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| Self-efficacy and the progression of functional limitations and self-reported disability in older adults with knee pain |
| Author(s) | W Jack Rejeski, Michael E Miller, Capri Foy |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 56B, no 5, September 2001 |
| Pages | pp S261-S265 |
| Keywords | Self care capacity ; Mobility ; Physical disabilities ; Arthritis ; Pain ; Self esteem ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | 480 American over 65s who had knee pain on most days of the week and difficulty with daily activity were followed for 30 months. There was a significant interaction of baseline self-efficacy with baseline knee strength in predicting both self-reported disability and stair climbing performance. Participants who had low self-efficacy and low strength at baseline had the largest 30-month decline in these outcomes. These data underscore the important role that self-efficacy beliefs play in understanding functional decline with chronic disease and ageing. Self-efficacy beliefs appear to be most important to functional decline in older people when they are challenged by muscular weakness in the lower limbs. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-011025208 A |
| Classmark | CA: C4: BN: CLA: CT7: DPA: 3J: 7T |
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