ASSESSMENT OF 7-DAY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OF PHYSIOTHERAPISTS AND ITS BASIC DETERMINANTS
Journal Title: Medycyna Sportowa - Year 2014, Vol 30, Issue 2
Abstract
[b]Background. [/b]A physiotherapist should be physically active to perform his/her profession appropriately. The aim of this study was to assess 7-day physical activity of physiotherapists with its basic determinants.[b]Material and methods.[/b] This cross-sectional study involved 117 subjects, 91 (77.7%) fe males and 28 (22.3%) males, aged 38±10 years. „Stanford 7-Day Physical Activity Recall” standardized questionnaire was applied to assess the activities related to medical profession, houseork, recreation, sport and hours of sleep. [b]Results.[/b] In the week under investigation, the subjects slept approximately 7.4±1.0 hours / day (median = 7.6. They spent 11.4±4.3 hours / day (median 11.4) ) on moderate physical activity,: 4.7±4.1 hours / day (median 4.3) on intense activity and: 0.5±1.3 hours / day (median 0.1) on a very intense activity. The number of hours spent on those types of activity did not differ between consecutive days. Women slept 0.5 hours longer per day than males (F: 7.5±1.0; M: 7.0±1.0; p=0.04). The physiotherapists who graduated from college school spent statistically significantly more time on moderate physical activity (about 2.5 hours) compared to those with other educational levels (p=0.04). [b]Conclusions.[/b] Physiotherapists are moderately active and they spend only 5 hours daily for intense physical activity, mostly during working hours. In order to perform their profession appropriately, they ought to increase the level of current activity.
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Łukasz Krzych, Mateusz Ziemba, Michał Wyder, Halina Brus, Jan Janota, Krystian Oleszczyk
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