LIFESTYLE AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

• Autor(a) principal: Vargas, Leandro Martinez
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: Redkva, Paulo Eduardo, Cantorani, José Roberto Herrera, Gutierrez, Gustavo Luis
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Atenção à Saúde
• Texto Completo: http://seer.uscs.edu.br/index.php/revista_ciencias_saude/article/view/2693
• topic: Lifestyle; students; associated factors; distance education; Estilo de vida; estudantes; fatores associados; educação a distância

Introduction: Patterns of behavior that constitutes the spheres of lifestyle and its relationship withindependent factors has been the subject of study of many researchers in the field of health. College studentsare particularly constant targets by this kind of research because they are configured as a group that thereis an increased rate of the risk factors. Objective: Verify the global rating of lifestyle and relationship withthe domains of lifestyle on Physical Education bachelor students of the distance learning education froma public university in the state of Paraná. Methods:The sample consisted of 204 students of both genders(50.8% males) with a mean age of 33. 5±8.3. Questionnaires were used to obtain data on demographicand socioeconomic conditions, and also lifestyle. Independence was analyzed using Chi-square test,performed to investigate the dependence between the variables. Results: By the results obtained from theanalysis of dependence between variables it was possible to see that the areas most affected (p<0.05) onthe lifestyle of the students were related to affective aspects (family), psychological, or emotional (stress,behavior/satisfaction), and work. Conclusions: Socialization, a balanced diet, sleeping well, manage the stress of everyday life, relax and enjoy the free time and think positively and optimistically are some of the factors that may becontributing to the greater likelihood of a proper lifestyle among university.