NRS 445 Select a qualitative research article, different than the one you used in Topic 1, focusing on a clinical nursing problem of your choice

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The qualitative research article for this post is about what motivates and enables elderly adults to continue their fall prevention exercise program post rehab. This research article used the grounded theory to gather all the information to determine the outcome. 425 participants were observed and interviewed since 2017 to 2020 (Finnegan).

Falls remain one of the highest global health problems for older adults and the WHO recognizes this as the second leading cause of accidental or unintentional injury related death in the worldwide (Finnegan). With the baby boomer generation now making up the majority of the elderly world population it is imperative that we as healthcare professionals not only help develop exercise programs that strengthen core muscles and balance but also develop programs that can be easily followed outside of the clinical setting so no barriers prevent the client from following the program. the biggest preventative factors that the study found to be deterrents to following an exercise program were the overall health of the patient and time (Finnegan). overall health of the patient is critical as implementing a cardio intensive routine to someone with COPD is going to be counterproductive; whereas time is also critical in being how long will someone need to be doing the routine is it daily and for how long.

The CASP method was used in this study to determine the trustworthiness and validity of the findings to be accurate (CASP). Using the CASP as a guide the article met all the criteria of the checklist.

Finnegan, S., Bruce, J., & Seers, K. (2019). What enables older people to continue with their falls prevention exercises? A qualitative systematic review. BMJ open, 9(4), e026074. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026074

CASP (qualitative) checklist. (2018). Critical Appraisal Skills Program. https://casp-uk.net/checklists/casp-qualitative-studies-checklist-fillable.pdf

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