Age Differences For Relationships Between Perceived Health, Exercise Motivation And Self-efficacy Factors After HIFT

OBJECTIVE: To assess, in two studies, whether there are any age differences in beliefs about the role of psychological, organic and ageing factors in the experience of chronic pain.SUBJECTS: Healthy adults free from chronic pain ranging in age from 18 to 86 years (first study); adults with chronic pain due to arthritis, fibromyalgia or other rheumatological disorders ranging in age from 27 to 79 years (second study).MATERIALS: In both studies, subjects completed the Pain Beliefs Questionnaire which was modified to measure beliefs about the relationship between pain and ageing. In addition, subjects completed various self-assessments of health, pain intensity and depression. Those with chronic pain also completed the Arthritis Self-Efficacy Scale.RESULTS: There was no evidence of any age differences in beliefs about pain in either the pain-free or chronic pain samples. There was some evidence that elderly patients may report less pain, but there were no age differences found on measures of depression or self-efficacy.CONCLUSIONS: The elderly were no more likely than younger persons to associate pain with the normal ageing process than with organic factors such as tissue damage, nor were they more likely to deny the importance of psychological factors to the pain experience.

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The role of self-efficacy in the association between health literacy and self-perceived health in Germany

European Journal of Public Health ◽

10.1093/eurpub/cky213.070 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 28 (suppl_4) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

EM Berens ◽

D Vogt ◽

S Gille ◽

D Schaeffer

Keyword(s):

Health Literacy ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Perceived Health

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Patients with Kawasaki Disease Have Significantly Low Aerobic Metabolism Capacity and Peak Exercise Load Capacity during Adolescence

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17228352 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (22) ◽

pp. 8352

Author(s):

Tsung-Hsun Yang ◽

Yan-Yuh Lee ◽

Lin-Yi Wang ◽

Ta-Chih Chang ◽

Ling-Sai Chang ◽

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Keyword(s):

Kawasaki Disease ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Load Capacity ◽

Aerobic Metabolism ◽

Exercise Behavior ◽

Peak Exercise ◽

Healthy Children ◽

Exercise Motivation ◽

Cardiopulmonary Function ◽

Exercise Load

Introduction: Kawasaki disease (KD) is a childhood illness causing blood vessel inflammation. Children with KD have similar cardiopulmonary function to healthy children, but lower moderate-to-vigorous activity and exercise self-efficacy—possibly harming their cardiopulmonary function in adolescence. The purpose of this study is to investigate the cardiopulmonary function, exercise behaviors, exercise motivations, and self-efficacy of adolescents who once had KD. Methods: adolescents who once had KD and adolescents matched to the KD group in age and sex were enrolled. The cardiopulmonary exercise test was used to assess cardiopulmonary function. Weekly exercise behavior, exercise motivation, and self-efficacy were assessed with questionnaires. Results: this study recruited 50 and 30 participants, respectively, to the KD and control groups. The KD group had a lower ratio of VO2/kg at the anaerobic threshold and peak to the predicted VO2/kg at the peak (p = 0.021 and 0.043, respectively). No significant differences were found in questionnaire scores. The correlations of weekly exercise behavior scores with exercise motivation and self-efficacy scores were stronger in the KD group. Conclusions: adolescents with KD history had significantly lower aerobic metabolism capacity and peak exercise load capacity than controls. The correlations of amount of weekly exercise with exercise motivation and self-efficacy were stronger in the KD group.

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