Group talks about mixed feelings on exercise gave inactive women more inner drive
HelpedThe short version
Four group talks about mixed feelings on exercise gave women more drive of their own than plain health advice did.
- 70
- inactive married women in Iran
- Randomised
- groups picked at random
- Self-rated
- people rated themselves
- 1 tool
- tested
The study
Who took part
70 married women aged 15 to 49 who were not very active, from four health centres in one town in Iran. About 30 in each group were left at the end.
What they did
Health centres, not single women, were put into groups. Women at two centres went to four 90-minute group talks, with 10 to 12 women in each. The talks were about their mixed feelings on exercise and making their own choices. Women at the other two centres got general health advice only. Both groups got a public talk on exercise and a leaflet.
What happened
Four months later, the paper says the talk group wanted to exercise more for its own sake. They also felt more in control and more able. The paper prints no numbers because its results tables are missing. Feeling close to others and wanting to exercise for looks didn't clearly differ, and the paper contradicts itself on some results.
What the study found
- Helped
Four group talks about mixed feelings on exercise gave women more drive of their own than plain health advice did.
Small randomised trial of 70 inactive married women in Iran · vs general health advice, a talk and a leaflet · they rated themselves · ⚠ whole groups were assigned, not people; numbers unreliable
How solid is this?
- Groups picked at random
- Small group
- People rated themselves
- Whole groups were assigned, not people
- Numbers unreliable
Source
The effect of motivational interviewing-based intervention using self-determination theory on promotion of physical activity among women in reproductive age: A randomized clinical trial (2017)
DOI: 10.19082/4461 (opens in a new tab)
