Self- reflections of physical activity behaviour : exploring real-world contexts
department or school: Health and Social Development, Faculty of (Okanagan)
department or school: Health and Exercise Sciences, School of (Okanagan)
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCO
creator: Gala, Blanca
issued: 2023-03-03T08:00:00Z
issued: 2023
related degree: Master of Science - MSc
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: Type 2 diabetes (T2D) affects millions of individuals worldwide. Diabetes Prevention Programs (DPPs) targeting diet and physical activity (PA) have shown reduction in T2D incidence by up to 58%. However, few DPPs report how well participants adhere to PA recommendations. Small Steps for Big Changes (SSBC) is an evidence-based DPP which delivers brief dietary and PA counseling. SSBC aims to help adults living with prediabetes make sustainable modifications to their dietary and PA behaviour to reduce their risk of developing T2D. Participants were asked to use mHealth (i.e., mobile health applications) to self-monitor and self-reflect on their PA in the year following program completion. Behaviour change require an understanding of the current and desired behaviour. Commonly, retrospective data from interviews or focus groups are interpreted, coded, and then analyzed within specific frameworks such as the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF). Few studies collect data in real-time free-living environments to assess people’s perceptions on their PA practices. Real-time data collection methods can provide unbiased information about people’s experiences when engaging in PA. This thesis examined self-reported PA and real-time self-reflections reported in the year following completion of SSBC. The most common barriers and facilitators to PA were identified and categorized within the TDF. Finally, correlation was calculated to examine the relationship between PA and self-reflections. On average, participants reported that they exercised 143 days and wrote 78 self-reflections during the year. Self-reflections most commonly included detailed information on their exercise (i.e., self-monitoring of exercise) (4,872 times during the year) and descriptions of facilitators to exercising (3,190). The most commonly identified domains were Behavioural regulation (5,018) and Environmental context and resources (4,532). A positive and moderate correlation was found between self-reflectio…
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note: i SELF- REFLECTIONS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY BEHAVIOUR: EXPLORING REAL-WORLD CONTEXTS by Blanca Gala B.A., Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, 2014 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE in THE COLLEGE OF GRADUATE STUDIES (Health and Exercise Sciences) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Okanagan) March 2023 © Blanca Gala, 2023 ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the College of Graduate Studies for acceptance, a thesis/dissertation entitled: SELF- REFLECTIONS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY BEHAVIOUR: EXPLORING REAL-WORLD CONTEXTS submitted by Blanca Gala in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Science . Dr. Mary Jung, School of Health and Exercise Sciences Supervisor Dr. Heather L. Gainforth, School of Health and Exercise Sciences Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Brodie Sakakibara, Faculty of Medicine Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Charlene Ronquillo, School of Nursing University Examiner iii Abstract Type 2 diabetes (T2D) affects millions of individuals worldwide. Diabetes Prevention Programs (DPPs) targeting diet and physical activity (PA) have shown reduction in T2D incidence by up to 58%. However, few DPPs report how well participants adhere to PA recommendations. Small Steps for Big Changes (SSBC) is an evidence-based DPP which delivers brief dietary and PA counseling. SSBC aims to help adults living with prediabetes make sustainable modifications to their dietary and PA behaviour to reduce their risk of developing T2D. Participants were asked to use mHealth (i.e., mobile health applications) to self-monitor and self-reflect on their PA in the year following program completion. Behaviour change require an understanding of the current and desired behaviour. Commonly, retrospective data from interviews or focus groups are interpreted, coded, and then analyzed within specific frameworks such as the Theoretical Domains Framework (T…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2023-05
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0427412
language: eng
degree discipline: Health and Exercise Sciences
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
contributor: Jung, Mary E.
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/83912