Increasing older adults' walking through primary care: Results of a pilot randomized controlled trial

Family Practice

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 633-642

  Mutrie, Nanette ^a   Doolin, Orla ^b   Fitzsimons, Claire F ^a   Grant, P Margaret ^c   Granat, Malcolm ^c   Grealy, Madeleine ^a   Macdonald, Hazel ^d   Macmillan, Freya ^a   Mcconnachie, Alex ^b   Rowe, David A ^a   Shaw, Rebecca ^b   Skelton, Dawn A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Buckingham Terrace Medical Practice ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Patient education; Physical activity; Prevention; Primary care; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE; PEDOMETER; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; WALKING;

ACTIGRAPHY; AGED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SCOTLAND; WALKING;

EID: 84870018695     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cms038     Document Type: Article

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