Table 3 Perceived barriers to physical activity among university students in Kuwait by gender
Barriers | Men (N = 203) | Women (N = 327) | P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very imp (%) | S. imp (%) | Not imp (%) | Very imp (%) | S. imp (%) | Not imp (%) | ||
A. Personal barriers to physical activity | |||||||
1. Do not have motivation to do physical activity, exercise or sport | 13.3 | 29.1 | 57.6 | 11.6 | 51.1 | 37.3 | <0.001 |
2. Not enjoying physical activity, exercise or sport | 10.8 | 18.7 | 70.5 | 10.7 | 32.1 | 57.2 | 0.0027 |
3. Do not have the skills to do physical activity, exercise or sport | 11.3 | 21.7 | 67.0 | 15.9 | 36.7 | 47.4 | <0.001 |
B. Social support barriers to physical activity | |||||||
1. No parent’s support to be physically active | 14.8 | 20.7 | 64.5 | 17.1 | 26.3 | 56.6 | 0.1838 |
2. No friend’s support to be physically active | 13.8 | 23.6 | 62.6 | 18.3 | 31.8 | 49.9 | 0.0168 |
3. No teacher’s support to be physically active | 29.6 | 24.1 | 46.3 | 30.0 | 27.8 | 42.2 | 0.5670 |
C. Environmental barriers to physical activity | |||||||
1. Do not have enough information about how to increase physical activity | 15.8 | 30.5 | 53.7 | 18.0 | 41.0 | 41.0 | 0.0144 |
2. Not having access to places to do physical activity, exercise and sport | 17.2 | 25.1 | 57.7 | 24.5 | 36.1 | 39.4 | <0.001 |
3. Not being able to find physical activity facilities that are inexpensive | 18.2 | 24.1 | 57.7 | 20.8 | 37.6 | 41.6 | <0.001 |
4. Not having time to be physically active | 37.9 | 34.5 | 27.6 | 55.4 | 30.6 | 14.0 | <0.001 |
5. Feeling shy when practising exercise outdoors | 10.3 | 18.2 | 71.5 | 13.8 | 23.2 | 63.0 | 0.1356 |
6. The climate is not suitable for practising exercise | 35.5 | 42.9 | 21.6 | 58.7 | 30.0 | 10.4 | <0.001 |
7. Not being able to practise physical activity due to cultural factors | 12.3 | 11.3 | 76.4 | 25.4 | 29.4 | 45.2 | <0.001 |
8. Do not have enough money to enrol with physical activity club | 8.4 | 18.2 | 73.4 | 9.5 | 23.5 | 67.0 | 0.2777 |