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Barriers and facilitators of self‐reported physical activity in cardiac patients
Author(s) -
Yates Bernice C.,
PriceFowlkes Tammera,
Agrawal Sangeeta
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.10108
Subject(s) - medicine , physical activity , gerontology , psychology , physical therapy
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships of personal factors (age and gender), barriers (symptom distress and negative well‐being), and facilitators (self‐efficacy to exercise and positive well‐being) with self‐reported physical activity in cardiac patients. Sixty‐four participants (50 men, 14 women) 6–12 months post–cardiac event participated in this study. We found that age and gender accounted for 14.7% of the variance, symptom distress and negative well‐being accounted for an additional 21.6% of the variance, and self‐efficacy accounted for the remaining 7.6% of the variance for a total of 44% of the variance in physical activity levels explained. These results suggest that personal factors and barriers are central variables, in addition to self‐efficacy, in understanding the levels of physical activity achieved by patients after a cardiac event. © 2003 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. Res Nurs Health 26:459–469, 2003