Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding exercise among people exercising in gymnasium and recreational parks around Kuantan, Malaysia

Physical inactivity is becoming a global epidemic and lead to many diseases. This cross-sectional study tried to investigate knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) regarding exercise among married and single person attending gymnasium and recreational parks. Furthermore, this study tried to look for...

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Main Authors:	Mohamed Roshdin Murad, Mohamed Afif Asyraf, A.Rahman, Nor Azlina, A.Rahman, Nor Iza, Haque, Mainul
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Language:	English English
Published:	Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science (JAPS) 2016
Subjects:	RA Public aspects of medicine
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spelling	iium-527792016-11-21T01:31:20Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/52779/ Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding exercise among people exercising in gymnasium and recreational parks around Kuantan, Malaysia Mohamed Roshdin Murad, Mohamed Afif Asyraf A.Rahman, Nor Azlina A.Rahman, Nor Iza Haque, Mainul RA Public aspects of medicine Physical inactivity is becoming a global epidemic and lead to many diseases. This cross-sectional study tried to investigate knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) regarding exercise among married and single person attending gymnasium and recreational parks. Furthermore, this study tried to look for factors associated with regularity of exercise and to find association between knowledge and attitude on practice of exercise. A total of 103 participants aged above 18 years old were purposely selected to answer an interview-guided questionnaire. Likert scale was used for participants to answer the questionnaire on KAP and the total score for each knowledge, attitude and practice was computed to find the associations using SPSS. The mean age of the respondent was 25.34 years (SD=5.699). Knowledge was not significantly associated with practice (r=0.071, p=0.475). There was also no significant correlation between practice and attitude score (r=0.006, p=0.510). Therefore, there is no association between knowledge and attitude on practice of exercise. Besides that, endurance exercise like jogging, cycling and walking was a respondent’s choice as their exercise routine. Other than that, there are significant associations between factors of gender (p=0.014), marital status (p<0.001) and age (p=0.005) with regularity of exercise. This study found that single person is more regularly doing exercise than married people. Regularity of exercise could be influenced by motivation. Therefore, relevant policies and campaigns might be able to change and boost people towards practicing exercise regularly in Malaysia. Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science (JAPS) 2016-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/52779/1/2016%20%276%20Exercise.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/52779/7/52779-Knowledge%2C%20attitude%20and%20practice%20regarding%20exercise%20among%20people%20exercising%20in%20gymnasium%20and%20recreational%20parks%20around%20Kuantan%2C%20Malaysia_SCOPUS.pdf Mohamed Roshdin Murad, Mohamed Afif Asyraf and A.Rahman, Nor Azlina and A.Rahman, Nor Iza and Haque, Mainul (2016) Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding exercise among people exercising in gymnasium and recreational parks around Kuantan, Malaysia. Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science, 6 (6). pp. 47-54. E-ISSN 2231-3354 http://japsonline.com/admin/php/uploads/1893_pdf.pdf 10.7324/JAPS.2016.60609
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spellingShingle	RA Public aspects of medicine Mohamed Roshdin Murad, Mohamed Afif Asyraf A.Rahman, Nor Azlina A.Rahman, Nor Iza Haque, Mainul Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding exercise among people exercising in gymnasium and recreational parks around Kuantan, Malaysia
description	Physical inactivity is becoming a global epidemic and lead to many diseases. This cross-sectional study tried to investigate knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) regarding exercise among married and single person attending gymnasium and recreational parks. Furthermore, this study tried to look for factors associated with regularity of exercise and to find association between knowledge and attitude on practice of exercise. A total of 103 participants aged above 18 years old were purposely selected to answer an interview-guided questionnaire. Likert scale was used for participants to answer the questionnaire on KAP and the total score for each knowledge, attitude and practice was computed to find the associations using SPSS. The mean age of the respondent was 25.34 years (SD=5.699). Knowledge was not significantly associated with practice (r=0.071, p=0.475). There was also no significant correlation between practice and attitude score (r=0.006, p=0.510). Therefore, there is no association between knowledge and attitude on practice of exercise. Besides that, endurance exercise like jogging, cycling and walking was a respondent’s choice as their exercise routine. Other than that, there are significant associations between factors of gender (p=0.014), marital status (p<0.001) and age (p=0.005) with regularity of exercise. This study found that single person is more regularly doing exercise than married people. Regularity of exercise could be influenced by motivation. Therefore, relevant policies and campaigns might be able to change and boost people towards practicing exercise regularly in Malaysia.
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author	Mohamed Roshdin Murad, Mohamed Afif Asyraf A.Rahman, Nor Azlina A.Rahman, Nor Iza Haque, Mainul
author_facet	Mohamed Roshdin Murad, Mohamed Afif Asyraf A.Rahman, Nor Azlina A.Rahman, Nor Iza Haque, Mainul
author_sort	Mohamed Roshdin Murad, Mohamed Afif Asyraf
title	Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding exercise among people exercising in gymnasium and recreational parks around Kuantan, Malaysia
title_short	Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding exercise among people exercising in gymnasium and recreational parks around Kuantan, Malaysia
title_full	Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding exercise among people exercising in gymnasium and recreational parks around Kuantan, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding exercise among people exercising in gymnasium and recreational parks around Kuantan, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding exercise among people exercising in gymnasium and recreational parks around Kuantan, Malaysia
title_sort	knowledge, attitude and practice regarding exercise among people exercising in gymnasium and recreational parks around kuantan, malaysia
publisher	Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science (JAPS)
publishDate	2016
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/52779/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/52779/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/52779/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/52779/1/2016%20%276%20Exercise.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/52779/7/52779-Knowledge%2C%20attitude%20and%20practice%20regarding%20exercise%20among%20people%20exercising%20in%20gymnasium%20and%20recreational%20parks%20around%20Kuantan%2C%20Malaysia_SCOPUS.pdf
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Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding exercise among people exercising in gymnasium and recreational parks around Kuantan, Malaysia

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