Differences in salient beliefs associated with voluntary exercise training among South Korean firefighters before and after COVID-19
Abstract Background Participating in voluntary exercise training is important to meet occupational requirements as well as firefighters’ health and safety. The purpose of this study is to identify salient beliefs associated with voluntary exercise training among firefighters in the pandemic era by c...
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| author | Junhye Kwon Joohee Choi Juhyuk Kwon Chung Gun Lee Dong-il Seo Wook Song Jung-jun Park Han-joon Lee Hyun Joo Kang Yeon Soon Ahn |
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| description | Abstract Background Participating in voluntary exercise training is important to meet occupational requirements as well as firefighters’ health and safety. The purpose of this study is to identify salient beliefs associated with voluntary exercise training among firefighters in the pandemic era by comparing outcomes with those from a previous elicitation study, which was carried out before the COVID-19 outbreak. Methods A total of 57 firefighters are recruited to participate in an elicitation study. Participants are requested to respond to six open-ended questions related to voluntary exercise training. Content analysis is used to create categories that combine similar factors in each belief. Beliefs mentioned by more than 30% of participants are used for comparison with the results of the previous research. Results “Improves my physical ability” (n = 44) and “cause injury” (n = 17) are identified as behavioral beliefs in the present study, whereas “makes me tired” and “takes too much time” were also elicited in Lee’s study. Normative beliefs are “family members” (n = 45) and “colleagues” (n = 27) and these results are consistent with those in Lee’s study. “Lack of time” (n = 28), “exercise facilities” (n = 19), and “COVID-19” (n = 19) are elicited as control beliefs in the present study, whereas “physical condition” (n = 21) and “exercise partners” (n = 14) were elicited as other control beliefs, and “COVID-19” was not mentioned in Lee’s study. Conclusion This study can contribute valuable information about salient beliefs associated with exercise training behavior among firefighters, particularly under pandemic conditions. Future researchers should develop tailored exercise training programs for firefighters based on current elicited beliefs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3ed31d7832da4ae189cad480504b21432022-12-22T02:11:48ZengBMCBMC Public Health1471-24582022-07-012211610.1186/s12889-022-13765-xDifferences in salient beliefs associated with voluntary exercise training among South Korean firefighters before and after COVID-19Junhye Kwon0Joohee Choi1Juhyuk Kwon2Chung Gun Lee3Dong-il Seo4Wook Song5Jung-jun Park6Han-joon Lee7Hyun Joo Kang8Yeon Soon Ahn9Department of Physical Education, College of Education, Seoul National UniversityDepartment of Physical Education, College of Education, Seoul National UniversityDepartment of Physical Education, College of Education, Seoul National UniversityDepartment of Physical Education, College of Education, Seoul National UniversityDepartment of Sport Science, College of Liberal Arts, Dongguk UniversityDepartment of Physical Education, College of Education, Seoul National UniversitySchool of Sport Science, Pusan National UniversitySchool of Sport Science, University of UlsanDepartment of Sport Medicine, College of Natural Science, Soonchunhyang UniversityDepartment of Preventive Medicine and Genomic Cohort Institute, Yonsei Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei UniversityAbstract Background Participating in voluntary exercise training is important to meet occupational requirements as well as firefighters’ health and safety. The purpose of this study is to identify salient beliefs associated with voluntary exercise training among firefighters in the pandemic era by comparing outcomes with those from a previous elicitation study, which was carried out before the COVID-19 outbreak. Methods A total of 57 firefighters are recruited to participate in an elicitation study. Participants are requested to respond to six open-ended questions related to voluntary exercise training. Content analysis is used to create categories that combine similar factors in each belief. Beliefs mentioned by more than 30% of participants are used for comparison with the results of the previous research. Results “Improves my physical ability” (n = 44) and “cause injury” (n = 17) are identified as behavioral beliefs in the present study, whereas “makes me tired” and “takes too much time” were also elicited in Lee’s study. Normative beliefs are “family members” (n = 45) and “colleagues” (n = 27) and these results are consistent with those in Lee’s study. “Lack of time” (n = 28), “exercise facilities” (n = 19), and “COVID-19” (n = 19) are elicited as control beliefs in the present study, whereas “physical condition” (n = 21) and “exercise partners” (n = 14) were elicited as other control beliefs, and “COVID-19” was not mentioned in Lee’s study. Conclusion This study can contribute valuable information about salient beliefs associated with exercise training behavior among firefighters, particularly under pandemic conditions. Future researchers should develop tailored exercise training programs for firefighters based on current elicited beliefs.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13765-xTheory of planned behaviorFirefightersSalient beliefsElicitation studyExercise trainingCOVID-19 |
| spellingShingle | Junhye Kwon Joohee Choi Juhyuk Kwon Chung Gun Lee Dong-il Seo Wook Song Jung-jun Park Han-joon Lee Hyun Joo Kang Yeon Soon Ahn Differences in salient beliefs associated with voluntary exercise training among South Korean firefighters before and after COVID-19 BMC Public Health Theory of planned behavior Firefighters Salient beliefs Elicitation study Exercise training COVID-19 |
| title | Differences in salient beliefs associated with voluntary exercise training among South Korean firefighters before and after COVID-19 |
| title_full | Differences in salient beliefs associated with voluntary exercise training among South Korean firefighters before and after COVID-19 |
| title_fullStr | Differences in salient beliefs associated with voluntary exercise training among South Korean firefighters before and after COVID-19 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Differences in salient beliefs associated with voluntary exercise training among South Korean firefighters before and after COVID-19 |
| title_short | Differences in salient beliefs associated with voluntary exercise training among South Korean firefighters before and after COVID-19 |
| title_sort | differences in salient beliefs associated with voluntary exercise training among south korean firefighters before and after covid 19 |
| topic | Theory of planned behavior Firefighters Salient beliefs Elicitation study Exercise training COVID-19 |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13765-x |
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