BACKGROUND While considerable attention has been given to quantifying leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) among subpopulations, less attention has focused on the perception of the experience as leisure. The current study describes the prevalence of leisure-like experiences during LTPA among college students. We describe the social contexts and activity settings that contribute to participant ...

Leisure Sciences An Interdisciplinary Journal Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713773100 Evaluating Household-Level Relationships between Environmental Views and Outdoor Recreation: The Teton Valley Case M. Nils Peterson a; Vanessa Hull b; Angela G. Mertig c; Jianguo Liu b a North Carolina State...

OBJECTIVES To determine patterns of physical activity (PA) along domains of work-transport-leisure among adult Saudis, sociodemographic correlates of PA and perceived personal barriers to leisure-time-related physical inactivity in Al-Hassa, KSA. METHODS A cross-sectional study in which 2176 adult Saudis attending urban and rural Primary Health centers were selected using multistage proportio...

OBJECTIVE To explore and compare severely injured patients' rehabilitation goals with respect to their functioning and the reported goals of rehabilitation professionals. DESIGN A prospective cohort study, including longitudinal data on patients' functioning and cross-sectional data from the patients' and professionals' goal descriptions. SUBJECTS Sixty-six patients (53 men, 13 women, mean ...

INTRODUCTION Using data from the 2004 Texas Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, we investigated whether the physical activity behaviors of people with disabilities are related to their perceptions of the characteristics of the built environment and whether this relationship differs from that of people without disabilities. METHODS The research questions were, "Are perceived neighborho...

BACKGROUND In line with patient-centered health care, it is necessary to understand patients' perceptions of health. How stroke survivors perceive their health at different time points after stroke and which factors are associated with these feelings provide important information about relevant rehabilitation targets. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to identify the independent factors of health-re...

The purpose of study is to analyze how leisure activities affect the near elders' preparation for successful and productive aging. To achieve the purpose of the study, this study was conducted in 2012 and the data was collected by using multi-stage stratified cluster random sampling method in the great city area (6 places), metropolitan area (7 places), medium-sized urban area (6 places), and r...