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Home-based resistance training: predictors of participation and adherence
Author(s)	Alan M Jette, Dan Rooks, Margie Lachman
Journal title	The Gerontologist, vol 38, no 4, August 1998
Pages	pp 412-421
Keywords	Exercise ; Living in the community ; Health [elderly] ; Attitude ; United States of America.
Annotation	Factors associated with exercise participation and adherence among older people were investigated in this study. A sample of 102 sedentary, functionally limited, community-dwelling older adults aged between 60 and 94 years participated in a home-based resistance training programme. Stepwise regression analyses revealed that baseline physical factors (i.e., higher levels of mobility, weaker muscle strength, and fewer numbers of new medical conditions) were associated with higher rates of participation in the programme. Positive attitudes and a sense of control toward exercise, lower levels of confusion and depressive moods, and the development of fewer new medical problems during the programme were related to higher levels of adherence. Findings revealed that although physical health variables were the primary indicators of an older person's overall participation in the programme, it was the psychological factors that were most important to adherence to the programme. (AKM).
Accession Number	CPA-981001401 A
Classmark	CEA: K4: CC: DP: 7T
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