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Abstract
Objectives: To estimate the level of physical activity among geriatric population, to determine the motivating factors for being active and identifying barriers that prevent participants from engaging in physical activity.
Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was carried out at one of the wards within Ahmedabad city following multi-stage random sampling. The calculated sample size was 230. A pre-designed, validated, short version International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) and Behaviour Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire (BREQ-3) were used for data collection by personal interview. From selected sampling-frame, geriatric people residing in every 5th household were interviewed after obtaining oral informed consent following simple-random sampling.
Results: Of total 230 study participants, 67 (29.13%) were physically active (cumulative for Category 2 and Category 3), while the remaining 163 (70.87%) were found physically inactive (i.e., minimally active [Category 1]). Motivational scores, particularly in identified regulation, showed higher median scores across subdomains of the BREQ-3. Amotivation exhibited a strong negative correlation with physical activity, while intrinsic regulation displayed a strong positive correlation.
Conclusion: More than two-third of study participants were physically inactive. Level of educational status, type of previous occupation involved, presence of addiction, BMI, electronic device usage duration per day and presence of chronic illness were statistically significant determinants to decide involvement of elderly people in category of physical activity. Amotivation, external and introjected regulation had negative correlation with physical activity, while intrinsic regulation and RAI (Relative Autonomy Index) showed positive correlation with physical activity. None of the behavioural regulators had statistically significant association with category of physical activity.
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The Canadian Geriatrics Journal (CGJ) is a peer-reviewed publication that is a home for innovative aging research of a high quality aimed at improving the health and the care provided to older persons residing in Canada and outside our borders. While we gratefully accept submissions from researchers outside our country, we are committed to encouraging aging research by Canadians. The CGJ is targeted to family physicians with training or an interest in the care of older persons, specialists in geriatric medicine, geriatric psychiatrists, and members of other health disciplines with a focus on gerontology.
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