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| Attitudes and beliefs that predict older people's intention to undertake strength and balance training | | Author(s) | Lucy Yardley, Margaret Donovan-Hall, Katharine Francis |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 62B, no 2, March 2007 |
| Pages | pp P119-P125 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Falls ; Preventative medicine ; Mobility ; Exercise ; Attitude ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | Many older people refuse to participate in strength and balance training (SBT), limiting the effectiveness for falls prevention. To persuade older people to take up SBT, we need to know whether their intention to undertake SBT is motivated by the perceived threat of falling or the perceived suitability and benefits of SBT. Help the Aged commissioned a survey of 558 people aged 60-95 assessing intention to undertake SBT, as well as measures of threat appraisal (concerns about falling, perceived risk, and consequences of falling) and coping appraisal (perceived benefits and appropriateness for them undertaking SBT). Intention to undertake SBT was much more closely related to all elements of coping appraisal than threat appraisal. The elements of coping appraisal included the belief that it has multiple benefits and is associated with a positive social identity and the feeling that family, friends and doctors would approve of taking part. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070504246 A |
| Classmark | OLF: LK2: C4: CEA: DP: 3F |
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