Dr Gemma Morgan was funded by a Doctoral Research Fellowship award from the National Institute for Health Research.  The research involved using mixed methods to develop and pilot a physical activity intervention to prevent disability in older people. A pilot RCT evaluated the acceptability and likely promise of the intervention, and the feasibility of a full-scale evaluation. Older adults aged 65 years and over and at risk of disability were recruited through primary care. Outcomes of interest were acceptability and feasibility of the intervention and trial processes, objective and self-reported measures of physical activity, physical function, mood, and quality of life. 

A systematic review and meta-ethnography on what adults thought about physical activity was also conducted. 

Publications: 

1. Morgan G, Haase A, Campbell R, Ben-Shlomo Y.  A pilot RCT of physical activity facilitation for older adults: feasibility study findings.  Pilot and Feasibility Stud. 2019 Mar 8;5(40).  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-019-0414-9
2. Morgan G, Willmott M, Ben-Shlomo Y, Haase A, Campbell R. A life fulfilled: Positively influencing physical activity in older adults – a systematic review and meta-ethnography. BMC Public Health. 2019 Apr 2;19(362).  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6624-5