Getting more physically active: finding out what helps and hinders
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Getting more physically active: finding out what helps and hinders
IRAS ID
301232
Contact name
Rowan Diamond
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Oxford CTRG
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 6 months, 2 days
Research summary
People who experience psychosis spend too much time being physically inactive (sitting down for too long and not exercising enough). In order to design effective interventions we need to have a good understanding of what helps and hinders physical activity.
It is therefore important that we ask: 1) What are the barriers and facilitators to exercise? 2) What are the barriers and facilitators to prolonged sitting time? 3) How do people think that these barriers could be overcome? And 4) How do people think that these facilitators may be increased or improved?
Focus groups are well-suited to address these questions, whilst interviews will allow for more inclusive participation where this is difficult. A participative analysis session taking place once themes have started to emerge, will allow participants to validate the findings and prioritise their importance.
Participants will be people who have lived experience of psychosis, people caring for someone who has psychosis and people who treat them in a care team. They will be recruited through local care teams in Oxford Health Foundation Trust and other trusts linked through clinical research networks across the country. Carers will also be recruited through local carers groups and recovery teams.
Focus groups will take place in public/community centres or online (via Microsoft Teams), while interviews will be conducted at patients' own homes, at their clinical base or online (via Microsoft Teams) if they are unable or unwilling to participate in a focus group. They will not be able to participate in both. The participative analysis session will take place online.
This study will inform the co-design of a new intervention, which will take place as part of the same programme of research, funded by an NIHR fellowship award.REC name
Wales REC 6
REC reference
21/WA/0285
Date of REC Opinion
30 Sep 2021
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion