Basia Belza, PhD, RN,is Associate Professor and Vice-Chair, Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems, School of Nursing; and Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle.
Bonnie G. Steele, PhD, RN,is Respiratory Clinical Nurse Specialist, Medical Specialties and Primary Care Services, VA Puget Sound Health Care System—Seattle Division; and Clinical Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems, University of Washington, Seattle.
Jim Hunziker, RN, MSN, CRRN,is Research Nurse, School of Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle.
Sambasiva Lakshminaryan, MD,is Chief, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, VA Puget Sound Health Care System–Seattle Division; and Professor, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle.
Lyn Holt, MS,is Fitness Coordinator, Good Samaritan Medical Center, Puyullap, Washington.
David M. Buchner, MD, MPH,is Professor, Department of Health Services, University of Washington; and Investigator, Northwest Center for Outcomes Research in Older Adults, VA Puget Sound Health Care System—Seattle Division, Washington.
Accepted for publication November 27, 2000.
Supported by the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Nursing Research Initiative Grant No. NRI 95-082.A and the Research and Intramural Funding Program (RIFP), School of Nursing, University of Washington.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Basia Belza, Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems, University of Washington, Box 357266, Seattle, WA 98195-7266 (e-mail: [email protected]).
