Just How Special are the Physical Activity Cognitions in Diseased Populations? Preliminary Evidence for Integrated Content in Chronic Disease Prevention and Rehabilitation
| dc.contributor.author | Rhodes, Ryan E. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Blanchard, Chris M. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-10-26T17:39:49Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-10-26T17:39:49Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2007 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: The extant literature is building on subdividing physical activity (PA) correlates and interventions by health condition (e.g., diabetes, cancer, etc.). Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the mean values and correlations of a population sample divided by mutually exclusive health condition status (“nondiseased”, cardiovascular disease and risk factors, cancer, diabetes, and arthritis) on theory of planned behaviour beliefs and physical activity after adjusting for sociodemographic factors. The relationship between compounding health conditions/comorbidities and these beliefs with PA was also evaluated. Methods: Participants were a U.S. sample of 6,739 adults (M age = 49.65, SD = 16.04) who completed relevant social and medical demographics, measures of behavioural, normative, and control beliefs, and self-reported PA. Results: Mean analyses identified greater health barriers to PA for the arthritis population compared to the other groups (η2 > .025), while physician norms and health barriers were higher for compounding health condition populations compared to the nondiseased group (η2 > .025). Belief-behaviour correlations, however, were not different across health conditions (q < .19) and nondiseased and single disease populations had larger control belief-behaviour correlations than those populations with compounding health conditions (q > .19). Conclusions: Thus, these data generally provide preliminary evidence for an integrated approach to PA promotion content in primary prevention and health rehabilitation with some possible tailoring in the areas of health barriers. This area of research will benefit from future studies that build off of the present data. | en_US |
| dc.description.reviewstatus | Reviewed | en_US |
| dc.description.scholarlevel | Faculty | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Ryan E. Rhodes is supported by a scholar award from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, a new investigator award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and with funds from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Chris M. Blanchard is supported by a Canada Research Chair in the Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Rhodes, R. E., & Blanchard, C. M. (2007). Just how special are the physical activity cognitions in diseased populations? Preliminary evidence for integrated content in chronic disease prevention and rehabilitation. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 33(3), 302-311. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02879912 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02879912 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1828/15553 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Annals of Behavioral Medicine | en_US |
| dc.subject.department | School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education | |
| dc.title | Just How Special are the Physical Activity Cognitions in Diseased Populations? Preliminary Evidence for Integrated Content in Chronic Disease Prevention and Rehabilitation | en_US |
| dc.type | Postprint | en_US |