TY - JOUR
T1 - Health motivation
T2 - A determinant of older adults' attendance at health promotion programs
AU - Loeb, S. J.
AU - O'Neill, J.
AU - Gueldner, S. H.
N1 - Funding Information:
Requests for reprints should be sent to Susan J. Loeb, School of Nursing, The Pennsylvania State University, 307D Health and Human Development East, University Park, PA 16802. E-mail: svl100@psu.edu 1This study was supported in part by a grant from Sigma Theta Tau, Beta Sigma Chapter.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - The primary purpose of conducting this study1 was to determine if there is a significant relation between health motivation and participation in health promotion programs in a sample of community-dwelling older adults (n = 106). Health motivation was measured using Cox's (1985) Health Self-Determinism Index, and participation in health promotion programs was measured by tallying the self-reported number of programs attended within the past year by each individual. The effects of selected demographic variables on these two variables were also examined. The conceptual framework guiding the study was the Health-Promoting Self-Care System Model (Simmons, 1990). Intrinsically motivated older persons attended fewer programs (p < .01) than those who were more extrinsically motivated, Higher educational level (p < .001) and fewer health problems (p < .01) emerged as significant predictor variables for intrinsic health motivation, and those with less formal education attended more health promotion programs (p < .05).
AB - The primary purpose of conducting this study1 was to determine if there is a significant relation between health motivation and participation in health promotion programs in a sample of community-dwelling older adults (n = 106). Health motivation was measured using Cox's (1985) Health Self-Determinism Index, and participation in health promotion programs was measured by tallying the self-reported number of programs attended within the past year by each individual. The effects of selected demographic variables on these two variables were also examined. The conceptual framework guiding the study was the Health-Promoting Self-Care System Model (Simmons, 1990). Intrinsically motivated older persons attended fewer programs (p < .01) than those who were more extrinsically motivated, Higher educational level (p < .001) and fewer health problems (p < .01) emerged as significant predictor variables for intrinsic health motivation, and those with less formal education attended more health promotion programs (p < .05).
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U2 - 10.1207/153276501750408907
DO - 10.1207/153276501750408907
M3 - Article
C2 - 11560108
AN - SCOPUS:0034839599
SN - 0737-0016
VL - 18
SP - 151
EP - 165
JO - Journal of Community Health Nursing
JF - Journal of Community Health Nursing
IS - 3
ER -
