title: Illness, injury, and correlates of aerobic exercise and walking: a community study.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Political Science, San Diego State University, CA 92182.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Hofstetter
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Hovell
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Macera
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Sallis
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Spry
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Barrington
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Callender
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hackley
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rauh
mesh_terms: 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*