Development Model of Physical Activity in the Employees of Medical Sciences Universities Based on the Grounded Theory

One of the major problems of employees is lack of activity. This study was conducted with the aim of development model of physical activity in the employees of medical sciences universities based on the Grounded Theory.

The current qualitative research was conducted using the Grounded Theory. The research community, knowledgeable people in the field of research included managers and officials of medical sciences universities, university lecturers, experts and sports science experts. The number of samples using the principle of theoretical saturation was 18, which were selected using the purposeful snowball sampling method. Data collection was done by semi-structured interviews. 4 criteria including credibility, generalizability, reliability and verifiability were used to measure the validity of the findings. The intra-subject agreement method was used to measure reliability, which was equal to 0.85. Data analysis was done with open, axial and selective triple coding and with MAXQDA software.

 6 selected components under the title of components (causal conditions, context, intervening conditions, phenomena, strategies and consequences), 33 core codes and 61 open codes were identified.

Causal condition components include 8 core codes, context components include 8 core codes, intervening condition components include 3 core codes, phenomenon component include 1 core code, strategies components include 7 core codes and consequences components include 6 core codes. It is suggested to use the results in the presented model to develop physical activity among employees.