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National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Division of Adult and Community Health
Health Care and Aging Studies Branch
Arthritis Program
Mailstop K-51
4770 Buford Highway NE
Atlanta, GA 30341-3724
Phone: 770.488.5464
Fax: 770.488.5964
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CDC-Funded Science
“Successful” Exercisers among People with Arthritis: Understanding Facilitators and Barriers to Physical Activity
Funding Number
S2038-22/22
Project Description
This project was designed to better understand why some people with
arthritis are successful in establishing and maintaining a regimen of
aerobic activity, while others are not successful in maintaining such an
exercise regimen. More specifically, the purpose of the project was to
develop an in-depth understanding of facilitators and barriers to
physical activity and exercise among people with arthritis, to identify
and assess the importance of personally meaningful outcomes of physical
activity and exercise for people with arthritis; and to determine
whether the identified facilitators, barriers, and outcomes of physical
activity differ by gender. Project activities included a comprehensive
literature review, focus group interviews, and in-depth interviews.
Three focus groups were conducted among people with arthritis who are
regular exercisers and three among non-exercisers. Findings from these
activities were further examined in 45 in-depth interviews with 27 women
and 18 men. The results of this project contribute to the goals of the
National Arthritis Action Plan, and will inform the CDC’s Arthritis
Program’s efforts to promote physical activity for individuals with
arthritis.
Key Findings
- Physically active adults with arthritis identified a greater
range of positive outcomes from physical activity, and more
motivating factors to perform exercise, as compared to adults with
arthritis who were not physically active.
- Physically active individuals also reported more barriers
to physical activity; however, they were more likely to problem
solve and make modifications to reduce these barriers.
Abstracts, Publications, Presentations
Gallant, M.P., and Riley-Jacome, M. (2005, November).
Understanding “Successful” Exercise Behavior among Adults with
Arthritis. Presented at the 58th Annual Scientific
Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Orlando, FL,
November, 2005.
Gallant, MP, and Riley-Jacome, M. Exercise behavior among older adults
with arthritis: Understanding facilitators and barriers to success.
Paper in progress
Principal Investigator
Mary P. Gallant, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor
Department of Health Policy, Management, & Behavior
School of Public Health, State University of New York at Albany
East Campus 185
One University Place
Rensselaer, NY 12144-3456
mgallant@albany.edu
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Page last modified: July 3, 2006
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