Use of Psychological Instruments for Evaluation of the Parameters Influencing the Adherence to Physical Activity in the Case of Overweighted and Obese Persons

Work title: Use ofPsychological Instruments for Evaluation ofthe Parameters Influencing the Adherence to Physical Activity in the Case of Overweighted and Obese Persons. Work objectives: 1. To review a possibility to use three psychological questionaries and other parameters (BMI, age, sex) to identify the respondents with lowered adherence to physical activities. 2. To evaluate physical activity influence on some psychological aspects and eating behaviour ofoverweighted and obese persons. Methodology: With help of these three types of standardized questionaries (BDI-II, WHOQOL-BREF a TFEQ) it was evaluated a scale of depresivity, quality of life and eating behaviour in the case of persons with overweight and obesity at the begining of three-month physical activity programme. Input values from the questionaries from respondents, who had not finished the programme were compared with the values of the respondents, who had finished, and statisticaly evaluated. Consequently, there were compared and statisticaly evaluated input and output values from the quetionaries and BMI of the respondents, who had finished the programme. Výsledky: Lowered adherence to the excersises apears to be typical for women, younger aged respondents and respondents with lower BMI. The questionaries BDI-II, WHOQOL-BREF, TFEQ..