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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
Michelle Renee Umstattd, BS, CHES, Exercise Science and Recreation Management, The University of Mississippi, 801 Frontage Rd. #1012, Oxford, MS 38655, 662.513.0328, mrumstattd@yahoo.com and Jeffrey S Hallam, PhD, Center for Health Promotion, The University of Mississippi, PO BOX 1848, 215 Turner Center, University, MS 38677.
The exercise stages-of-change are used to measure the effectiveness of interventions designed to increase exercise behavior and to categorize participants for stage-matched interventions. Given that the exercise stages of change are defined by intention to exercise and current exercise behavior, participants’ reported exercise stage-of-change should reflect the participants’ current exercise behavior. Recent research shows that there may be discrepancies in stage-of-change and exercise behavior. These discrepancies may influence the effectiveness of stage-matched interventions and provide inaccurate data concerning exercise behavior. Therefore, the purpose of this prospective study was to examine the relationship between exercise stages of change and exercise behavior. Data were collected over 15-weeks from undergraduates at a mid-sized university (n=78). Exercise stage-of-change data were collected at baseline and at 15-weeks. Exercise 7-day recall data were collected once a week for 15-weeks. The 7-day recall instrument has been shown to be reliable through VO2 max, concurrent exercise instrument, 7-day diary and heart rate monitoring. The data show that of the participants reported exercise behavior did not accurately reflect their reported stage of change at baseline (40% no agreement) and 15-weeks (41% no agreement). These results are consistent with other data showing that between 20% and 46% of participants reported stage-of-change does not accurately reflect current exercise behavior. It is recommended that exercise behavior be used to measure the effectiveness of exercise promotion interventions instead of stages-of-change. These results have significant implications for exercise promotion specialists and exercise behavior researchers.
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Keywords: Exercise, Change
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.