Illness, injury, and correlates of aerobic exercise and walking: a community study.
This study explores differences in exercise and walking behavior among subjects who reported temporary or long-term illnesses or injuries serious enough to have limited physical activities. The study is primarily concerned with specifying similarities and differences in correlates of vigorous exercise and walking among illness/injury groups in comparison to a healthy sample. Subjects in the analysis (N = 2,053) were drawn from a multiwave mailed survey of a probability sampling of the adult population residing in households in San Diego, California. Although differences were found in correlates of walking and vigorous exercise among the groups, self-efficacy, the belief that one is able to perform specific activities, was the most powerful and statistically significant correlate of both walking and vigorous exercise among all groups.
Hofstetter
C R
CR
Department of Political Science, San Diego State University, CA 92182.
Hovell
M F
MF
Macera
C
C
Sallis
J F
JF
Spry
V
V
Barrington
E
E
Callender
L
L
Hackley
M
M
Rauh
M
M
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002140:California; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016138:Walking / Q000523:psychology*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000523:psychology*