Abstract
Background and aim: a healthy and active lifestyle is an essential determinant of any individual’s health. And the individual’s perceptions of the diseases will impact the way preventive behaviors are adopted, the way the individual adapts to the disease, disease management and, overall, the prevention of disease progress. The aim of the present study was explaining women’s perception of regular physical activity based on PEN-3 model. Material and Method: this study is qualitative and of directed content analysis type. 41 women with prediabetes and 9 employees of health centers, using purposeful sampling, were entered into this study. The data were obtained using individual semi-structured interviews based on PEN-3 model. Graneheim and Lundman’s method was used for data analysis. Result: during the data analysis process, a main category that included perceptional factors regarding physical activity and 6 sub-categories including knowledge, attitude, perceived benefits, perceived threat, perceived barriers and Self-efficacy were extracted from the data text. Conclusion: The findings obtained were positive and negative perceptions of women with prediabetes regarding physical activity in a sociocultural scope that can be considered in designing interventions based on PEN-3 model for changing and improving exercise behavior in women with prediabetes.
Highlights
Prediabetes is a condition that is considered as one of the initial stages of diabetes
Material and Methods Directed content analysis approach based on PEN-3 model was used in the present qualitative method. 41 individuals with prediabetes and 9 health care providers participated in this study
The results of the present study indicate that the exercise behavior of women with prediabetes based on PEN-3 model is influenced by perceptual factors categories which consists of knowledge, attitude, beliefs and values that act as facilitators or inhibitors of motivation for behavior change
Summary
Prediabetes is a condition that is considered as one of the initial stages of diabetes. One of the models for studying behavior in the domain of health education and promotion is PEN-3 model that explores factors impacting the individual’s behaviors by paying attention to the culture explored [9]. Positive and negative perceptual factors include knowledge, belief, attitudes and values that, as facilitators or inhibitors, have a significant role in doing physical activity behavior. The identification of these factors can be a solution in preventing the affliction with type 2 diabetes among women. The objective of this study was explaining the perceptions of women with prediabetes regarding regular physical activity and exercise using PEN-3 cultural model
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