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dc.contributor.authorFølling, Ingrid Sørdal
dc.contributor.authorHelvik, Anne-Sofie
dc.contributor.authorSolbjør, Marit
dc.date.accessioned2015-06-24T13:05:13Z
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-17T08:47:50Z
dc.date.available2015-06-24T13:05:13Z
dc.date.available2015-07-17T08:47:50Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationBMC Family Practice 2015, 16(73)nb_NO
dc.identifier.issn1471-2296
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/293318
dc.description- Published article (CC-BY)nb_NO
dc.description.abstractBackground Changing lifestyle is challenging and difficult. The Norwegian Directorate of Health recommends that all municipalities establish Healthy Life Centres targeted to people with lifestyle issues. Little is known about the background, experiences and reflections of participants. More information is needed about participants to shape effective lifestyle interventions with lasting effect. This study explores how participants in a lifestyle intervention programme describe previous life experiences in relation to changing lifestyle. Methods Semi-structured qualitative in-depth interviews were performed with 23 participants (16 women and 7 men) aged 18 – 70 years. The data were analysed using systematic text condensation searching for issues describing participants’ responses, and looking for the essence, aiming to share the basis of life-world experiences as valid knowledge. Results Participants identified two main themes: being stuck in old habits, and being burdened with emotional baggage from their previous negative experiences. Participants expressed a wish to change their lifestyles, but were unable to act in accordance with the health knowledge they possessed. Previous experiences with lifestyle change kept them from initiating attempts without professional assistance. Participants also described being burdened by an emotional baggage with problems from childhood and/or with family, work and social life issues. Respondents said that they felt that emotional baggage was an important explanation for why they were stuck in old habits and that conversely, being stuck in old habits added load to their already emotional baggage and made it heavier. Conclusions Behavioural change can be hard to perform as psychological distress from life baggage can influence the ability to change. The study participants’ experience of being stuck in old habits and having substantial emotional baggage raises questions as to whether or not Healthy Life Centres are able to help participants who need to make a lifestyle change.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherBioMed Centralnb_NO
dc.rightsThis is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.titlePrevious experiences and emotional baggage as Barriers to lifestyle change-a qualitative study of Norwegian Healthy Life Centre participantsnb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer revieweden_GB
dc.date.updated2015-06-24T13:05:13Z
dc.rights.holder© 2015 Følling et al.
dc.subject.nsiPrimary healthcare; Health behaviour; Lifestyle change; Multi-comorbidity; Overweight; Qualitative researchnb_NO
dc.source.volume16nb_NO
dc.source.journalBMC Family Practicenb_NO
dc.source.issue73nb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12875-015-0292-z
dc.identifier.cristin1250542
dc.description.localcodeThis is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.nb_NO


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