فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Introduction: Today, many jobs are associated with the inactivity or sedentary lifestyle.Employees’ health will be affected by their depriving of the benefits of physical activity (PA).Therefore, the present study was undertaken to determine the PA among employeewomen in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences based on the transtheoretical model.Materials and Methods: This is a cross‑sectional study has been performed in IsfahanUniversity of Medical Sciences employee women (2013). A convenience sample of 100women was selected. Data were collected by validated and reliable questionnaire in threeparts (demographics information, PA scale, and TTM constructs). Data were analyzed by SPSSSPSS (version 16.0; SPSS, IBM, Inc, Chicago, IL, USA) and descriptive and analytical statisticssuch as ANOVA and independent t‑test were used. A two‑tailed P < 0.05 was consideredstatistically significant. Results: The mean of PA was 21.17 ± 27.30 min in a day. Weeklyheavy, moderate, and light exercise mean was 0.72 ± 1.81, 0.89 ± 1.87 and 0.57 ± 1.57 days,respectively. In this study, 26% of women were in contemplation, 22% in contemplation, 20%in preparation, 13% in action, and 19% in the maintenance stage. Furthermore, there weresignificant differences between consciousness raising, dramatic relief, counter‑conditioning,stimulus control, helping relationships, reinforcement management, and self‑liberation withstages of change constructs. Conclusion: Because of a significant relationship betweencognitive and behavioral processes and PA in this group, designing and implementing aneducational program based on the transtheoretical model may be useful in promoting PA ofa female employee.