Physical activity levels and associated factors among medical teachers
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https://doi.org/10.15448/1983-652X.2019.3.33643Keywords:
atividade física, estilo de vida sedentário, inquéritos epidemiológicos, doenças crônicas não transmissíveis.Abstract
Objective: To analyze the levels of physical activity and the associated factors among teachers of a medical degree from an university in Southern Brazil.
Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional epidemiological study was conducted with teachers of a medical degree from an university in the South of Brazil. Sociodemographic and health status variables were evaluated by interviews, through a questionnaire adapted from the instrument used by the Risk and Protective Factors for Chronic Diseases by Telephone survey. Crude and adjusted prevalence rates according to the individual characteristics of the sample were estimated by Poisson regression with robust variance.
Results: The prevalence of teachers considered physically active on leisure time was 44.2%, at work was 40.4%, in domestic activities was 5.8% and in transportation was 2.6%. The accomplishment of domestic activities was associated with the age of teachers, being higher among those aged more than 45 years (PR: 8.74 95%CI: 1.03-74.31). No other sociodemographic or anthropometric characteristics were associated with physical activity.
Conclusion: The study concluded that the majority of the medical degree teachers participating in this study were considered physically active. In addition, being more than 45 years old showed an association with greater amount of domestic activities.
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