Recruitment of veterans from primary care into a physical activity randomized controlled trial: The experience of the VA-STRIDE study

Trials

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hawkins, Marquis S ^a   Hough, Linda J ^b   Berger, Marie A ^b   Mor, Maria K ^b,c   Steenkiste, Ann R ^b   Gao, Shasha ^b   Stone, Roslyn A ^b,c   Burkitt, Kelly H ^b   Marcus, Bess H ^d   Ciccolo, Joseph T ^e   Kriska, Andrea M ^c   Klinvex, Deborah T ^f   Sevick, Mary A ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Columbia University Teachers College ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Overweight; Physical activity; Primary care; Randomized controlled trial; Veterans

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT SELECTION; PENNSYLVANIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SAMPLE SIZE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; VETERANS;

EID: 84892176387     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-11     Document Type: Article

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