Elderly Mexican women's perceptions of exercise and conflicting role responsibilities

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 45-49

  Salazar Gonzalez, Bertha Cecilia ^a   Jirovec, Mary Marmoll ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflicting role responsibilities; Exercise; Exercise participation; Exercise readiness; Stages of change

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFLICT; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MEXICO; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PILOT STUDY; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; TIME MANAGEMENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORKLOAD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEXICO; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PILOT PROJECTS; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; TIME MANAGEMENT; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0035256733     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7489(00)00062-6     Document Type: Article

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