Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Physical Activity in High School Students of a Rural Residential School of Gadag District
Journal Title: International Journal of Preventive, Curative & Community Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: Physical activity plays a very vital role in physical and mental development of children. It also has beneficial effect in prevention of non-communicable diseases in the future and thus reduces risk of premature deaths. Objective: To find out the extent of awareness, attitude and practice of physical activity among high school students of a residential school in Gadag. Methodology: This school-based cross-sectional study was conducted among children in the age group of 14–16 years in Morarji Desai Residential School, Gadag, during January to March 2017. All the students who were present on the day of visit were included in the study. A simple pre-tested predesigned semi-structured questionnaire including a set of 15 questions was provided to the students and data was collected. Data analysis was done by using Microsoft Excel, Open Epi software and SPSS software trial version. Results: Majority (72.5%) of the students had good knowledge score and 75% of the students had poor attitude score. Age was not found to be a determinant for knowledge and attitude towards physical activity among study participants. Females had better knowledge (75%) as compared to males (69.6%). These differences were not found to be statistically significant (p=>0.05). Though knowledge was good among females, they had poor (76.6%) attitude compared to males (55.4%). This was found to be statistically significant (p<0.05). 98.3% students were doing physical activity since it was a residential school. Majority of the students (62.5%) did not do physical activity regularly and 1.7% never did any physical activity. Conclusion: Reports show that the students have knowledge about the beneficial effects of physical activity but when it comes to practice, there is downfall. There should be extra focus on girls and on older children in order to bridge the gaps.
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Dr. Vasundara S Gayakwad,
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