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Barriers and Facilitators to Exercise Engagement in People Over 60 at Risk of Falls: an Exploratory Study
Trial registry update: COMPLETED. No results reported in the supplied registry record.
OBSERVATIONALN=10Minor significance
What this changes
The finding has not established an approved change to our evidence assessment.
Source date: Sep 23, 2026 · Discovered: Sep 24, 2026 · Assessed: — · Research update
What it does not prove
- This qualitative exploratory study cannot determine whether specific exercise formats or interventions actually reduce falls or fall risk; it only documents patient perceptions and preferences.
- The very small sample size (up to 10 participants) may not achieve adequate data saturation despite the authors' expectation, limiting generalizability of findings to other older populations at fall risk.
- No effect size was measured or reported, so no quantitative evidence of exercise benefit can be derived from this study.
Extracted from supplied source material; model confidence is not a measured probability of correctness.
Study details
- Design
- Observational
- Sample size
- 10
- Duration
- 12 months
- Population
- Patients over 60 years old identified at risk of falls, referred to MSK Physiotherapy in Rossendale. Risk of falls defined as: patient self-reports unsteadiness, one or more falls in the last 6 months, or clinician-identified slow/unsteady gait pattern on examination.
- Primary outcome
- Reasons for and against engaging with exercises at home; facilitators and barriers to exercise engagement; patient preferences for exercise format and type; ability to discuss falls risk with health professionals; health inequalities; sustainability of exercise; and need for falls management pathways.
- Effect size
- —
- Significance
- Not reported
- Journal
- East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
- Published
- Sep 23, 2026
Sources
Primary source
- East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust ↗Clinical trial
Recorded source passages
Abstract or registry material supplied for assessment; source version 1. This is not a claim of full-text review.
It is a qualitative study, using semi structured interviews to explore patient's experiences of falls and their perceptions on facilitators and barriers to exercise.
To explore reasons for and against engaging with exercises at home in participants over the age of 60 at risk of falls.
Semi structured interviews on up to ten participants.
Approximately 12 months from participant recruitment to analysis of findings.
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