Physical Competence, Physical Well-Being, and Perceived Physical Literacy among Older Adults in Day Care Centers of Hong Kong

The ageing population creates concerns and challenges worldwide. The large number of older adults (aged over 65) in Hong Kong continues to rise as people live longer. This may result in heavy burdens on public services and problems such as a shortage of medical resources. The purpose of this study is to implement a physical literacy-based intervention among older adults in Hong Kong in order to achieve the goal of health promotion. A two-arm cluster randomized controlled trial will be employed in this proposed study. Ten daycare centers for the older adults in Hong Kong will be invited to participate in this study. The intervention group will receive functional fitness training and mastering physical literacy class twice a week with buddy peer support, and they will be asked to keep a reflective writing journal on a daily basis for 12 weeks in total. Participants will be evaluated at baseline (week 0), post-intervention (week 12), and at 6-week follow-up (week 18). This will consist of objective and self-reported measures covering elements within physical literacy (i.e., physical competence, motivation and confidence, knowledge and understanding) and also physical activity levels on an individual basis. The study intends to introduce a conceptual framework of physical literacy for the older adults through an intervention that allows older people to develop daily behaviour habits, which should promote active ageing for the older adults and greater self-esteem in later life. After this study, participants may share their positive experiences, and encourage their peers in the community to become physically literate in the future. In the long run, due to the feasibility and sustainability of these potential programs, this proposed study has the potential to connect seniors through social engagement and contribute to healthy living. Clinical trial approval from the National Library of Medicine (Reference number: NCT06137859).

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Physical literacy-based intervention for older adults: a cluster randomized controlled trial study protocol

Sum,

Yang,

Choi

et al. 2024

“…Instantiating such expansive moments in specific kinetic functions and movement forms (otherwise restricted to fundamental movement skills) helps us appreciate not just the competencies that can be maintained but also the cultivation of movement confidence in the older population ( 12 , 67 , 82 ). By posing movement confidence as a part and parcel of motile expression, it becomes more than a psychological construct that may be assessed on a perceived scale, as is typically done in physical activity assessments [e.g., ( 9 , 81 )].…”

Section: Physically Literate For Lifementioning

confidence: 99%

“…• Five articles on perceived PL instruments and questionnaires (81)(82)(83)(84)(85), and • Two articles that posed new PL models for active aging (12,86).…”

Section: An Interpretive Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

Physical literacy, health and interactive aging: a position paper

Lloyd,

Smith,

Sahingil

2024

Physical literacy (PL), a concept commonly associated with the early years, physical education, and youth sport development, can become a meaningful determinant of health and longevity for the adult and older adult population. A review of 55 recent publications from 2018 to 2023 that encompassed physical literacy conceptual frameworks, assessments, and intervention-based studies was undertaken through an heuristic inspired by the philosophy which gave birth to PL. With particular interest in how PL has evolved in response to the needs of an aging population, this position paper tracks a key shift in focus from the individual to the relational context. It references positive interaction and social participation in recent models as significant features of an across-the-lifespan PL perspective.The concluding position is that fostering joyful inter-action be at the heart of PL promotion, resource development and assessment practices, especially in the case of an aging population.

“…Mixed methods are also recommended in the assessment process. The author has just finished one such attempt that combined qualitative exploration through life history interviews, complemented by quantitative measures including Short Physical Performance Battery and Perceived Physical Literacy Instrument to explore the physical literacy journeys among older adults in Hong Kong comprehensively and deeply (43). In future practice, it is suggested to integrate quantitative methods and qualitative ones in large-scale projects especially when they are empirical studies within specific settings.…”

Section: To Quantify or To Specify Qualitatively?mentioning

confidence: 99%

A critical narrative questioning the assessment of physical literacy: foster authentic human flourishing across the life course

Huang

2024

The study provides a summary, reflection, and clarification on the existing literature amid the recent rise in physical literacy assessment through a critical narrative that will contribute to future developments. In this review, the author addressed the significance of acknowledging the ultimate goal of assessing physical literacy throughout the life course is to foster authentic human flourishing. The study questioned the assessment practice in detail by discussing whether it is to translate and validate or to establish locally and to quantify or to specify qualitatively. The current tendency of a comprehensive dimension but not an inclusive journey was found. Subject to limitation, the merits of this study still stand and, moreover, further point to valuable areas for further inquiry that may refine and foster physical literacy and authentic human flourishing across the life course. And based on the arguments, future direction and recommendations when conducting assessment were discussed.