Menopausal women: Perceiving continuous power through the experience of regular exercise

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 447-454

  Jeng, Chii ^a   Yang, Shun Hsuan ^b   Chang, Pi Chen ^a   Tsao, Lee Ing ^c  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Grounded theory; Menopausal women; Regular exercise

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DATA ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENOPAUSE; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN; TECHNIQUE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF CARE; SELF EFFICACY; TAIWAN; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 2442553960     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2003.00878.x     Document Type: Article

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