access to rehabilitation by all patients post discharge from hospital. The referral to social workers during in-patient and out-patient rehabilitation also need to be strengthened to ensure processing of social grants to alleviate financial strain as is appropriate. Caregiver strain is a complex and multifaceted problem with no single causation or solution. As a result, further research is needed to establish the reasons for poor rehabilitation service provision post-stroke for patients and caregivers and find solutions to these. It is important to explore different methods of caregiver education programmes so that the method that yields the best results for both patients and caregivers can be established in our setting and internationally.

Background: Despite the known benefits of physical activities in the management of many chronic diseases associated with aging, a majority of elderly patients within primary health care have difficulties reach the daily recommendation of physical activity and risking being inactive after physiotherapy. Therefore, it is important to understand the factors influencing their motivation in order to provide support for them to stay physically active after physiotherapy. Aim: To describe the perceived latent motivating factors to stay physically active after physiotherapy among elderly people. Method: The Data was collected by open-ended interviews conducted with ten Swedish patients aged 69-88 years and then analyzed using content analysis and interpreted within   a social cognitive theory framework context.[LN1]  Results: The results contributed to one theme “Ability to cope with one-self, others and the environment“ combined with three categories. The categories were subjective factors, physical activity-related factors, and environmental factors. The result supports the participants’ characteristics that were partially similar to those in older age population. However, the current study contributed with new knowledge within each category. The outcome of these factors has shown that all participants enjoy high self-efficacy despite the variation in their health conditions. Inner feelings such self-blaming, discouragement and fear of being left out and alone expressed as matter of high relevance to older adults’ motivation, but not often considered within physiotherapy. The results also showed that having others as role models was not as important as having professional support.  Additionally, relevant information, type of sport facilities and physical activities as well as having fixed routines for physical activities influenced their motivation. Conclusion: The ability to cope with one-self, others and the environment was the main motivating factor to stay physically active after physiotherapy. This coping ability was influenced by subjective factors, physical activity-related factors and environmental factors. Health care professionals should be aware of these motivating factors and use them as a guide to support elderly patients’ motivation to stay physically active.  [LN1]..within eller from a social cognitive theory framework???

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