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Variables Male Female n Age, years 18–35 15 16 36–60 82 83 ≥61 42 45 Education Primary or below 28 51 Secondary 100 80 Tertiary or above 11 13 Chronic illness Yes 100 94 No 39 50 Sample sizes do not total 285 because of missing data.
- Table 2. Overall knowledge about Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/American College of Sports Medicine PA guidelines (n = 285)
PA guidelines % correct Minimum days per week 53.3 Minimum minutes per day 65.6 Vigorous activity needed to achieve a health benefit 79.9 Moderate activity is beneficial 65.3 Three 10-minute bouts of exercise 35.2 Minimum of 30 minutes per day 74.6 Mean per cent correct for 6 items 62.3 Traditional PA Aerobic class 84.2 Cycling 91.6 Dancing 79.3 Jogging/running 90.9 Recreational sports 86.9 Swimming 91.2 Walking 95.4 Weight lifting 56.3 Mean per cent correct for 8 items 84.5 Lifestyle PA Household cleaning 56.2 Furniture moving 34.4 Gardening and lawn work 53.7 Preparing meals 42.3 Playing a musical instrument 41.5 Raking leaves 62.5 Mean per cent correct for 6 items 48.4 Mean per cent correct for 20 items 67.0 PA = physical activity.
Questions Answers Correct, n (%) Incorrect, n (%) 1. What is the minimum number of days per week you believe a person must be physically active in order to receive any health benefit? (3,4,5) 152 (53.3) 133 (46.7) 2. What is the minimum length of time (in minutes) one needs to be physically active throughout a typical day in order to achieve a health benefit? (30 minutes) 187 (65.6) 98 (34.4) Agree, n (%) Disagree, n (%) Don’t know, n (%) 3. Vigorous levels of physical activity are necessary to provide a health benefit (F) 15 (5.3) 227 (79.6) 42 (14.7) 4. Moderate levels of physical activity do NOT provide any health benefits (F) 50 (17.5) 186 (65.3) 49 (17.2) 5. Ten minutes of physical activity three times per day provide the same health benefits as a single session of 30 minutes (T) 100 (35.1) 103 (36.1) 81 (28.4) 6. Everyone should get 30 minutes of moderate physical activity most days of the week (T) 212 (74.4) 19 (6.7) 53 (18.6) 7. Which of the following physical activities in general do you believe will provide a health benefit? a. Aerobic class (T) 240 (84.2) 8 (2.8) 37 (13) b. Biking (T) 261 (91.6) 10 (3.5) 14 (4.9) c. Dancing (T) 226 (79.3) 16 (5.6) 43 (15.1) d. Gardening and lawn work (T) 151 (53.0) 60 (21.1) 70 (24.6) e. Household cleaning (T) 159 (55.8) 76 (26.7) 48 (16.8) f. Jogging/running (T) 259 (90.9) 10 (3.5) 16 (5.6) g. Playing a musical instrument (F) 68 (23.9) 118 (41.4) 98 (34.4) h. Moving furniture (T) 98 (34.4) 129 (45.3) 58 (20.4) i. Preparing meals (F) 102 (35.8) 120 (42.1) 62 (21.8) j. Ranking leaves (T) 178 (62.5) 55 (19.3) 52 (18.2) k. Recreational sports (such as team and individual sports) (T) 245 (86.0) 10 (3.5) 27 (9.5) l. Swimming (T) 259 (90.9) 14 (4.9) 11 (3.9) m. Walking (T) 270 (94.7) 5 (1.8) 8 (2.8) n. Weight lifting (T) 160 (56.1) 58 (20.4) 66 (23.2) Attitude Not nearly enough, n (%) Not enough, n (%) Don’t know, n (%) Enough, n (%) More than enough, n (%) Do you think that you have a sufficient level of activity to achieve a health benefit? 22 (7.7)S 61 (21.4) 34 (11.9) 98 (34.4) 69 (24.2) Agree, n (%) Disagree, n (%) Don’t know, n (%) Do you think that you are willing to begin or maintain exercise for a health benefit? 266 (93.3) 2 (0.7) 17 (6) aT = true. F = false. bSample size does not total 285 because of no responses to item.
- Table 4. Knowledge of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/American College of Sports Medicine PA guidelines by demographic groups
Totala Physical
activity guidelinesaTraditional
physical
activitiesaLifestyle physical activitiesa Sex Male (n = 140) 68.5 63.9 85.1 50.8 Female (n = 145) 65.2 60.6 83.4 45.6 Education levelb Primary or below
(n = 79)65.4 57.0 81.8 52.1 Secondary (n = 180) 66.6 63.6 84.6 45.7 Tertiary or above (n = 24) 71.6 68.1 88.5 52.8 Age, years 18–35 (n = 31) 65.5 63.4 84.3 42.5 36–60 (n = 167) 67.3 62.4 85.5 48.0 ≥61 (n = 87) 66.3 61.5 81.8 50.6 ↵ aAverage % correct. bSample size does not total 285 because of no responses to item.
- Table 5. PA knowledge score according to different demographic, disease factors and willingness
n Physical activity knowledge score, mean (SD) P-value Sex 0.099 Male 140 13.69 (3.200) Female 145 13.04 (3.444) Educationa 0.277 Primary or below 79 13.09 (3.603) Secondary 180 13.33 (3.204) Tertiary or above 24 14.33 (3.371) Age, years 0.813 18–35 31 13.10 (3.124) 36–60 167 13.46 (3.008) ≥61 87 13.26 (3.981) Chronic illness 0.131 Yes 195 13.56 (3.227) No 90 12.92 (3.542) Willingness <0.050 Yes 266 12.17 (3.128) No 19 8.11 (5.248) ↵ aSample size does not total 285 because of no responses to item. SD = standard deviation.
- Table 6. Pearson correlations between perceived sufficiency of exercise and knowledge of physical activities
Correlations Sufficient Sufficient Pearson Correlation 1 P-value –
n 285 Traditional Pearson Correlation 0.046 P-value 0.434 n 285 Lifestyle Pearson Correlation –0.009 P-value 0.878 n 285 Physical guidance Pearson Correlation –0.018 P-value 0.756 n 285 Total knowledge Pearson Correlation 0.012 P-value 0.835 n 285 Mean sufficient score was 3.46 +/– 1.278.
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