title: Exercise behavior and related factors in career women - the case of a bank in Taipei City.
abstract: With the trend of premature aging of physiological functions on the rise and a variety of chronic diseases continuing to spread, health promotion has become the top concern among public health experts. Regular exercise plays a pivotal role in both health promotion and disease prevention. This study aims to investigate the exercise behavior of career women and related factors. The samples were drawn from the female employees of a bank in Taipei, totaling 361 persons, all aged between 20 and 56. The result shows that only 8.6 % of the respondents exercise regularly and that among the reasons for not doing any exercise, " Don ' t have time for it " tops the list. Self-efficacy in exercise is found to be the common factor for predicting both exercise regularity and total exercise amount. Exercise intervention programs thus must be developed on the basis of female self-efficacy with a " family-oriented " activity design. It is therefore suggested that employers promote exercise and encourage exercise behaviors to help enhance employee self-efficacy as well as employee health.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Chang Gung Institute of Technology, ROC. sichen@mail.cgit.edu.tw
authors.forename: Chen-Mei
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Mei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D020380:Needs Assessment; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013624:Taiwan; D013997:Time Factors; D014504:Urban Health; D014931:Women, Working / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data