Oghenerukevwe E Onororemu, Caroline Sanders
Are pediatric practicum experiences a beneficial component of registered nurse education programs? Nursing students and new graduates weigh in: A qualitative descriptive research study
Nurse education today
highest incidence overweight among adults found among women predominantly middleaged women demonstrated overweight increases mortality compromising physical mental health also imposes substantial costs healthcare system lack physical activity primary contributing factor becoming overweight majority inactive adults women particularly middleaged women consequently study investigated training program overweight women based health belief model hbm social support approach randomized controlled trial involving 73 overweight middleaged women control group 37 intervention group 36 conducted using simple random sampling intervention group participated six 120min sessions per week 6 weeks training program based hbm social support physical activity group discussion role play media data collected using physical activity questionnaire ipaq banduras exercise selfefficacy scale banduras ese researchermade questionnaire 4 weeks training collected data analyzed using descriptive inferential statistics via spss 27 software pvalues 005 considered statistically significant training program based hbm social support led improved perceived benefits p 0001 cues action p 003 selfefficacy p 0001 physical activity decreased perceived barriers p 0001 increased social support p 0001 increased physical activity p 0001 addition bmi intervention group decreased training program p 001 findings study demonstrate efficacy training program based hbm social support approach improving social support physical activity women addition study evaluates longterm outcome populations varying social economic cultural standings httpsclinicaltrialsgov irct201706236261n17