Determinants of physical activity in adult population vs. Existing recommendations
Journal Title: Antropomotoryka. Journal of Kinesiology and Exercise Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 24, Issue 65
Abstract
[b]Purpose[/b]: The aim of the study is to assess the determinants, level and type of physical activity undertaken by adults in relation to the recommendations on physical activity.[b]Basic procedures[/b]: The study group consisted of 225 people aged 18-68 years. Selection of the sample was stratified. As the research technique the Polish version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) was used, short version. For statistical analysis, Statistica 10 PL was used. In all analyses considered relevant were those effects, for which the level of test probability p was lower than the assumed relevance level a = 0.05 (p <0.05).[b]Main findings[/b]: The study shows that women practice less intensively and for shorter time than men. As in the case of gender and physical activity, there is a significant difference (p=0.0170) as far as the type of education, and frequency of undertaking intense and moderate physical activity are concerned. People with a secondary education undertake both intense and moderate physical activity more often and for longer periods of time, in comparison to people with higher and primary education. The research shows that physical activity levels do not increase with the education level. There is not a statistically significant difference between profession and the degree of intensity of exercise.[b]Conclusions[/b]: There is a significant correlation between gender and education, and performed physical activity. Age and profession are not factors determining the level of physical activity.
Authors and Affiliations
Dorota Lizak, Wojciech Czarny
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP60688
- DOI -
- Views 97
- Downloads 0
Morphological age and the girls' selected components of the health-related fitness (H-RF)
[b]Cel badań[/b]. Wybór do relatywnej oceny sprawności fizycznej – badanej w konwencji zdrowia (H-RF) – najtrafniejszego przedziału wiekowego ustalania wieku biologicznego u badanych dziewcząt metodą morfologiczną (spośr...
OKREŚLENIE TENDENCJI PRZEMIAN W POZIOMIE ROZWOJU SOMATYCZNEGO I SPRAWNOŚCI FIZYCZNEJ U 6-LETNICH DZIECI GDAŃSKICH W LATACH 1995–2004 W KSIĄŻCE MAŁGORZATY RESIAK
A SCIENTIFIC EVENING WITH N.A. BERNSTEIN, R.M. YERKES, J.D. DODSON AND D.O. HEBB
Author compares various models of relation between stress and efficiency of a motor operation, described with the Inverted-U Principle (IUP), Multidimensional Theory of Anxiety (MTA) and Catastrophe Model of Anxiety (CMA...
The Interrelationship Between Adolescent Girl's Physical Development, Biological Puberty and Heart Rhythm Regulation During the Adolescence Period
The aim of the work. The objective is to investigate and to evaluate the impact of the puberty level of sameage adolescent girls (belonging to the age group of 13-14 years) on the level of their physical development and...
Attitudes towards values of the human body in physical culture
Because of the growth of interests of the researchers in attitudes in physical education, there has been presented in this work a review of Polish and foreign concepts concerning the attitudes towards the body value in t...