Effectiveness of Educational Intervention Based on Transtheoretical Model on Physical Activity and Menopausal Symptoms

Table 3

Comparison of mean scores of TTM constructs before and 2 months after educational intervention in intervention and control groups.

Trans theoretical construct	Before intervention	Two months after intervention	Paired -test
Cons
Intervention group			0.035
Control group			0.808
Independent sample-test	0.69	0.013
Pros
Intervention group			0.008
Control group			0.971
Independent sample-test	0.960	0.082
Decision balance
Intervention group			0.022
Control group			0.794
Independent sample-test	0.022	0.026
Self-efficacy
Intervention group			0.017
Control group			0.873
Independent sample-test	0.064	0.002
Consciousness raising
Intervention group
Control group			0.560
Independent sample-test	0.062	0.002
Dramatic relief
Intervention group
Control group			0.828
Independent sample-test	0.410	0.011
Environmental-reevaluation
Intervention group
Control group			0.939
Independent sample-test	0.231	0.004
Self-reevaluation
Intervention group
Control group			0.501
Independent sample-test	0.809
Self-liberation
Intervention group			0.063
Control group			0.928
Independent sample-test	0.650	0.028