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Perceived physical activity barriers related to body weight status and sociodemographic factors among Malaysian men in Klang Valley

BACKGROUND: Physical inactivity has been acknowledged as a public health issue and has received increasing attention in recent years. This cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the barriers to physical activity among Malaysian men. These barriers were analyzed with regards to sociodemogra...

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Autores principales: Ibrahim, Suraya, Karim, Norimah A, Oon, Ng Lai, Ngah, Wan Zurinah Wan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3617120/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23530696
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-275
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author Ibrahim, Suraya
Karim, Norimah A
Oon, Ng Lai
Ngah, Wan Zurinah Wan
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Karim, Norimah A
Oon, Ng Lai
Ngah, Wan Zurinah Wan
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description BACKGROUND: Physical inactivity has been acknowledged as a public health issue and has received increasing attention in recent years. This cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the barriers to physical activity among Malaysian men. These barriers were analyzed with regards to sociodemographic factors, physical activity level, BMI and waist circumference. METHODS: Subjects in this study included 308 Malay men and 422 Chinese men aged 20 years and older. Subjects completed the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) and a questionnaire on barriers to physical activity, categorized into personal and psychological, physical and social environment barriers. Weight, height and waist circumference were also measured and BMI was calculated. RESULTS: Descriptive analyses showed that 79.3% of subjects were married, 52.1% had secondary educational level, 68.8% were still working, and 39.7% had household income between RM1500 to RM3500. The perception that other recreational activities with family and friends were more fun was the most frequently reported barrier, followed by weather, lack of discipline, lack of free time, lack of money, and lack of friends. Marriage status, educational level, household income, BMI, and physical activity status were shown to be associated with perceived barriers. CONCLUSIONS: To increase participation in physical activity, policy makers should consider significant personal, social and environmental barriers when developing appropriate intervention programmes. Health-promoting strategies that increase awareness, knowledge, skills and motivation related to physical activity are required.
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spelling pubmed-36171202013-04-05 Perceived physical activity barriers related to body weight status and sociodemographic factors among Malaysian men in Klang Valley Ibrahim, Suraya Karim, Norimah A Oon, Ng Lai Ngah, Wan Zurinah Wan BMC Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: Physical inactivity has been acknowledged as a public health issue and has received increasing attention in recent years. This cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the barriers to physical activity among Malaysian men. These barriers were analyzed with regards to sociodemographic factors, physical activity level, BMI and waist circumference. METHODS: Subjects in this study included 308 Malay men and 422 Chinese men aged 20 years and older. Subjects completed the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) and a questionnaire on barriers to physical activity, categorized into personal and psychological, physical and social environment barriers. Weight, height and waist circumference were also measured and BMI was calculated. RESULTS: Descriptive analyses showed that 79.3% of subjects were married, 52.1% had secondary educational level, 68.8% were still working, and 39.7% had household income between RM1500 to RM3500. The perception that other recreational activities with family and friends were more fun was the most frequently reported barrier, followed by weather, lack of discipline, lack of free time, lack of money, and lack of friends. Marriage status, educational level, household income, BMI, and physical activity status were shown to be associated with perceived barriers. CONCLUSIONS: To increase participation in physical activity, policy makers should consider significant personal, social and environmental barriers when developing appropriate intervention programmes. Health-promoting strategies that increase awareness, knowledge, skills and motivation related to physical activity are required. BioMed Central 2013-03-26 /pmc/articles/PMC3617120/ /pubmed/23530696 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-275 Text en Copyright © 2013 Ibrahim et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Karim, Norimah A
Oon, Ng Lai
Ngah, Wan Zurinah Wan
Perceived physical activity barriers related to body weight status and sociodemographic factors among Malaysian men in Klang Valley
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title_full Perceived physical activity barriers related to body weight status and sociodemographic factors among Malaysian men in Klang Valley
title_fullStr Perceived physical activity barriers related to body weight status and sociodemographic factors among Malaysian men in Klang Valley
title_full_unstemmed Perceived physical activity barriers related to body weight status and sociodemographic factors among Malaysian men in Klang Valley
title_short Perceived physical activity barriers related to body weight status and sociodemographic factors among Malaysian men in Klang Valley
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3617120/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23530696
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-275
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