. Fatemeh Saber; . Hossein Shanazi; . Gholamreza Sharifirad; . Akbar Hasanzadeh
Volume 4, Issue 4 , August 2014, , Pages 1-6
Abstract
Background: Sedentary life has been recognized as a serious problem in today’sIranian society. Promoting the lifestyle with increased physical activity and prevention ofcardiovascular ...
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Background: Sedentary life has been recognized as a serious problem in today’sIranian society. Promoting the lifestyle with increased physical activity and prevention ofcardiovascular disease (CVD) is imperative. The purpose of this study was identifying thedeterminants of physical activity in the housewives of Nain city in 2012 based on the theoryof planned behavior. Materials and Methods: In this cross‑sectional study, 120 housewiveswere selected by simple random sampling method. Data collection tool was a questionnairedesigned based on a standardized and fabricated questionnaire and consisted of four parts.The questionnaire included awareness variables, theory of structures, planned behavior,and physical activity. Data analysis was performed using the SPSS software version 18and associated statistical tests. Findings: The 120 housewives under study had a meanage of 34.58 ± 6.86 years. The mean scores of awareness, attitude, motivation to perform,subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control variables were 74.1 ± 18.5, 82.6 ± 12.1,59.4 ± 21.7, 63.2 ± 21.2, and 48.1 ± 12.9 respectively. There was a significant relationshipbetween the motivation for physical activity among women and knowledge (P = 0.02)attitude (P = 0.04) subjective norms (P = 0.002) perceived behavioral control (P = 0.001),and physical activity (P = 0.04). Conclusions: It seems that the housewives, despite beingaware of and having a positive attitude on the benefits of physical activity, had a poorlifestyle. Perhaps further studies can help in finding the causes of this issue and the barriersto physical activity such as the conditions and plan for greater measures for improvingphysical activity, in order to promote women’s health which has a significant role in familyand community health.