Introduction: This study explored the health behaviour of older adults with COPD.
Objectives included: 1) to explore the process of successfully managing COPD; 2) to
identify health behaviour strategies utilized; 3) to identify factors influencing health
behaviour change; 4) to understand the impact of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR). Methods:
Eleven community-dwelling older adults were interviewed following PR. Interviews were
coded and analyzed using constant comparative analysis, comparing and contrasting
incoming data with emerging theory. Findings: Two distinct models were developed
representing participants’ experience with COPD and health behaviour change: Struggling
with Living: Life with COPD before Pulmonary Rehabilitation; and Carrying on with
Living: Life with COPD following Pulmonary Rehabilitation. Conclusions: Older adults
with COPD engaged in a limited repertoire of health behaviour strategies which were
relatively ineffectual prior to participation in PR. PR had a major impact on health behaviour
strategies, and on the external and personal factors influencing health behaviour.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TORONTO/oai:tspace.library.utoronto.ca:1807/24623 |
| Date | 27 July 2010 |
| Creators | Price, Shirley |
| Contributors | Cott, Cheryl |
| Source Sets | University of Toronto |
| Language | en_ca |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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