دورية أكاديمية
Motivations, barriers and exercise preferences among female undergraduates: A need assessment analysis.
العنوان: | Motivations, barriers and exercise preferences among female undergraduates: A need assessment analysis. |
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المؤلفون: | Othman MS; Center for Toxicology & Health Risk Studies (CORE), Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Mat Ludin AF; Biomedical Science Programme, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.; Center for Healthy Ageing and Wellness, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Chen LL; Biomedical Science Programme, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.; Center for Healthy Ageing and Wellness, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Hossain H; Biomedical Science Programme, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Abdul Halim II; Biomedical Science Programme, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Sameeha MJ; Nutritional Sciences Programme, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.; Centre for Community Health Studies (ReaCH), Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Tahir ARM; Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Cyberjaya, Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia. |
المصدر: | PloS one [PLoS One] 2022 Feb 28; Vol. 17 (2), pp. e0264158. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Feb 28 (Print Publication: 2022). |
نوع المنشور: | Clinical Trial; Journal Article |
اللغة: | English |
بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: Public Library of Science Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101285081 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1932-6203 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 19326203 NLM ISO Abbreviation: PLoS One Subsets: MEDLINE |
أسماء مطبوعة: | Original Publication: San Francisco, CA : Public Library of Science |
مواضيع طبية MeSH: | Exercise* , Motivation* , Needs Assessment* , Students*, Adolescent ; Adult ; Female ; Humans ; Malaysia |
مستخلص: | Introduction: The decreasing level of physical activity among female undergraduates is worrying as it is associated with the increased risk of non-communicable diseases. Thus, this study aimed to identify the motivations, barriers and preferences towards exercise among female undergraduates in Malaysia. Methods: A non-probability purposive sampling was used for the recruitment process. The inclusion criteria of the participants were registered female undergraduates and aged between 18-30 years old. A semi-structured in-depth interview was used to collect topic-related information from the participants and signed consents were obtained prior to the interview. The interview questions were on respondents' understanding of exercise, motivation and barriers to exercise, and exercise preferences. The recruitment process was conducted until the data was saturated. All interviews were audio recorded and manually transcribed verbatim. NVivo 11 was used to conduct the inductive analysis of the data to develop themes for motivation and barriers to exercise. For exercise preferences, four predetermined themes were used. Findings: A total of 26 respondents participated in this study. Eight themes were found for motivation to exercise, with the most common themes being maintaining or improving appearance, health benefits and togetherness. For barriers of exercising, five themes were found, and the most common ones were disliking exercise and no motivation. For exercise preferences, most respondents preferred a structured exercise program with flexibility in terms of when and where the exercise could be conducted. Light or moderate intensity exercise for 10-30 minutes with a frequency of 1-2 times a week was desired the most among the respondents. Conclusion: In conclusion, personal and environmental factors play important roles in motivating or hampering female undergraduates to exercise, and a structured program was the preferred mode of exercise of these respondents. A new exercise module was designed based on this needs assessment with a 70% acceptance rate among the participants. These findings can help the future development of more exercise modules tailored to female university students. Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. |
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تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20220228 Date Completed: 20220309 Latest Revision: 20220309 |
رمز التحديث: | 20231215 |
مُعرف محوري في PubMed: | PMC8884489 |
DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0264158 |
PMID: | 35226684 |
قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
تدمد: | 1932-6203 |
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DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0264158 |