| Barriers | Males | Females | Total a | P- Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Barriers | N | % | N | % | N (%) | |
| Chronic disease | 133 | 46.5% | 153 | 53.5% | 286 (33.33%) | 0.272 |
| Disease limiting movement | 39 | 49.4% | 40 | 50.6% | 79(9.20%) | 0.854 |
| Exercise is boring | 32 | 40.5% | 47 | 59.5% | 79(9.20%) | 0.066 |
| Laziness | 172 | 45.5% | 206 | 54.5% | 378(44.3%) | 0.009** b |
| Cost of joining the gym | 36 | 51.4% | 34 | 48.6% | 70(8.2%) | 0.851 |
| Traditional clothes | 22 | 53.7% | 19 | 46.3% | 41(4.8%) | 0.664 |
| Physical activity would ruin my appearance | 7 | 53.8% | 6 | 46.2% | 13(1.5%) | 0.779 |
| Work duties | 309 | 50.6% | 302 | 49.4% | 611(71.21%) | 0.595 |
| Lack of time | 126 | 38.2% | 204 | 61.8% | 330(38.6%) | 0.000** b |
| Fatigue, tiredness | 68 | 37.6% | 113 | 62.4% | 181(21.1%) | 0.000** b |
| Excessive internet, TV | 83 | 47.4% | 92 | 52.6% | 175(20.4%) | 0.386 |
| No past habit of physical activity | 24 | 40.0% | 36 | 60.0% | 60(7%) | 0.096 |
| Mean number of personal barriers | 1.84±1.54 | 2.32±1.67 | 2.08±1.62 | 0.292c | ||
| Social factors | ||||||
| Family responsibilities | 120 | 38.8% | 189 | 61.2% | 309(36.1%) | 0.000** b |
| Lack of family support | 31 | 38.8% | 49 | 61.2% | 80(9.3%) | 0.029** b |
| Lack of support from friends/relatives | 51 | 51.5% | 48 | 48.5% | 99(11.6%) | 0.796 |
| Social norms | 20 | 44.4% | 25 | 55.6% | 45(5.3%) | 0.416 |
| Mean number of social barriers | 0.52±0.718 | 0.73±0.745 | 0.62±0.739 | 0.862 c | ||
| Environmental factors | ||||||
| Bad weather | 319 | 49.1% | 331 | 50.9% | 650(75.9%) | 0.186 |
| Unavailability of nearby facilities | 36 | 37.5% | 60 | 62.5% | 96(11.2%) | 0.008** b |
| Lack of safe places | 47 | 53.4% | 41 | 46.6% | 88(10.3%) | 0.545 |
| Mean number of environmental barriers | 0.93±0.663 | 1.02±0.653 | 0.97±0.659 | 0.145 c | ||
| Mean of total number of barriers | 3.29±2.32 | 4.08±2.30 | 3.68±2.347 | 0.262 c | ||