the main purpose of this study was to determine which correlate, perceived motor competence or motor skill competence, best predicts girls' physical activity behavior.a sample of 352 girls (mean age=8.7, sd=0.3 yr) participated in this study. to assess motor skill competence and perceived motor competence, each child completed the test of gross motor development-2 and physical ability sub-scale...

abstract background: attention to different aspects of self‑efficacy leads to actual evaluation of self‑efficacy about physical activity. this study was carried out in order to design and determine psychometric characteristics of a questionnaire for evaluation of self‑efficacy about leisure time physical activity (selpa) among iranian adolescent boys, with an emphasis on regulatory self‑efficac...

posttraumatic stress disorder (ptsd) occurs following exposure to potentially traumatic experiences such as those regularly encountered by emergency service workers (police, ambulance and firemen/women) and servicemen/women. ptsd is associated with high rates of somatic comorbidities including metabolic syndrome contributing to an excess mortality rate due to preventable cardiovascular diseases...

conclusions our research determined an association between screen time, physical activity and rbmi. screen time was a prominent predictor of rbmi in children. it is important for health workers to decrease screen time of children to prevent the prevalence of being overweight and obesity. patients and methods in this cross sectional descriptive study we randomly selected 302 students, from all d...

introduction: more than seventeen millions people die due to cardiovascular diseases which account for one third of death worldwide. half of 60% of all mortality caused by acquired diseases throughout the world is due to heart disorders and this ratio will augment to 73% by 2020. it is known that individual lifestyle has a great influence on the well-being of cardiovascular system. seven of the...

background physical activity (pa) patterns during pregnancy have not been explored in depth and most previous studies lack assessment of variables such as type, frequency, duration and intensity of activity. objectives this study had two goals: 1) to analyze pa patterns during pregnancy according to weekly time spent on different types of activity; and 2) to determine women’s perception about h...

gestational diabetes increases the risks for mother and fetus during pregnancy. as a principle of caring for diabetes, recommending patients to lose weight through more physical activities and a restrictive diet has a long history. the present study was carried out aiming at determining and comparing dietary style and physical activity in women with gestational diabetes and healthy pregnant wom...

conclusions it seems that health education programs based on the assessment of the needs of the patients can positively affect their behavioral motivation and performance in physical activities. results a significant increase in the self-efficacy and outcome expectations in the experimental group was observed one month after the training intervention, and the amount of physical activity showed ...

the effect of regular physical activity at home on patients' physical status after coronary artery bypasses surgery     hemmati maslakpak m [1] *, amirian z [2] , khalkhali hr [3] , salehi sh [4]     received: 5 aug, 2011 accepted: 3 nov, 2011     abstract   background & aims : coronary artery disease causes mortality and disability of large part of a country's productive people. oxyg...