Key result
Women with less favorable trajectories for task self-efficacy, barrier self-efficacy, and outcome expectations had a greater probability of being in an inactive physical activity trajectory.
Why the study?
Are task self-efficacy, barrier self-efficacy, and outcome expectations associated with physical activity trajectories in women during and after cardiac rehabilitation?
Cohort (n=203)
Are task self-efficacy, barrier self-efficacy, and outcome expectations associated with physical activity trajectories in women during and after cardiac rehabilitation?
Higher task and barrier self-efficacy and positive outcome expectations are associated with more active physical activity trajectories in women undergoing cardiac rehabilitation.
Should not yet change practice; leaves open whether targeting self-efficacy improves activity trajectories in women after cardiac rehab.
OBJECTIVE: Little is known regarding the social-cognitive correlates of physical activity (PA) during and after cardiac rehabilitation (CR) in a female sample. The objective of the current study was to identify distinct trajectories for task self-efficacy, barrier self-efficacy, and outcome expectations and examine their association with PA. METHOD: A total of 203 women with cardiovascular disease completed a survey that included the self-efficacy, outcome-expectation, and PA measures at the beginning and end of CR, and 6 and 12 months after completing CR. RESULTS: Latent class growth analyses showed that multiple trajectories existed for task self-efficacy, barrier self-efficacy, and outcome expectations. Dual trajectory analyses showed that women in less favorable task self-efficacy, barrier self-efficacy, and outcome-expectation trajectories had a greater probability of being in an inactive PA trajectory. CONCLUSION/IMPLICATIONS: Women in trajectories with higher task and barrier self-efficacy and outcome expectations are more likely to be active, whereas the opposite is true for women with lower efficacy and outcome expectancies. As such, it is critical that health-care practitioners incorporate strategies into their CR programs or professional practice after CR to increase women's confidence in engaging in PA, overcome barriers to engage in PA, and promote positive outcomes related to PA to increase their PA levels.
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Blanchard et al. (2015) conducted a cohort in cardiovascular disease (n=203). Task self-efficacy, barrier self-efficacy, and outcome expectations vs. More favorable trajectories was evaluated on Physical activity trajectory. Women with less favorable trajectories for task self-efficacy, barrier self-efficacy, and outcome expectations had a greater probability of being in an inactive physical activity trajectory.
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