Effect of Regular Resistance Training on Motivation, Self-Perceived Health, and Quality of Life in Previously Inactive Overweight Women: A Randomized, Controlled Trial
Table 3
Primary and secondary outcome measures for completers in the different training groups A–C and control group D () analyzed by one-way ANOVA at posttest. The results are shown as mean and standard deviation (SD).
Outcome measures
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
value
BodyPump ()
Personal trainer ()
Nonsupervised exercise ()
Control ()
Exercise motivation:
Amotivation
−2.7 (5.2)
−2.7 (5.7)
−0.3 (1.4)
−3.9 (6.8)
0.203
External regulation
−5.8 (6.6)
−3.7 (4.1)
−4.4 (4.9)
−7.1 (6.3)
0.182
Introjection regulation
−6.3 (3.1)
−4.7 (2.7)
−5.2 (3.0)
−4.1 (2.9)
0.065
Identified regulation
19.9 (4.7)
22.5 (5.1)
22.5 (5.7)
17.0 (5.9)
Integrated regulation
31.0 (8.3)
36.1 (7.7)
35.4 (10.1)
24.6 (8.9)
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RAI (total sum score)
43.9 (19.8)
47.6 (15.4)
48.4 (17.8)
26.5 (18.2)
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Self-perceived health:
In general, would you say your health is:
2.7 (1.1)
2.7 (0.9)
2.5 (0.7)
2.9 (0.9)
0.690
Compared to one year ago, how would you rate your health in general now?
2.4 (0.8)
1.9 (0.8)
2.3 (0.8)
3.0 (0.6)
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Quality of life:
In most ways my life is close to my ideal
4.7 (1.6)
4.6 (1.3)
5.0 (1.3)
4.3 (1.5)
0.513
The conditions of my life are excellent
5.0 (1.2)
5.0 (1.1)
5.1 (1.3)
4.7 (1.2)
0.656
I am satisfied with life
5.4 (1.4)
5.4 (1.0)
5.7 (1.0)
5.1 (1.3)
0.331
So far I have gotten the important things I want in life
5.0 (1.5)
5.4 (1.1)
5.5 (1.3)
5.1 (1.2)
0.439
If I could live my life over, I would change almost nothing
4.4 (1.4)
4.7 (1.5)
4.8 (1.0)
4.3 (1.7)
0.544
Total quality of life score
24.5 (11.3)
25.2 (5.1)
26.0 (4.6)
23.5 (6.1)
0.502
Statistically significant differences between groups at posttest.
