DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF BEHAVIOR OF ADULTS IN THE PARTICIPATION OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN SALVADOR, STATE OF BAHIA, BRAZIL

• Autor(a) principal: Lima, Dartel Ferrari
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Lima, Lohran Anguera, Winter, Laize Biesdorf, Santana, Vitor Henrique Souza, Corral, Rosineide Soares, Santos, Ruan Alessandro Kanitz dos, Tosti, Lauana de Lima
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Baiana de Saúde Pública (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://rbsp.sesab.ba.gov.br/index.php/rbsp/article/view/3187
• topic: Atividade motora; Vigilância em saúde pública; Vigilância populacional; Epidemiologia; Sedentarismo; Atividade física; Actividad motora; Vigilancia de salud pública; Vigilancia de la población; Epidemiología; Motor activity; Public health surveillance; Population surveillance; Epidemiology

This study seeks to provide demographic and personal behavior information about the participation in physical activity (PA) in the municipality of Salvador, state of Bahia, Brazil population, hoping to expand directed support to that population’s health using PA promotion. Data from 2,030 adults (? 18 years old) of both sexes that participate in the Risk and Protection Factors for Chronic Disease Surveillance System by Telephone Survey (Vigitel) in the year 2018 were analyzed, including sociodemographic and individual behavior variables related to participation in PA. Men were more physically active than women at leisure and at work, and women were more active than men at home (house cleaning). Being single and/or divorced and having a high level of education seems to favor the practice of PA. Among the five most practiced PA modalities, walking was preferred by 23.5% of the population, followed by weight training (7.2%), general gymnastics (5.0%), soccer/futsal (4.0%) and running (3.0%). Walking was the most practiced by both sexes, with a prevalence of 24.7% and 21.3% in the female and male population, respectively. The practice of weight training, soccer/futsal and running was more frequent in the male segment, whereas general gymnastics was leveraged by female participation. The persistence of gender stereotypes could explain, in part, the diversity and prevalence in certain modalities between men and women. The continuity and periodicity of PA monitoring by Vigitel will allow the monitoring of the behavioral trends of the population of Salvador regarding the participation in PA, and future studies with appropriate methodologies may explain the differences in PA patterns between genders.