Perceptions of barriers and facilitators in physical activity participation among women in Thiruvananthapuram City, India.
Perceptions of barriers and facilitators in physical activity participation among women in Thiruvananthapuram City, India.
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10.1177/1757975915573878
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发表时间：
2016-12
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2
通讯作者：
Thankappan KR
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作者：
Mathews E;Lakshmi JK;Ravindran TK;Pratt M;Thankappan KR
尽管体育锻炼的好处已为人所知，但很少有人，尤其是女性，经常参加体育锻炼。这项研究探讨了印度Thiruvananthapuram市女性对体育活动的认知、障碍和促进者。在喀拉拉邦Thiruvananthapuram市公司限制的几个地区，在25至60岁的个人中进行了四次焦点小组讨论，为设计体力活动干预试验做准备。使用了开放式方法，并对紧急调查结果进行了分析和解释。妇女主要将体力活动与家务活动联系在一起。大多数女性认为她们的活动水平足够，尽管研究人员得出结论，她们从事的活动水平相当低。通常报告的障碍是缺乏时间、动力和兴趣；流浪狗；狭窄的道路；以及不习惯步行文化。活动的促进者看到其他人走路，成对行走，以及令人愉快的行走路线。据报道，散步是女性最可行的体力活动。在妇女中促进体育活动的战略应针对社区中普遍存在的文化规范，并涉及社会规范和克服文化障碍。它们还应针对体力活动的可改变的决定因素，例如提高自我效能、增进对体力活动的适当性及其建议的了解、促进目标设定以及通过同伴支持和基于团体的活动加强社会支持。
Despite the known benefits of physical activity, very few people, especially women, are found to engage in regular physical activity. This study explored the perceptions, barriers and facilitators related to physical activity among women in Thiruvananthapuram City, India. Four focus group discussions were conducted among individuals between 25 and 60 years of age, in a few areas of Thiruvananthapuram City Corporation limits in Kerala, preparatory to the design of a physical activity intervention trial. An open-ended approach was used and emergent findings were analyzed and interpreted. Women associated physical activity mostly with household activities. The majority of the women considered their activity level adequate, although they engaged in what the researchers concluded were quite low levels of activity. Commonly reported barriers were lack of time, motivation, and interest; stray dogs; narrow roads; and not being used to the culture of walking. Facilitators of activity were seeing others walking, walking in pairs, and pleasant walking routes. Walking was reported as the most feasible physical activity by women. Physical activity promotion strategies among women should address the prevailing cultural norms in the community, and involve social norming and overcoming cultural barriers. They should also target the modifiable determinants of physical activity, such as improving self-efficacy, improving knowledge on the adequacy of physical activity and its recommendations, facilitating goal-setting, and enhancing social support through peer support and group-based activities.