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Volume 9, Issue 3 (2021)
Health Educ Health Promot 2021, 9(3): 295-301 |
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Received: 2021/02/11 | Accepted: 2021/05/23 | Published: 2021/11/6
Received: 2021/02/11 | Accepted: 2021/05/23 | Published: 2021/11/6
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Allahqoli L, Rahmani A, Fallahi A, Ghanei Gheshlagh R, Volken T, Allahveisi A, et al . Exercise Behaviors of Infertile Women at Risk of Osteoporosis: Application of the Health Belief and the Trans Theoretical Models. Health Educ Health Promot 2021; 9 (3) :295-301
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L. Allahqoli1 
, A. Rahmani2 , A. Fallahi *3 , R. Ghanei Gheshlagh4 , T. Volken5 , A. Allahveisi6 , M. Zarei7 , B. Nemat8
, A. Rahmani2 , A. Fallahi *3 , R. Ghanei Gheshlagh4 , T. Volken5 , A. Allahveisi6 , M. Zarei7 , B. Nemat8
1- School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Tehran, Iran
2- Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Research Institute for Health Development, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
4- Spiritual Health Research Center, Research Institute for Health Development, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
5- School of Health Professions, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur, Switzerland
6- Department of Anatomy, Infertility Center of Besat Hospital, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
7- Vice Chancellor for Research and Technology, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
8- Health Network of Sanandaj, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
2- Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Research Institute for Health Development, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
4- Spiritual Health Research Center, Research Institute for Health Development, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
5- School of Health Professions, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur, Switzerland
6- Department of Anatomy, Infertility Center of Besat Hospital, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
7- Vice Chancellor for Research and Technology, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
8- Health Network of Sanandaj, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
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Aims: We aimed to investigate the association between health beliefs and exercise behavior in infertile women at risk of developing osteoporosis.
Instrument & Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Sanandaj city, west of Iran, in 2018. Four hundred and eighty-three infertile women were included in the study through convenience sampling from 35 comprehensive healthcare centers. Standardized face-to-face interviews were conducted using established and reliable instruments to assess exercise behavior and health beliefs. Data were analyzed by SPSS 22 using Logistic regression models, Chi-square, independent t-test, and Pearson correlations.
Findings: Employed women compared to homemakers had substantially higher odds of adopting exercise behaviors (OR=3.19; 95% CI=1.53-6.66; p<0.01). Moreover, the odds of exercise behavior adoption increased with self-efficacy (OR=1.35; 95% CI=1.2-1.52; p<0.01), and decreased with perceived barriers (OR=0.9; 95% CI=0.84-0.97; p<0.01).
Conclusion: It is essential to increase perceived self-efficacy and reduce perceived barriers to promote exercise behaviors in infertile women. Consequently, health professionals should develop or adopt appropriate strategies to decrease barriers and increase self-efficacy to enhance exercise behaviors in this group of women.
Instrument & Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Sanandaj city, west of Iran, in 2018. Four hundred and eighty-three infertile women were included in the study through convenience sampling from 35 comprehensive healthcare centers. Standardized face-to-face interviews were conducted using established and reliable instruments to assess exercise behavior and health beliefs. Data were analyzed by SPSS 22 using Logistic regression models, Chi-square, independent t-test, and Pearson correlations.
Findings: Employed women compared to homemakers had substantially higher odds of adopting exercise behaviors (OR=3.19; 95% CI=1.53-6.66; p<0.01). Moreover, the odds of exercise behavior adoption increased with self-efficacy (OR=1.35; 95% CI=1.2-1.52; p<0.01), and decreased with perceived barriers (OR=0.9; 95% CI=0.84-0.97; p<0.01).
Conclusion: It is essential to increase perceived self-efficacy and reduce perceived barriers to promote exercise behaviors in infertile women. Consequently, health professionals should develop or adopt appropriate strategies to decrease barriers and increase self-efficacy to enhance exercise behaviors in this group of women.
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