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Table 4 Exercise barriers statements and subscales scores in terms of exercise

From: Perceived benefits and barriers towards exercise among healthcare providers in Ain Shams University Hospitals, Egypt

 

Total, mean (SD)

Exercise

Test#

p

Yes, mean (SD)

No, mean (SD)

Too much time

2.41 (0.83)

2.49 (0.83)

2.35 (0.83)

1.492

.137

Time from family

2.52 (0.82)

2.58 (0.8)

2.46 (0.84)

1.289

.198

Take time

2.45 (0.83)

2.54 (0.83)

2.37 (0.82)

1.866

.063

Time expenditure subscale score

2.46 (0.63)

2.54 (0.63)

2.39 (0.62)

2.040

.042*

Far exercise place

2.47 (0.87)

2.64 (0.88)

2.34 (0.84)

3.224

.001*

Inconvenient facility schedules

2.37 (0.73)

2.39 (0.72)

2.35 (0.75)

.518

.605

Few exercise places

2.43 (0.83)

2.47 (0.82)

2.4 (0.85)

.673

.501

Embarrassed to exercise

2.56 (0.89)

2.64 (0.97)

2.5 (0.81)

1.483

.139

Costs to exercise

2.43 (0.84)

2.63 (0.87)

2.28 (0.79)

3.847

< .001*

Funny clothes

2.58 (0.9)

2.68 (0.85)

2.5 (0.92)

1.821

.070

Exercise milieu subscale score

2.47 (0.50)

2.58 (0.54)

2.31 (0.59)

3.306

.001*

Exercise is tiring

2.36 (0.76)

2.47 (0.75)

2.27 (0.76)

2.317

.021*

Exercise is fatiguing

2.36 (0.77)

2.49 (0.74)

2.26 (0.78)

2.684

.008*

Exercise is hard work

2.50 (0.79)

2.63 (0.77)

2.4 (0.79)

2.602

.010*

Physical exertion subscale score

2.41 (0.58)

2.53 (0.54)

2.31 (0.59)

3.413

.001*

No spouse encouragement

2.47 (0.78)

2.49 (0.77)

2.45 (0.78)

.463

.644

No family encouragement

2.50 (0.83)

2.51 (0.83)

2.49 (0.83)

.297

.767

Family discouragement subscale score

2.48 (0.63)

2.50 (0.65)

2.47 (0.62)

.481

.631

Total benefits and barriers overall score

115.23 (18.17)

119.15 (19.15)

112.06 (16.73)

3.569

< .001*

  1. #Independent t test
  2. *Significant p value < 0.05