Anställdas motiv till deltagande i en motionsintervention initierad av organisationen : en kvalitativ studie

Sammanfattning: Step competition is a type of health-promoting activity in the form of an exercise intervention with a focus on increasing physical activity among employees of an organization. The purpose of the present study is to investigate what employees, who have participated in an exercise intervention initiated by their organization in the form of a step competition, describe as motivation for participating. A total of ten people participated in the study, men and women aged 23–59 years (M=37.7), of which three were men and the remaining seven were women. All interviewees work full-time with sedentary tasks at the same organization and they all have been engaged in various forms of exercise before the study. The present study has used an individual unstructured interview technique. The results were classified into six main themes of motives for participation; reducing sedentary workdays, the desire to move outdoors, competition as exercise, feeling a sense of community, the simplicity of the step competition and the health benefits that come with exercise. Based on the results from the present study, similar interventions are recommended to be implemented at organizations as the study has shown positive benefits such as reducing sedentary time, increasing outdoor time, promoting community, being simple and promoting well-being, and has shown motivation for participation.