The efficacy of cardiovascular risk-reduction programs has been established. However, the
extent to which risk-reduction interventions are effective may depend on adherence. Non …

Self-efficacy (Bandura, 1986) has been shown to impact on health practices as well as
adaptation to illness and treatment. The purposes of this paper are to describe self-efficacy …

SUMMARY ACSM Position Stand on Exercise and Physical Activity for Older Adults. Med.
Sci. Sports. Exerc., Vol. 30, No. 6, pp. 992-1008, 1998. By the year 2030, the number of …

Robinson-Smith G, Johnston MV, Allen J. Self-care self-efficacy, quality of life, and
depression after stroke. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2000; 81: 460-4. Objective: To determine …

Abstract Strategies Used by People to Promote Health (SUPPH), a 29‐item self‐report, is a
measure of self‐care self‐efficacy. Items for the SUPPH were empirically generated …

Background and Purpose The purpose of this study was to identify practitioner barriers
(education, attitudes and beliefs, interest and perceived role, and self-efficacy) and …

Background Preliminary evidence suggests that meditative exercise may have benefits for
patients with chronic systolic heart failure (HF); this has not been rigorously tested in a large …

Objective: To determine the feasibility of a cardiac prehabilitation (Prehab) program for
patients waiting for elective coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). Design: A two-group …

BACKGROUND: Sedentary lifestyle is associated with adverse health outcomes. Available
evidence suggests that, despite positive attitudes toward regular exercise in promoting a …

OBJECTIVE—To determine psychological and behavioral correlates of baseline BMI in the
Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—Of 1,079 DPP …