Abstract
Objective
To verify the factors related to leisure-time physical inactivity (PI) in overweight women.
Methods
A cross-sectional study, part of a matrix project entitled, “Remote nurse monitoring of overweight women”, conducted in an outpatient reference clinic for obesity in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, in which a multidisciplinary team and 300 patients, 91% women, of the Unified Health System, were selected for the study. A total of 174 women were recruited, according to inclusion criteria for the matrix project: overweight (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2), more than 18 years of age, attended a medical visit in the last 12 months, and had a landline telephone and/or cell phone. Exclusion criteria were: lack of physical conditions for anthropometric measures, lack of cognitive ability to respond to research instruments, psychiatric disorders, use of medications for weight loss, and bariatric surgery. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire guidelines for data processing and analysis were followed.
Results
A high prevalence of PI (85.2%) was identified, as well as a significant association between PI and body mass index, self-efficacy for physical activity, environment perception, dependents at home, perceived health status, and number of comorbidities. Regression analysis showed that PI was associated with the number of comorbidities RP:1.31; IC 95% 1.06; 1.64); poor self-perception of health (RP: 1.28, 1.01, 1.61); low self-efficacy (RP: 1.27, 1.06, 1.51); and poor environmental perception (RP: 1.27, 95% CI 1.01, 1.60).
Conclusion
Leisure-time physical inactivity was associated with individual and environmental variables.
Exercise; Women; Sedentary lifestyle; Obesity