An Intervention to Promote Walking in Sedentary Women in the Community

Nies, Mary A.; Chruscial, Heather L.; Hepworth, Joseph T.

doi:10.5993/ajhb.27.5.4

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“…Initial participants were recruited from an ongoing health intervention study designed to increase women's physical activity (Nies et al 2003). Additional participants were sought using flyers distributed through university classrooms, churches, and the greater community.…”

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“…Current Exercise Status (Nies et al 2003) This self-report questionnaire asks the participant to rate their own current level of physical exercise or interest in exercise by choosing one description out of 11 that best depicts them. The questionnaire results in an 11-point interval scale with ''1'' being a very low level of exercise or interest (''I do not walk now, and I do not intend to start in the near future'') and ''11'' being a high level of exercise (''I do vigorous exercise 6 or more times per week'').…”

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Perceived Energy for Parenting: A New Conceptualization and Scale

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Parenting may be the most physically and mentally demanding social role people encounter during their life. Personal resources are essential to child rearing, yet perceptions of parenting energy have been largely unexplored. This manuscript reports on the need for and development of a measure of perceived energy for parenting (PEP), as well as a preliminary study examining its reliability and validity. A 10-item self-report questionnaire was created to assess perceived energy for parenting. The survey was administered to a sample of 170 mothers. To examine the convergent and discriminant validity of PEP, mothers also completed measures of physical activity, exercise, mood, self-esteem, parental self-efficacy and satisfaction. Analyses indicated that PEP assessed a single underlying dimension, yielding an internally consistent scale. PEP uniquely contributed to predicting parental perceived efficacy and satisfaction. The PEP appears to be a useful tool for assessing meaningful individual differences among parents. Evidence was found for its convergent, discriminant, and incremental validity. Future research is necessary to examine the contribution perceived energy for parenting makes to important parenting behaviors such as sensitivity, monitoring, and discipline.

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Perceived Energy for Parenting: A New Conceptualization and Scale

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“…17,26 Nine studies reported on medium-term (3-6 months) outcomes, with five showing positive results. 18,22,25,27,30 Six studies reported on long-term (more than 6 months) outcomes, with all six showing significant improvements in physical activity. 16,19,21,22,24,31 Dietary behavior.…”

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Telephone Interventions for Physical Activity and Dietary Behavior Change

Eakin¹,

Lawler²,

Vandelanotte³

et al. 2007

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

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“…It was similar to the results of this study. Studies carried out by Martin and Armitage [18], demonstrated a positive role of perceived behavioral control in addressing physical activity. The theory of planned behavior recommends that perceived behavioral control is a reference point for intention, and it seems that the intention is likely to be increased through the success of the behavior.…”

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“…It contained nine questions on the information of the respondents such as age, height, weight, level of education, occupation, history of participation in physical activity, and history of smoking. This study adopted items of the questionnaire to measure the constructs of the theory of planned behavior, from the existing literature [17,18]. The developed questionnaires used a Likert-scale of a 5-point response for the questions of attitude, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, and was previously designed and used in Iran [19].…”

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The Impact of Educational Intervention by Theory of Planned Behavior for Promoting Physical Activity among Middle-Aged Women Referring to Karaj Health Centers

Mirzaei

Azar

Ziapour

et al. 2019

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Aims Physical activity is the most critical determinant of physical health which reduces the health risks during life. This designed study aims to evaluate the effect of educational intervention based on the theory of planned behavior on promoting physical activity among middle-aged women attending the health centers in Karaj city during 2017-2018. Methods This research was a quasi-experimental controlled trial, and the study incorporated 140 Middle-Aged Women Referring to Karaj Health Centers assigned randomly to a control and intervention group (70 each group). Participants enrolling in the survey were asked to complete the International Physical Activity Questionnaire and also the theory of planned behavior measures at the baseline and the end of the study. The study applied Nonparametric Wilcoxon and Mann-Whitney tests and ANCOVA to interpret the results. Results The results revealed participants' age range between 30 to 50 years with the mean and standard deviation scores 40.07 (8.750) in training and 45.81 (8.513) at the control group. The intervention improved the theory of planned behavior measures and the physical activities of participants. The results showed a significant difference in the attitude score, the perceived behavioral control score, and the level of subjective norms between two training and non-training groups (P<0.001). The followed-up physical activity score also showed an improvement in the IPAQ score of participants in the training group (p<0.001). Conclusions The findings suggested the effectiveness of training based on the theory of planned behavior in the promotion of physical activity among middle-aged women.

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An Intervention to Promote Walking in Sedentary Women in the Community

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Perceived Energy for Parenting: A New Conceptualization and Scale

Perceived Energy for Parenting: A New Conceptualization and Scale

Telephone Interventions for Physical Activity and Dietary Behavior Change

The Impact of Educational Intervention by Theory of Planned Behavior for Promoting Physical Activity among Middle-Aged Women Referring to Karaj Health Centers

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