Punjabi Sikh Patients’ Perceived Barriers to Engaging in Physical Exercise Following Myocardial Infarction

Abstract

The findings have implications for the design and delivery of health promotion strategies aimed at Punjabi Sikh patients' post-MI that is contingent on the use of 'formal' exercise settings to promote regular physical activity. The willingness among Punjabi Sikh patients to practise brisk walking offers a positive direction that public health nurses and other healthcare professionals may want to capitalize on in the delivery of exercise-related health promotion.

Physical activity among South Asian women: a systematic, mixed-methods review

“…Seven conducted individual interviews [22,27,32,46,47,55,56], three conducted focus groups [50,52,57], and two used both methods to address various research questions pertaining to PA; none of these studies explored behaviors related to ST [48,49]. Eight studies were conducted in the UK [23,46,48,49,52-54,58], and one each in Canada [47], Australia [51], the US [50], and Norway [15].…”

“…Seven conducted individual interviews [22,27,32,46,47,55,56], three conducted focus groups [50,52,57], and two used both methods to address various research questions pertaining to PA; none of these studies explored behaviors related to ST [48,49]. Eight studies were conducted in the UK [23,46,48,49,52-54,58], and one each in Canada [47], Australia [51], the US [50], and Norway [15]. Participants from five studies were recruited from general medical practices [23,46,47,51,52,58], three from community centers/sports clubs [15,52,54], one via media release [51], one recruited participants by identifying people from participant observations [49], one from a larger cross sectional study [50] and one did not describe participant recruitment [48].…”

“…Eight studies were conducted in the UK [23,46,48,49,52-54,58], and one each in Canada [47], Australia [51], the US [50], and Norway [15]. Participants from five studies were recruited from general medical practices [23,46,47,51,52,58], three from community centers/sports clubs [15,52,54], one via media release [51], one recruited participants by identifying people from participant observations [49], one from a larger cross sectional study [50] and one did not describe participant recruitment [48]. Nine studies included male and female participants [23,46-52,58] and three were restricted to women [15,53,54].…”

The effectiveness and experience of self-management following acute coronary syndrome: A review of the literature

“…Experiences of making adjustment and adopting lifestyle changes following acute coronary syndrome were influenced by subjective life experiences and individual, sociocultural and environmental contexts (Galdas et al, 2012a;Galdas et al, 2012b;Davidson et al, 2011;Kerr and Fothergill-Bourbonnais, 2002). Four interrelated barriers to sustained engagement in physical activity emerged from and meal preparation (Kerr and Fothergill-Bourbonnais, 2002).…”

“…Seven studies were conducted in Canada (Galdas et al, 2012a;Galdas et al, 2012b;Kerr and Fothergill-Bourbonnais, 2002;Sutherland and Jensen, 2000;Benson et al, 1997;Doiron-Maillet and Meagher-Stewart, 2003;Tobin, 2000), five in the UK (White et al, 2007;Hutton and Perkins, 2008;Webster et al, 2003;White et al, 2011;Gregory et al, 2006), five in Sweden (Hildingh et al, 2006;Kristofferzon et al, 2007;Alsen et al, 2008;SjÖstrÖm-Strand et al, 2011;Johansson et al, 2003), five in Australia (Everett et al, 2011;Davidson et al, 2011;Jackson et al, 2000;Worrall-Carter et al, 2005;Daly et al, 2000), each in USA (Coyle, 2009), Ireland (Condon and McCarthy, 2006) and Faroe Islands (Askham et al, 2010).…”