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Physical Activity Behaviour and Motivation During and Following Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Repeated Measures Study
Preprints.org, Vol.4 September 2024, 2024090358
MDPI AG
2024
Abstract
Background: Exercise rehabilitation programs are important for long-term health and wellbeing among people with cardiac and pulmonary disease. De-spite this, many people struggle to maintain their physical activity once reha-bilitation ends. This repeated measures study tracked changes in physical ac-tivity behaviour and motivation during and after completing a communi-ty-based exercise rehabilitation program. Methods: Cardiac and pulmonary exercise rehabilitation patients (N=31), com-pleted six once-monthly measures of physical activity (MET·min), self-determined motivation, intention, and habit strength for rehabilitation ex-ercise (within rehabilitation sessions) and lifestyle physical activity (outside of rehabilitation sessions). Linear regression and random effects models with es-timated 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 be-haviour. However, none of these motivation variables were significantly asso-ciated with rehabilitation exercise behaviour. Conclusions: Among community-based cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation patients, physical activity levels decreased following exercise rehabilitation programs. The findings revealed clear distinctions in the motivation of reha-bilitation exercise compared to lifestyle physical activity. Exercise rehabilitation programs 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 (Author) - Central Queensland UniversityChristopher Askew (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Health - Sports & Exercise ScienceCorneel Vandelanotte (Author) - Central Queensland UniversityAmanda L. Rebar (Corresponding Author) - Central Queensland University
- Publication details
- Preprints.org, Vol.4 September 2024, 2024090358
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Date published
- 2024
- DOI
- 10.20944/preprints202409.0358.v1
- ISSN
- 2310-287X
- Copyright note
- This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
- Data Availability
- The data presented in this study are available on request from the corresponding author due to restrictions from ethics committee to reduce risk of participant loss of confidentiality.
- Grant note
- This research was funded by Central Queensland University & Bundaberg Health Promotions LTD.
- Organisation Unit
- Healthy Ageing Research Cluster; Cancer Research Cluster; School of Health - Sports & Exercise Science
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991059998802621
- Output Type
- Preprint
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