Paper
Wednesday, July 21, 2004
Exercise and Movement for Midlife and Older Women
Elizabeth S. (Lizzie) Teichler, RN, PhD, FNP, HNC, Beth El College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Beth El College of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO, USA
This presentation compares and contrasts the outcomes of studies investigating the dynamics of exercise and movement for midlife and older women. The first, a qualitative study utilizing caring phenomenology identified 7 themes describing the lived experience and meaning of exercise and movement for active, midlife women. These findings will be compared with several outcome, evidenced based studies describing how exercise affects physiological parameters (i.e. blood pressures, blood sugar, quality of life measures) for midlife and older women. Programs are needed that support models integrating holistic approaches to the care of midlife and older women. Implications for evidenced based and holistic praxis research in nursing will be discussed.
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Sigma Theta Tau International
July 21, 2004