Effect of Regular Resistance Training on Motivation, Self-Perceived Health, and Quality of Life in Previously Inactive Overweight Women: A Randomized, Controlled Trial
Table 2
Primary and secondary outcome measures for completers in the different training groups A–C and the control group D () analyzed by one-way ANOVA at baseline. The results are shown as mean and standard deviation (SD).
Outcome measures
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
value
BodyPump ()
Personal trainer ()
Non-supervised exercise ()
Control ()
Exercise motivation (ranked from 0 to 4, where 0 represents not true for me and 4 represents very true for me, total score calculated for each individual subscale and for Relative Autonomy Index (RAI)):
Amotivation
−3.9 (5.8)
−3.8 (5.4)
−3.2 (6.2)
−1.7 (3.8)
0.500
External regulation
−5.3 (5.3)
−5.6 (5.9)
−3.5 (4.4)
−6.3 (6.0)
0.415
Introjection regulation
−5.1 (3.2)
−5.6 (3.0)
−5.5 (2.9)
−4.7 (3.3)
0.752
Identified regulation
18.4 (7.0)
18.5 (5.8)
18.1 (6.6)
16.0 (6.0)
0.537
Integrated regulation
25.4 (12.5)
29.9 (10.6)
29.6 (7.7)
25.7 (8.8)
0.289
RAI (total sum score)
29.4 (22.8)
33.2 (19.3)
35.5 (20.3)
28.0 (17.2)
0.604
Self-perceived health (ranked from 1 to 5, where in first question 1 represents excellent and 5 represents poor and in second question 1 represents much better now than one year ago and 5 represents much worse now than one year ago):
In general, would you say your health is:
3.2 (1.1)
2.9 (0.8)
2.9 (1.1)
3.2 (1.0)
0.619
Compared to one year ago, how would you rate your health in general now?
3.0 (0.8)
3.2 (1.0)
3.3 (0.8)
3.0 (0.9)
0.630
Quality of life (ranked from 1 to 7, where 1 represents strongly disagree and 7 represents strongly agree):
In most ways my life is close to my ideal
5.2 (0.8)
4.3 (1.4)
4.7 (1.1)
4.0 (1.6)
The conditions of my life are excellent
5.3 (1.0)
4.3 (1.4)
4.9 (1.3)
4.4 (1.5)
0.153
I am satisfied with life
5.6 (1.3)
5.2 (1.3)
5.4 (0.9)
4.6 (1.7)
0.107
So far I have gotten the important things I want in life
5.5 (1.3)
4.8 (1.6)
5.3 (1.1)
4.7 (1.6)
0.198
If I could live my life over, I would change almost nothing
4.8 (1.7)
4.4 (1.6)
4.4 (1.5)
4.0 (1.6)
0.462
Total quality of life score
26.3 (5.2)
23.3 (6.7)
24.3 (4.9)
21.7 (7.0)
0.102
Statistically significant differences between groups at baseline.
