Decisional balance and self-efficacy of physical activity among the elderly in Rasht in 2013 based on the transtheoretical model

Autor: Arezoo Mohamadkhani Ghiasvand, Seddigheh Abbaspour, Fateme Njafi, Rabiollah Farmanbar, Leila Dehghankar
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Electronic Physician, Vol 9, Iss 5, Pp 4447-4453 (2017)
Electronic Physician
ISSN: 2008-5842
Popis: Background: Regular physical activity has been considered as health promotion, and identifying different effective psycho-social variables on physical has proven to be essential. Objective: To identify the relationship between decisional balance and self-efficacy in physical activities using the transtheoretical model in the members of a retirement center in Rasht, Guillen. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in 2013 by using convenient sampling on 262 elderly people who are the members of retirement centers in Rasht. Data were collected using Stages of change, Decisional balance, Self-efficacy and Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly (PASE). Data was analyzed using SPSS-16 software, descriptive and analytic statistic (Pearson correlation, Spearman, ANOVA, HSD Tukey, linear and ordinal regression). Results: The majority of participants were in maintenance stage. Mean and standard deviation physical activity for the elderly was 119.35±51.50. Stages of change and physical activities were significantly associated with decisional balance and self-efficacy (p
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