The chronic illness context and change in exercise self-care among older adults: A longitudinal analysis

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 521-534

  Wister, Andrew ^a   Romeder, Zan ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b South Granville Seniors Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Chronic illness management; Older adults; Stages of exercise change

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SELF CARE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0036926563     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0714980800002063     Document Type: Article

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