The role of self-efficacy in older people's decisions to initiate and maintain regular walking as exercise - Findings from a qualitative study

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-65

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

^a TZU CHI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community based walking intervention; Older people; Post trial interviews; Self efficacy; Walking as exercise

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; DECISION MAKING; EXERCISE; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAMPLING; SELF CONCEPT; TAIWAN; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; WALKING; WELLBEING;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH; SELF EFFICACY; TAIWAN; WALKING;

EID: 34347327225     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2007.04.011     Document Type: Article

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