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Physical activity habits and preferences in the month prior to a first-ever stroke

Background. Physical inactivity is a powerful risk factor for stroke and other chronic diseases. The aim of this study was to explore physical activity habits and preferences in the month leading up to a first-ever stroke, and to determine whether participants were aware of the link between stroke a...

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Autores principales: McDonnell, Michelle N., Esterman, Adrian J., Williams, Rosena S., Walker, Jenny, Mackintosh, Shylie F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4103086/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25075347
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.489
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author McDonnell, Michelle N.
Esterman, Adrian J.
Williams, Rosena S.
Walker, Jenny
Mackintosh, Shylie F.
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description Background. Physical inactivity is a powerful risk factor for stroke and other chronic diseases. The aim of this study was to explore physical activity habits and preferences in the month leading up to a first-ever stroke, and to determine whether participants were aware of the link between stroke and physical activity. Methods. We undertook an observational study with 81 participants recently admitted to a stroke unit. Participants reported their pre-morbid physical activity preferences and habits and completed the Barriers to Physical Activity and Disability Survey. Data were analysed with summative content analysis and descriptive statistics. Results. Only 31% of participants were aware that physical inactivity was associated with stroke. Most participants defined physical activity with examples of instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) and walking (48% of responses), and IADLs constituted their most frequent regular physical activity (38% of responses). The barriers to physical activity reported by participants most frequently were lack of motivation (52%), lack of interest (50%) and lack of energy (42%). Conclusions. Regular physical activity is important to prevent stroke and other chronic diseases but adults at risk of stroke have little awareness of the risks of physical inactivity and little motivation to undertake regular exercise.
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spelling pubmed-41030862014-07-29 Physical activity habits and preferences in the month prior to a first-ever stroke McDonnell, Michelle N. Esterman, Adrian J. Williams, Rosena S. Walker, Jenny Mackintosh, Shylie F. PeerJ Kinesiology Background. Physical inactivity is a powerful risk factor for stroke and other chronic diseases. The aim of this study was to explore physical activity habits and preferences in the month leading up to a first-ever stroke, and to determine whether participants were aware of the link between stroke and physical activity. Methods. We undertook an observational study with 81 participants recently admitted to a stroke unit. Participants reported their pre-morbid physical activity preferences and habits and completed the Barriers to Physical Activity and Disability Survey. Data were analysed with summative content analysis and descriptive statistics. Results. Only 31% of participants were aware that physical inactivity was associated with stroke. Most participants defined physical activity with examples of instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) and walking (48% of responses), and IADLs constituted their most frequent regular physical activity (38% of responses). The barriers to physical activity reported by participants most frequently were lack of motivation (52%), lack of interest (50%) and lack of energy (42%). Conclusions. Regular physical activity is important to prevent stroke and other chronic diseases but adults at risk of stroke have little awareness of the risks of physical inactivity and little motivation to undertake regular exercise. PeerJ Inc. 2014-07-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4103086/ /pubmed/25075347 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.489 Text en © 2014 McDonnell et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4103086/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25075347
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.489
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