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Physical Activity Behaviour and Motivation During and Following Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Repeated Measures Study
Behavioral Sciences, Vol.14(10), pp.1-14
2024
Abstract
Background: Exercise rehabilitation programmes are important for long-term health and wellbeing among people with cardiac and pulmonary diseases. Despite this, many people struggle to maintain their physical activity once rehabilitation ends. This repeated measures study tracked changes in physical activity behaviour and motivation during and after completing a community-based exercise rehabilitation programme. Methods: Cardiac and pulmonary exercise rehabilitation patients (N = 31) completed six once-monthly measures of physical activity (MET·min), self-determined motivation, intention, and habit strength for rehabilitation exercise (within rehabilitation sessions) and lifestyle physical activity (outside of rehabilitation sessions). Linear regression and random effects models with estimated marginal means were used to test for associations between physical activity motivation and behaviour and change during and post-rehabilitation. Results: Overall physical activity decreased after rehabilitation (823 MET·min) despite patients becoming more self-determined for lifestyle physical activity during rehabilitation. More self-determined motivation, stronger intentions, and stronger habits were associated with more lifestyle physical activity behaviour. However, none of these motivation variables were significantly associated with rehabilitation exercise behaviour. Conclusions: Among community-based cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation patients, physical activity levels decreased following exercise rehabilitation programmes. The findings revealed clear distinctions in the motivation of rehabilitation exercise compared to lifestyle physical activity. Exercise rehabilitation programmes might improve the longevity of outcomes by integrating approaches to enhance lifestyle physical activity beyond the clinic.
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- Title
- Physical Activity Behaviour and Motivation During and Following Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Repeated Measures Study
- Authors
- Kristy-Lee Alfrey (Author) - Central Queensland UniversityBenjamin Gardner (Author) - University of SurreyJenni Judd - Central Queensland UniversityChristopher Askew - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Health - Sports & Exercise ScienceCorneel Vandelanotte - Central Queensland UniversityAmanda L Rebar (Corresponding Author) - Central Queensland University
- Publication details
- Behavioral Sciences, Vol.14(10), pp.1-14
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Date published
- 2024
- DOI
- 10.3390/bs14100965
- ISSN
- 2076-328X
- Copyright note
- © 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Data Availability
- The data presented in this study are available upon request from the corresponding author due to restrictions from the ethics committee to reduce the risk of participants’ loss of confidentiality.
- Grant note
- This research was funded by Central Queensland University and Bundaberg Health Promotions LTD.
- Organisation Unit
- Healthy Ageing Research Cluster; Cancer Research Cluster; School of Health - Sports & Exercise Science
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991066895602621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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