Perceiving physical activity as 'being fun' was similarly attributed by inactive participants as a participation motivator, with one student stating: ' I just find them fun, they're good to do'.
Findings illustrated that barriers to PA participation amongst the inactive participants outweighed the motivating factors of their high active counterparts.
Participation barriers identified by inactive participants included lack of time [ 64], distance [ 65], the competitive nature of PE, and lack of choice in PE.
Second, since inactive participants were selected, their main goal for participation in the study may have been to increase AE duration and not AE intensity.
For each time-point, we categorized levels of activity into three groups: inactive (no participation in relevant activities); less active (participation reported in 1 4 times in previous month/4 weeks); and most active (participation reported ≥5 times in previous month/4 weeks) [ 31].
As was found in a previous study [ 63], both high active and inactive participants identified PA being fun as a primary motivator for participation.
At each age, participants were categorized as inactive (no participation), moderately active (1 4 times), or most active (≥5 times).
Items were scored on a scale of 1 5, where 1 is inactive (non-participation in that particular activity), 2 is low activity level (activity is performed 1 2 times), 3 is moderately active (activity is performed 3 4 times), 4 is active (activity is performed 5 6 times) and 5 is very active (activity is performed >7 times) in the past week.
A variable was created that distinguished between those participants who were inactive (reported no participation), moderately active (participated in relevant activities one to four times in the previous four weeks), or most active (participated in relevant activities five or more times in the previous four weeks).
Study members were asked about participating in exercise, vigorous activity or sports at ages 60 64, which was coded as inactive (reported no participation), participating in relevant activities one to four times per month or participating at least five times per month.
Our findings show that women were more likely to be physically inactive, and experienced participation restrictions and activity limitations more often than men with diabetes.
