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Journal article
The Role of Caregivers in Physical Activity for Older Adults With Alzheimer's Disease
American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, Vol.33(2), pp.122-130
03/2018
PMID: 29168392
Abstract
This study examined the determinants of physical activity (PA) for older adults with Alzheimer's disease (AD) to learn more about how to promote PA in this population. Caregivers of older adults with AD (N = 99) provided information related to care recipient's PA, as well as addressed sociodemographics and perceptions about their care recipient's PA. Gender of care recipient was a significant predictor of PA (β = .80, P < .05); men with AD participated in more PA than women with AD. Also, caregiver's outcome expectation for care recipient's PA also predicted more PA (β = .82, P < .05). Caregiver's perceived benefits of PA (outcome expectation) for their care recipient partially mediated the relationship between self-efficacy for care recipient's PA and the reported levels of PA for the care recipient. This study demonstrated the importance of caregiver perceptions about care recipient's PA.
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- Title
- The Role of Caregivers in Physical Activity for Older Adults With Alzheimer's Disease
- Creators
- Eunsaem Kim - Washington State University VancouverSarah Ullrich-French - Washington State UniversityCory Bolkan - Washington State UniversityLaura Griner Hill - Washington State University
- Publication Details
- American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, Vol.33(2), pp.122-130
- Academic Unit
- Human Development, Department of
- Identifiers
- 99900871412301842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article