Attrition in an exercise intervention: A comparison of early and later dropouts

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 952-960

  Schmidt, Julia A ^a,b,c   Gruman, Cynthia ^a,b,c   King, Mary B ^a,b,c   Wolfson, Leslie I ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Attrition; Dropout; Exercise intervention; Frail elderly

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; GAIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RISK; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRENGTH; VELOCITY; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 0033870630     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb06894.x     Document Type: Article

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