Health-promoting lifestyles and exercise: A comparison of older African American women above and below poverty level

B Brady, MA Nies - Journal of Holistic Nursing, 1999 - journals.sagepub.com
The purpose of this study was to compare the health-promoting behaviors and exercise
behaviors of older African American women above and below poverty level. Fifty-eight …

Exercise intervention implemented by trained volunteers improves health-related quality of life among Japanese community-dwelling older females: an intervention …

K Izutsu, K Arima, Y Abe, T Okabe, Y Tomita… - Journal of physical …, 2017 - jstage.jst.go.jp
[Purpose] This study aimed to evaluate the sustainability and efficacy of exercise
intervention, as implemented by professionally trained volunteers, on the health-related …

Relationship between low depressiveness and domain specific physical activity in women

M Kull, M Ainsaar, E Kiive… - Health care for women …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
In this study we investigated how different domains of physical activity are associated with
depressiveness among women, and how individual variables moderate this relationship …

Effects of stretching exercise included health education on physical health index, self-reported symptoms, and self-efficacy of exercise in elderly

KB Kim, SS Han, JS Won, WO Kim… - Journal of East-West …, 2004 - koreascience.kr
This was one experimental study, conducted to identify the effects of stretching exercise
included health education on physical health index, self-reported symptoms, and self …

Results of a culturally adapted internet-enhanced physical activity pilot intervention for overweight and obese young adult African American women

RP Joseph, D Pekmezi, GR Dutton… - Journal of …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose: This study evaluated a culturally relevant, social cognitive theory–based, Internet-
enhanced physical activity (PA) pilot intervention developed for overweight/obese African …

Effects of a physical activity and sedentary behavior program on activity levels, stress, body size, and sleep in sedentary Korean college students

JY Choi, AK Chang, EJ Choi - Holistic nursing practice, 2018 - journals.lww.com
This study examined the effects of a physical activity and sedentary behavior program on
physical activity, sedentary behavior, stress, body size, and sleep in 63 Korean college …

Life stage influences on US South Asian women's physical activity

SS Dave, LL Craft, P Mehta, S Naval… - American Journal of …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose. South Asian (SA) women in the United States report extremely low rates of leisure
time physical activity (PA) compared with women in other ethnic minority groups. This study …

Physical activity counseling for older women

C Costanzo, SN Walker, BC Yates… - Western journal of …, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
Physical inactivity is a major factor in increasing women's risk for chronic disease, disability,
and premature mortality. This study compared the effectiveness of five behavioral …

Physical activity as a protective factor against depressive symptoms in older Chinese veterans in the community: result from a national cross-sectional study

WJ Du, JP Tan, F Yi, YM Zou, Y Gao… - Neuropsychiatric …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Background Physical activity is generally considered to be effective in reducing the
prevalence of depression and promoting remission of its symptoms. However, large-scale …

Effects of exercise programs on depressive symptoms, quality of life, and self-esteem in older people: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials

SH Park, KS Han, CB Kang - Applied nursing research, 2014 - Elsevier
Objective This study attempted to show evidence of exercise programs as intervention to
decrease depressive symptoms and to improve quality of life and self-esteem in older …