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Motivating Persons With Schizophrenia To Exercise: Rationale And Design, Lora Humphrey Beebe Phd, P Mhnp-Bc, Renee Burk, Kelly B. Mcintyre, Kathlene Smith, Dawn Velligan, Barbara Resnick, Abbas Tavakoli, Cliff Tennison, Olivera Dessieux
Motivating Persons With Schizophrenia To Exercise: Rationale And Design, Lora Humphrey Beebe Phd, P Mhnp-Bc, Renee Burk, Kelly B. Mcintyre, Kathlene Smith, Dawn Velligan, Barbara Resnick, Abbas Tavakoli, Cliff Tennison, Olivera Dessieux
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Persons with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSDs) are not only at risk because of disabling disease symptoms but because necessary medications create health risks associated with high rates of obesity. Despite the well-known benefits of exercise, persons with SSDs rarely adhere to such regimens; few interventions to motivate exercise behavior have been tested in this group.
The purpose of this study is to examine effects of the Walk, Address sensations, Learn about exercise, Cue exercise behavior for persons with SSDs (WALC-S) motivational intervention upon exercise behavior. We will recruit a total of eighty outpatients 18–68 years, meeting these criteria: 1) chart …