Step by step for exercising: transversal study in a 20 to 59 years population
Keywords:
Self-efficacy, Exercise, Healthy life styleAbstract
Background: Physical exercise as an encouraging health conduct, contribute to maintain and prevent chronic diseases, however, the practice of exercising by adults is insufficient.
Objective: To know the steps of change of the conduct regarding exercise and is related with self-efficacy in healthy adults from 20 to 59 years.
Methodology: Transversal study; the sample was 200 healthy adults; with a non-probabilistic sampling. The Questionnaire of Phases of Change for exercising, short form and the Scale of Self-efficacy of exercising were utilized; the data were analyzed with ANOVA of one via; and the Tuckey’s test was used as a post hoc test.
Results: Men showed greater self-efficacy and were placed in phases of exercise compared with women (p < 0.05); 64.5 % of healthy adults were placed in the phases of contemplation and preparation. There are significant differences of self-efficacy for phases of change [F (3,196) = 28.850, p < 0.001]; the Tuckey’s test showed that as long as the phases of change improve, the level of self-efficacy is greater.
Conclusions: This study verified the trans-theoretical model in a sample of healthy adults since the belief of carrying out a conduct (self- efficacy) determines a change throughout healthy behaviors that are maintained for a long term.
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