Relationship between Perception and Exercises Behaviors among Working People, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province

Abstract

This cross-sectional descriptive study aimed to 1) explore perception and exercise behaviors, and 2) the relationship between perception and exercise behaviors among working people. The subjects comprised 384 working people who were chosen through multi-stage sampling. The research instrument was developed and based on a conceptual framework and a literature review. The reliability using Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was 0.827. Descriptive statistics and Spearman’s rank correlation test were used to analyze. The findings revealed that perceived benefits, perceived barriers, and perceived emotions were reported at a high level. Self-efficacy, perceived interpersonal influence, and perceived situational influence were reported at a moderate level. Exercise behaviors were reported at a moderate level. In addition, relationship to exercise behaviors demonstrated that self-efficacy, perceived interpersonal influence, perceived emotions, perceived situational influence, perceived benefits, and perceived barriers were significantly positively related to exercise behaviors (r = 0.729, 0.553, 0.514, 0.374, 0.186, respectively). Therefore, healthcare providers should encourage exercise activities supported by people who is the leader of the exercise. It is because of exercising with community context as an appropriate time.