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Leisure time physical activities among adult attendees at a primary health care clinic

Objectives: This cross-sectional study was undertaken to determine the leisure-time physical activities of adult attendees in a rural health clinic in July 2002. Methods: Simple random sampling method of the clinic register was used. Data was collected via a face-to-face interview using a pre-tested...

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Huvudupphovsmän: Abdul Rahman, Hejar, Iskandar, Nur Hazrina, Lim, Wai Kong
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Publicerad: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2007
Länkar:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32899/1/Leisure%20time%20physical%20activities%20among%20adult%20attendees%20at%20a%20primary%20health%20care%20clinic.pdf
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spelling oai:psasir.upm.edu.my:32899 http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32899/ Leisure time physical activities among adult attendees at a primary health care clinic Abdul Rahman, Hejar Iskandar, Nur Hazrina Lim, Wai Kong Objectives: This cross-sectional study was undertaken to determine the leisure-time physical activities of adult attendees in a rural health clinic in July 2002. Methods: Simple random sampling method of the clinic register was used. Data was collected via a face-to-face interview using a pre-tested questionnaire. Results: A majority (73%) of the attendees performed leisure-time physical activity. The majority were between 20 to 29 years (p<0.05), females (p>0.05), Kadazan, Iban and Orang Asli (p<0.05), single (p>0.05), had attained tertiary education (p<0.05) and were employees with monthly income of more than RM1500 (p>0.05). They were also free from chronic illnesses. The most common activities were walking, aerobic dancing and gardening. Physical and mental wellness, advice from doctor and support from family and friends were the reasons for performing these activities. The reasons for not performing leisure physical activity were (i) being too busy, (ii) already active at workplace, and (iii) being unwell. Conclusions: Sustained community interventions in the community could prove useful to encourage individuals to carry out leisure-time physical activities. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2007 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32899/1/Leisure%20time%20physical%20activities%20among%20adult%20attendees%20at%20a%20primary%20health%20care%20clinic.pdf Abdul Rahman, Hejar and Iskandar, Nur Hazrina and Lim, Wai Kong (2007) Leisure time physical activities among adult attendees at a primary health care clinic. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 3 (2). pp. 29-36. ISSN 1675-8544 http://www.medic.upm.edu.my/dokumen/FKUSK1_MJMHS_2007V03N2_OP03.pdf
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description Objectives: This cross-sectional study was undertaken to determine the leisure-time physical activities of adult attendees in a rural health clinic in July 2002. Methods: Simple random sampling method of the clinic register was used. Data was collected via a face-to-face interview using a pre-tested questionnaire. Results: A majority (73%) of the attendees performed leisure-time physical activity. The majority were between 20 to 29 years (p<0.05), females (p>0.05), Kadazan, Iban and Orang Asli (p<0.05), single (p>0.05), had attained tertiary education (p<0.05) and were employees with monthly income of more than RM1500 (p>0.05). They were also free from chronic illnesses. The most common activities were walking, aerobic dancing and gardening. Physical and mental wellness, advice from doctor and support from family and friends were the reasons for performing these activities. The reasons for not performing leisure physical activity were (i) being too busy, (ii) already active at workplace, and (iii) being unwell. Conclusions: Sustained community interventions in the community could prove useful to encourage individuals to carry out leisure-time physical activities.
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author Abdul Rahman, Hejar
Iskandar, Nur Hazrina
Lim, Wai Kong
spellingShingle Abdul Rahman, Hejar
Iskandar, Nur Hazrina
Lim, Wai Kong
Leisure time physical activities among adult attendees at a primary health care clinic
author_facet Abdul Rahman, Hejar
Iskandar, Nur Hazrina
Lim, Wai Kong
author_sort Abdul Rahman, Hejar
title Leisure time physical activities among adult attendees at a primary health care clinic
title_short Leisure time physical activities among adult attendees at a primary health care clinic
title_full Leisure time physical activities among adult attendees at a primary health care clinic
title_fullStr Leisure time physical activities among adult attendees at a primary health care clinic
title_full_unstemmed Leisure time physical activities among adult attendees at a primary health care clinic
title_sort leisure time physical activities among adult attendees at a primary health care clinic
publisher Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate 2007
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32899/1/Leisure%20time%20physical%20activities%20among%20adult%20attendees%20at%20a%20primary%20health%20care%20clinic.pdf
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