Leisure time physical activity participation in individuals with spinal cord injury in Malaysia: barriers to exercise

Mat Rosly M 1 , Halaki M 2 , Hasnan N 3 , Mat Rosly H 4 , Davis GM 2 , Husain R 5

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. maziahmr@um.edu.my
  • 2 Discipline of Exercise and Sport Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
  • 3 Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 4 Department of Mechatronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, International Islamic University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 5 Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Spinal Cord, 2018 08;56(8):806-818.
PMID: 29410495 DOI: 10.1038/s41393-018-0068-0

Abstract

STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional.
OBJECTIVES: An epidemiological study describing leisure time physical activities (LTPA) and the associations of barriers, sociodemographic and injury characteristics to moderate-vigorous aerobic exercise participation among individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) in a developing Southeast Asian country.
SETTING: SCI community in Malaysia.
METHODS: The study sample consisted of 70 participants with SCI. Questionnaires were distributed containing an abbreviated Physical Activity Scale for Individuals with Physical Disabilities (items 2-6) and the Barriers to Exercise Scale using a 5-tier Likert format. Statistical analyses were χ2 tests, odds ratios, and binary forward stepwise logistic regression to assess the association and to predict factors related to participation in moderate-vigorous intensity aerobic exercise (items 4 and 5).
RESULTS: Seventy-three percent of the study sample did not participate in any form of moderate or vigorous LTPA. The top three barriers to undertaking LTPA (strongly agree and agree descriptors) were expensive exercise equipment (54%), pain (37%) and inaccessible facilities (36%). Participants over the age of 35 years, ethnicity, health concerns, perceiving exercise as difficult and indicating lack of transport were significantly different (p 

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