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Perceived barriers to regular physical activity in elderly
Oliveira,Jacilene Guedes de; França,Sabrina Pereira de<p><b>OBJECTIVE:</b> To identify the barriers to the practice of regular physical activity in elderly people registered in Family Health Units in the city of Vitoria de Santo Antão, Pernambuco, Brazil.<br> <b>METHODS:</b> The sample consisted of 88 elderly enrolled in eight FHU. Data collection was conducted through questionnaires to obtain general characteristics, comorbidities, risk factors, health per...
Stages of health behavior change and factors associated with physical activity ...
Oliveira,Jacilene Guedes de; Barbosa,João Paulo dos Anjos Souza; Farah,Breno Quintella; Chehuen,Marcel da Rocha; Cucato,Gabriel Grizzo; Wolosker,NelsonOBJECTIVE: To analyze, in people with intermittent claudication, the frequency of individuals who are in each of stages of health behavior change to practice physical activity, and analyze the association of these stages with the walking capacity. METHODS: We recruited 150 patients with intermittent claudication treated at a tertiary center, being included those >30-year-old-individuals and who had ankle-arm...