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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Hays, Laura M.
• Pressler, Susan J.
• Damush, Teresa M.
• Rawl, Susan M.
• Clark, Daniel O.

Titel

Exercise Adoption Among Older, Low-Income Women at Risk for Cardiovascular Disease

Ist Teil von

• Public health Nursing, 2010-01, Vol.27 (1), p.79-88, Article 79

Ort / Verlag

Malden, USA: Blackwell Publishing Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2010

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Quelle

Wiley Online Library - AutoHoldings Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• ABSTRACT Using an expanded Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) model, we hypothesized that self‐efficacy, outcome expectations, and exercise self‐definition would predict exercise adoption. This secondary analysis examined data from a prospective single‐group study of low‐income women who received a physician screen and referral to a community‐based, free exercise program. The sample included 190 older, low‐income women with a mean age of 64 years, the majority of whom were African American (66%) and had at least one cardiovascular risk factor (92%). Baseline values of self‐efficacy, outcome expectations, and exercise self‐definition were measured using instruments developed for the study. Exercise adoption was defined as the number of exercise sessions completed over 8 weeks. Our hypothesis was tested using hierarchical multiple regression. The mean number of exercise sessions completed over the 8‐week period was 5.7 out of a recommended 24. Value of Exercise scores, a subscale of the Exercise Self‐Definition scale, predicted exercise adoption. Self‐efficacy and outcome expectations were not predictive. The significance of Value of Exercise scores reinforces the importance of expanding SCT with additional variables such as exercise self‐definition. Future work should emphasize the social and environmental factors that form an important part of SCT.