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Applying Transtheoretical Model to Promote Physical Activities Among Women
BACKGROUND: Physical activity is one of the most important indicators of health in communities but different studies conducted in the provinces of Iran showed that inactivity is prevalent, especially among women. OBJECTIVES: Inadequate regular physical activities among women, the importance of educa...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4733300/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26834796 http://dx.doi.org/10.17795/ijpbs-1580 |
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author | Pirzadeh, Asiyeh Mostafavi, Firoozeh Ghofranipour, Fazllolah Feizi, Awat |
author_facet | Pirzadeh, Asiyeh Mostafavi, Firoozeh Ghofranipour, Fazllolah Feizi, Awat |
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description | BACKGROUND: Physical activity is one of the most important indicators of health in communities but different studies conducted in the provinces of Iran showed that inactivity is prevalent, especially among women. OBJECTIVES: Inadequate regular physical activities among women, the importance of education in promoting the physical activities, and lack of studies on the women using transtheoretical model, persuaded us to conduct this study with the aim of determining the application of transtheoretical model in promoting the physical activities among women of Isfahan. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This research was a quasi-experimental study which was conducted on 141 women residing in Isfahan, Iran. They were randomly divided into case and control groups. In addition to the demographic information, their physical activities and the constructs of the transtheoretical model (stages of change, processes of change, decisional balance, and self-efficacy) were measured at 3 time points; preintervention, 3 months, and 6 months after intervention. Finally, the obtained data were analyzed through t test and repeated measures ANOVA test using SPSS version 16. RESULTS: The results showed that education based on the transtheoretical model significantly increased physical activities in 2 aspects of intensive physical activities and walking, in the case group over the time. Also, a high percentage of people have shown progress during the stages of change, the mean of the constructs of processes of change, as well as pros and cons. On the whole, a significant difference was observed over the time in the case group (P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: This study showed that interventions based on the transtheoretical model can promote the physical activity behavior among women. |
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spelling | pubmed-47333002016-02-01 Applying Transtheoretical Model to Promote Physical Activities Among Women Pirzadeh, Asiyeh Mostafavi, Firoozeh Ghofranipour, Fazllolah Feizi, Awat Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci Original Article BACKGROUND: Physical activity is one of the most important indicators of health in communities but different studies conducted in the provinces of Iran showed that inactivity is prevalent, especially among women. OBJECTIVES: Inadequate regular physical activities among women, the importance of education in promoting the physical activities, and lack of studies on the women using transtheoretical model, persuaded us to conduct this study with the aim of determining the application of transtheoretical model in promoting the physical activities among women of Isfahan. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This research was a quasi-experimental study which was conducted on 141 women residing in Isfahan, Iran. They were randomly divided into case and control groups. In addition to the demographic information, their physical activities and the constructs of the transtheoretical model (stages of change, processes of change, decisional balance, and self-efficacy) were measured at 3 time points; preintervention, 3 months, and 6 months after intervention. Finally, the obtained data were analyzed through t test and repeated measures ANOVA test using SPSS version 16. RESULTS: The results showed that education based on the transtheoretical model significantly increased physical activities in 2 aspects of intensive physical activities and walking, in the case group over the time. Also, a high percentage of people have shown progress during the stages of change, the mean of the constructs of processes of change, as well as pros and cons. On the whole, a significant difference was observed over the time in the case group (P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: This study showed that interventions based on the transtheoretical model can promote the physical activity behavior among women. Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences 2015-12-23 2015-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4733300/ /pubmed/26834796 http://dx.doi.org/10.17795/ijpbs-1580 Text en Copyright © 2015, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits copy and redistribute the material just in noncommercial usages, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Pirzadeh, Asiyeh Mostafavi, Firoozeh Ghofranipour, Fazllolah Feizi, Awat Applying Transtheoretical Model to Promote Physical Activities Among Women |
title | Applying Transtheoretical Model to Promote Physical Activities Among Women |
title_full | Applying Transtheoretical Model to Promote Physical Activities Among Women |
title_fullStr | Applying Transtheoretical Model to Promote Physical Activities Among Women |
title_full_unstemmed | Applying Transtheoretical Model to Promote Physical Activities Among Women |
title_short | Applying Transtheoretical Model to Promote Physical Activities Among Women |
title_sort | applying transtheoretical model to promote physical activities among women |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4733300/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26834796 http://dx.doi.org/10.17795/ijpbs-1580 |
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