Patient Education and Counseling
Volume 81, Issue 1 , Pages 73-78, October 2010

The role of helplessness, outcome expectation for exercise and literacy in predicting disability and symptoms in older adults with arthritis

  • Anita A. Bhat

      Affiliations

    • Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Health Informatics, Medical College of Georgia, 1120 15th Street, EB 1011, Augusta, GA 30912, USA. Tel.: +1 706 721 2133; fax: +1 706 721 6067.
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  • Darren A. DeWalt

      Affiliations

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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  • Catherine R. Zimmer

      Affiliations

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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  • Bruce J. Fried

      Affiliations

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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  • Leigh F. Callahan

      Affiliations

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Received 18 May 2009; received in revised form 2 December 2009; accepted 5 December 2009. published online 08 January 2010.

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PII: S0738-3991(09)00603-X

doi:10.1016/j.pec.2009.12.004

Patient Education and Counseling
Volume 81, Issue 1 , Pages 73-78, October 2010