Evaluating a community-based walking intervention for hypertensive older people in Taiwan: A randomized controlled trial

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 160-166

  Lee, Ling Ling ^a   Arthur, Antony ^b   Avis, Mark ^b  

^a TZU CHI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Older people; Randomized controlled trial; Self efficacy; Walking

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TAIWAN; WALKING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SELF EFFICACY; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 33846840710     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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