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Physical Activity, Self-efficacy and Health-related Quality of Life among Adults with Visual Impairments.

Justin A HaegeleXihe Zhu
Published in: Disability and rehabilitation (2019)
The findings of this study suggest that self-efficacy can both directly and indirectly, through MVPA, influence HRQoL among adults with visual impairments. This study supports the utilization of self-efficacy based interventions to promote physical activity and thus impact HRQoL among adults with visual impairments.IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATIONAdults with visual impairments tend to report lower health-related quality of life than peers without visual impairments.In this study, physical activity shows promise as an effective means to improving psychological health-related quality of life for adults with visual impairments.In this study, self-efficacy directly and indirectly, through physical activity, influences health-related quality of life for adults with visual impairments.Results support the utilization of self-efficacy based physical activity interventions to enhance physical activity and health-related quality of life among adults with visual impairments.
Keyphrases
  • physical activity
  • sleep quality
  • big data