| The role of self-efficacy in older people's decisions to initiate and maintain regular walking as exercise -- Findings from a qualitative study. | |
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PMID: 17561246 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: To study the role of self-efficacy within the process of initiating and maintaining regular walking as exercise for older people. METHODS: A post-trial interview study was carried out among a sub-sample of participants from a trial to evaluate the effect of a self-efficacy walking intervention for older Taiwanese people with moderate hypertension. To fit the study objective purposive sampling was used to sample those participants who were potentially information rich. A thematic analysis was used to identify emergent themes using a 'Framework' model. The study was conducted in Taiwan in 2004. RESULTS: Twenty-two participants were interviewed. A number of themes and sub-themes were generated from the analysis to explain older people's views about initiating and maintaining regular walking as exercise. These included enjoyment and the sense of achievement in being a regular walker; learning from or sharing experiences with other walkers; and their sense of well being during a period of regular walking. DISCUSSION: The factors older interviewees discussed were consistent with self-efficacy theory. The post-trial interviews suggest that the use of self-efficacy was an essential component in explaining the success of the community-based walking program in the original trial. |
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Authors:
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Ling-Ling Lee; Mark Avis; Antony Arthur |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2007-05-10 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Preventive medicine Volume: 45 ISSN: 0091-7435 ISO Abbreviation: Prev Med Publication Date: 2007 Jul |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2007-07-06 Completed Date: 2007-10-23 Revised Date: 2007-11-15 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0322116 Medline TA: Prev Med Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 62-5 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Nursing, Tzu Chi College of Technology, No. 880, Jen-Kuo Road, Section 2, Hualien, 970, Taiwan. lllee@tccn.edu.tw |
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Aged Attitude to Health* Choice Behavior Exercise / psychology* Female Health Behavior* Health Promotion / methods* Humans Hypertension / prevention & control Interviews as Topic Male Middle Aged Qualitative Research Rural Health Self Efficacy* Taiwan Walking / psychology* |
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