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Aquatics, health-promoting self-care behaviours and adults with brain injuries
Simon Driver1, Keely Rees, John O'Connor
1University of North Texas, TX, USA. sdriver@coe.unt.edu
Primary Objective:
To determine the effect of an aquatic programme on the health promoting behaviours of adults with brain injuries.
Main Outcomes And Results:
Eighteen individuals participated in the programme and were randomly assigned to an experimental (n = 9) or control group (n = 9). Health promoting behaviours, physical self-concept and self-esteem were measured pre- and post-intervention. Significant differences and large effect sizes were found between scores for the experimental group only, indicating an increase in health promoting behaviours, physical self-concept and self-esteem.
Conclusions:
Results have useful implications for health professionals as exercise prescription may enhance health promoting behaviours and decrease health care costs after a brain injury.
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