Effect of Educational Intervention Based on Theory of Planned Behaviour on Physical Activity Intention among Secondary School Teachers of Nepal

Table 2

Baseline characteristics of the participants.

Characteristics		Intervention group	Control group	value
		(%)	(%)
Sociodemographic characteristics
Gender	Male	31 (50.0)	27 (42.2)	0.379
	Female	31 (50.0)	37 (57.8)
Age category (years)	15-29	7 (11.3)	5 (7.8)	0.749
	30-44	28 (45.2)	28 (43.8)
	45-65	27 (43.5)	31 (48.4)
Marital status	Married	54 (87.1)	60 (93.8)	0.203
	Unmarried	8 (12.9)	4 (6.3)
Family type	Joint/extended	34 (54.8)	29 (45.3)	0.285
	Nuclear	28 (45.2)	35 (54.7)
Caste	Brahmin/Chhetri	22 (35.5)	34 (53.1)	0.105
	Janajati	37 (59.7)	29 (45.3)
	Ethnic minority	3 (4.8)	1 (1.6)
Educational level	Up to bachelor	33 (53.2)	41 (64.1)	0.217
	Master and above	29 (46.8)	23 (35.9)
Teaching-related characteristics
Teaching level	Basic	36 (58.1)	43 (67.2)	0.290
	Secondary	26 (41.9)	21 (32.8)
Teaching experience (years)	Up to 10	15 (24.2)	18 (28.1)	0.671
	11-20	23 (37.1)	19 (29.7)
	20+	24 (38.7)	27 (42.2)
Teaching health subject	Yes	7 (11.3)	5 (7.8)	0.506
	No	55 (88.7)	59 (92.2)
PA-related characteristics
WHO recommendation for PA	Not meet	8 (12.9)	8 (12.5)	0.946
	Meet	54 (87.1)	56 (87.5)
PA level	Moderate to high	52 (83.9)	53 (82.8)	0.873
	Low	10 (16.1)	11 (17.2)
Health-related characteristics
Raised blood pressure	No	47 (75.8)	46 (71.9)	0.616
	Yes	15 (24.2)	18 (28.1)
BMI category	<25	16 (25.8)	20 (31.3)	0.499
	≥25	46 (74.2)	44 (68.8)
WHtR category	<0.5	9 (14.5)	8 (12.5)	0.741
	≥0.5	53 (85.5)	56 (87.5)

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