Perspectives on activity.
Activity is integral to human health, well-being, development, and functioning. Despite its importance to health, there have been few efforts to develop conceptual definitions of activity as a basis for nursing research in this area. The purposes of this paper are to review the major attributes of physical activity found in the nursing and health care literature, to formulate a comprehensive definition of activity based on the literature, and to suggest directions for future research.
Redeker
N S
NS
Rutgers, State University of New Jersey.
Mason
D J
DJ
D004734:Energy Metabolism; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009038:Motion; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology; D015399:Nursing Research