The Effects of Exercise Intervention Based on The Transtheoretical Model for Employees in A Worksite
Date Issued
2004
Date
2004
Author(s)
Wang, Huai-Wen
DOI
zh-TW
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of exercise intervention on improvement of perceived exercise benefit, perceived exercise barrier, exercise self-efficacy, exercise stage of change, and exercise behavior. A quasi-experimental design was utilized and purposive sampling was conducted at a company in Taipei. There were two comparable departments which selecting contemplation and preparation employees for study subjects, randomly assigned into an experimental or a control group. The experimental group, which consisted of 43 subjects, participated in a program of exercise intervention. The intervention program was based on transtheoretical model to develop self-help manuals within different exercise stages of change, and one reminder telephone call occurred at 1 month. The control group, which consisted of 62 subjects, received general exercise suggestion. All subjects completed a structured questionnaire, including perceived exercise benefit, perceived exercise barrier, exercise self-efficacy, exercise stage of change, exercise behavior, and basic information, pre-test and post-test. Statistical analysis included descriptive statistics, t-test, Chi-square test, paired t-test, Wilcoxon Signed Ranks test, analysis of covariance.
After exercise intervention, the results in the study of follow-up test showed that:
1. The exercise intervention based on the transtheoretical model can significantly improve exercise self-efficacy, exercise stage of change and amount of weekly exercise for subjects.
2. At the 8-week follow-up, the control group did not differ significantly from the experimental group for perceived exercise benefit, perceived exercise barrier, exercise self-efficacy, and exercise stage of change. But amount of weekly exercise in experimental group had significantly higher than those in the control group of follow-up test.
Recommendation:
1. From the result, we knew that exercise intervention can improve exercise stage of change and exercise behavior for employees. Occupational health nurses can use those manuals for contemplation and preparation employees to improve the regular exercise behavior.
2. For employees with high level of perceived exercise benefit, Occupational health nurses can focus on decrease exercise barrier and enhance exercise self-efficacy through applying the techniques of those manuals.
3. Among perceived exercise barrier, 「work too tired」 and 「work over load」were hardly decreased by exercise intervention. Besides education programs, it is needed policy to support improving exercise behavior in worksite, such as assessing work loading of employees and advancing working efficiency, budgeting for exercise, pushing office exercise, offering exercise place and appliance in worksite, holding exercise competitions etc.
4. We also recommended that further studies extended the experience to different workplaces or other working groups. There is also a strong need to add study samples and prolong study period for proving the validity and utility of the transtheoretical model.
Subjects
跨理論模式
運動行為
運動改變階段
自覺運動利益
自覺運動障礙
運動自我效能
工作場所
worksite
exercise stage of change
transtheoretical model
perceived exercise benefit
exercise self-efficacy
percived exercise barrier
Type
other
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