Which older people decline participation in a primary care trial of physical activity and why: Insights from a mixed methods approach

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Rogers, Annabelle ^a   Harris, Tess ^a   Victor, Christina ^b   Woodcock, Alison ^c   Limb, Elizabeth ^a   Kerry, Sally ^d   Iliffe, Steve ^e   Whincup, Peter ^a   Ekelund, Ulf ^f,g   Beighton, Carole ^h   Ussher, Michael ^a   Adams, Fredrika ^a   Cook, Derek G ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^h LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Non participation; Older people; Physical activity; Primary care; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; WALKING;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; WALKING;

EID: 84899475625     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-14-46     Document Type: Article

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