Analysis of the lifestyle and risk behaviors of university Physical Education

• Autor(a) principal: Sousa, Thais Regina de
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Prati, Sérgio Roberto Adriano
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/14432
• topic: Student Health; Risk behavior; Disease prevention.; Salud del Estudiante; Comportamiento de riesgo; Prevención de Enfermedades.; Saúde do estudante; Comportamento de risco; Prevenção de doenças.

Analyze the lifestyle of university students in the Physical Education course, emphasizing the aspects between sex and between academic education level. 114 Physical Education students from university in Paraná participated in the study, subdivided into 54 males and 60 females, in 4 academic series. All were answered to the Fantastic Lifestyle questionnaire, which comprises nine dimensions of individual lifestyle. It was observed that on average the lifestyle of the university students was 70 (± 9.3) pts., With no difference between genders, however, 56.1% had an lifestyle within a level considered adequate and healthy (≥70pts), and, the male gender presented a higher percentage (59.2%) of students with healthier lifestyle in relation to the female (53.3%). He also identified that there was a statistical difference (P <0.05) between the lifestyle of freshmen (1st = 72.8 ± 9.3pts) in relation to the graduates (4th = 66.2 ± 7.8pts). It is concluded that the lifestyle of the university students has evolved negatively throughout the course, and in general the female gender presents relative conditions in a worse condition than the male.