Factors influencing levels of physical activity among female students from the Visegrad countries

Ewelina Niźnikowska; Józef Bergier; Barbara Bergier; Pongrăc Ăcs; Jăn Junger; Ferdinand Salonna

doi:10.5114/hpc.2018.80225

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Health Problems of Civilization Physical activity: diseases and issues recognized by the WHO

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Factors influencing levels of physical activity among female students from the Visegrad countries

Ewelina Niźnikowska

¹

,

Józef Bergier

¹

,

Barbara Bergier

¹

,

Pongrăc Ăcs

²

,

Jăn Junger

³

,

Ferdinand Salonna

⁴

Pope John Paul II State School of Higher Education in Biała Podlaska, Poland
University of Pécs , Hungary
Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia
Palacký University, the Czech Republic

Health Prob Civil. 2019; 13(1): 19-29

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/hpc.2018.80225

Online publish date: 2019/01/14

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Background
Our study aims to illustrate the diversity in levels of physical activity among female students from the Visegrad countries (V4), in four domains: job-related activity, transportation physical activity, housework, house maintenance, and caring for family, as well as recreation, sport, and leisure-time physical activity. These domains were correlated with factors including: BMI, field of study, physical fitness self-assessment and amount of leisure time.

Material and methods
In total 1,169 female students from V4 countries: the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland were involved in the study. In terms of conducting the study, the long version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire IPAQ, was utilised.

Results
Female students from the V4 countries were characterized by moderate (47.5%) and high (43.7%) levels of physical activity, and the WHO recommendations on health-related quality of life were fulfilled in more than 80% of the respondents.

Conclusions
Analysis showed statistically significant differences in BMI, where underweight students (59.3%) demonstrated a moderate level of physical activity. The physical fitness self-assessment of female students from the V4 countries shows significant differences in their level of physical activity in all analysed areas and indicates that field of study as well as their amount of leisure time do not notably affect their level of physical activity.

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Factors influencing levels of physical activity among female students from the Visegrad countries

Ewelina Niźnikowska 1 , Józef Bergier 1 , Barbara Bergier 1 , Pongrăc Ăcs 2 , Jăn Junger 3 , Ferdinand Salonna 4

physical activity, female students, IPAQ, V4

Ewelina Niźnikowska

¹

,

Józef Bergier

¹

,

Barbara Bergier

¹

,

Pongrăc Ăcs

²

,

Jăn Junger

³

,

Ferdinand Salonna

⁴