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BMC Geriatrics BioMed Central Study protocol Open Access Autonomy among physically frail older people in nursing home settings: a study protocol for an intervention study 1 2 Mette Andresen* and Lis Puggaard Address: 1University of Southern Denmark, Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Exercise and Biomechanics, Denmark and 2COWI A/S, Denmark Email: Mette Andresen* - mea@ucsj.dk; Lis Puggaard - lipu@cowi.dk * Corresponding author Published: 1 December 2008 Received: 14 October 2008 Accepted: 1 December 2008 BMC Geriatrics 2008, 8:32 doi:10.1186/1471-2318-8-32 This article is available from: /1471-2318/8/32 © 2008 Andresen and Puggaard; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background: Experiencing autonomy is recognised to promote health and well-being for all age groups. Perceived lack of control has been found to be detrimental to physical and mental health. There is a lack of evidence-based knowledge elucidating how frail older people in nursing home settings themselves perceive autonomy in daily life. Further, there are no studies on the extent to which this perception can be influenced positively by participating in an individually tailored