HEALTH OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: PREVALENCE OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS IN DIFFERENT ACADEMIC AREAS

• Autor(a) principal: Mota, Íris Dantas da
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Araldi, Franciane Maria, Pereira, Marcos Paulo Vaz de Campos, Zilch, Geyson Ricardo, Both, Jorge, Oliveira Farias, Gelcemar
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Corpoconsciência (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicoscientificos.ufmt.br/ojs/index.php/corpoconsciencia/article/view/13089
• topic: Physical Activity; Students; Higher Education; Health; Actividad Física; Estudiantes; Enseñanza Superior; Salud; Atividade Física; Estudantes; Ensino Superior; Saúde

The objective was to estimate the prevalence of physical activity in university students and to verify the association with sociodemographic and academic factors and among the different undergraduate courses at a university in Santa Catarina. A cross-sectional study was carried out with 650 students. A questionnaire to identify sociodemographic variables and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ- long version) were used. Students who practiced 150 minutes a week of moderate and / or intense physical activity were considered active. Descriptive statistical analysis was performed to characterize the sample, and for the association variables, the Chi-square test and binary logistic regression were used, considering the significance level of 95% (p <0.05). The results indicated that there was a significant association between the level of general physical activity and the variable time of study (p = 0.004). In the association of the domains of physical activity, individually with undergraduate courses, there was an association in the dimensions of work (p <0.001), displacement (p = 0.036) and domestic physical activity (p <0.001).