ArticleFrontiers in public health2024
Physical exercise behavior characteristics and influencing factors for participation in police officers.
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- Optimizing physical education schedules for long-term health benefits.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Can Motivation and Self-Efficacy Predict a Law Enforcement Officer's General and Job-Specific Fitness?International journal of exercise science · 2025Article
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to analyze police officers' exercise participation behavior and influencing factors in order to better promote physical exercise participation and improve the health status of the police force. Methods: Police officers ( Findings: The physical exercise behavior of police officers showed long duration of time, but low frequency and intensity. The exercise programs were diverse but mainly involved running. The exercise motivation was mainly to keep fit and for stress relief. Logistic regression analysis indicated that source of police entry (OR = 1.467, 95% CI: 1.338-1.609), exercise conditions in the workplace (OR = 1.069, 95% CI: 1.051-1.088), exercise conditions near home (OR = 1.123, 95% CI: 1.047-1.205), high volume physical labor during work resulting in little time for exercise (OR = 1.372, 95% CI: 1.038-1.813), lack of organization (OR = 1.415, 95% CI: 1.164-1.720), economic condition constraints (OR = 1.439, 95% CI: 1.114-1.858), and weather restrictions (OR = 2.929, 95% CI: 2.418-3.548) were the main factors influencing police physical exercise behavior. Conclusion: Various influencing factors and the nature of actual police work presented barriers to police officers' participation in physical exercise. Interventions to increase physical exercise participation would promote the physical health of police officers.
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