Why Do People Exercise? A Cross-Sectional Study in Buraydah, Saudi Arabia
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research Professionals - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 5
Abstract
Objectives: The aim of the study was to identify the exercise motivators among regularly exercising individuals and compare different motivators with their, age, gender, educational level, chronic disease and marital status. Methods: An observational descriptive cross-sectional study which includes 385 participants, who are 18 years or older and exercising regularly for at least 1 month, interviewed from public walking tracks through a well-structured questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 21. Results: A total sample of 385 participants (60.5% were males and 39.5% were females). Age groups were from 18 – 30 years old (44.7%), (29.1%) were 31 – 40 years old, (16.1%) were 41 – 50 years old while (7.5%) were 51 – 60 old and only (2.6%) were more than 60 years old and found that the motivations of young participants (18-30 years) were “lose weight” and “fitness”, while the most motivations of older participants (51-60 years) were “treat/prevent chronic disease” and “fitness”. On the other hand, the most motivator for exercise among female was “lose weight”, while in male, they were motivated by “fitness”. We found that 68 (17.7%) of the participants were having chronic disease, 38 (50.0%) of them were motivated to treat their chronic disease with p-value of <0.005. Conclusion: We found that the most frequent overall motivating factor among regularly exercising individuals in Buraydah, Saudi Arabia was “fitness” followed by “lose weight” and a significant relationship between exercise motivators with demographic data and chronic disease.
Authors and Affiliations
Mohammed Abdullah Albedaiwi, Abdulrahman Almesned, Asim Aldhalea, Abdulkarim Aldhubayi
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- DOI 10.21276/ijmrp.2018.4.5.047
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