Knowledge, attitude and practice towards physical activity by one of Iran Medical Sciences Universities personnel

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  Aims. The purpose of this study was to assess knowledge, attitude and practice towards physical activity by one of the Universities of Medical Sciences personnel .   Methods. This is a cross- sectional study on 164 Personnel of one of Iran Medical Sciences Universities , selected by randomized-categorized sampling. Questionnaire used collecting data. Validity and reliability of the questionnaire proved by content validity and Kronbach’s alpha method, respectively. Collected data analyzed by SPSS 13.   Results. The mean knowledge score was 10.21 and individuals’ knowledge figured at weak, moderate and good levels were 21.7, 60.9 and 17.4%, respectively. The individuals’ attitude towards physical activity is 66.5 % (completely important ), 31.1% (important) and 2.4% (neutral or completely not important), respectively. The individuals’ practice scores were low, moderate and high in 46.7, 23.4 and 29.9% of the subjects, respectively. Significantly difference observed between individuals’ job and their physical activity.   Conclusion. The mean age of the subjects was 38.17 ± 6.13. Because of high incidence risk of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases in this age group and considering that only 23.4% of individuals had proper physical activity, planning for developing and promoting enough equipments and facilities for increasing the physical activity level among personnel is very important. Taking in account that majority of subjects (82%), had low or moderate knowledge, planning educational programs for increasing the knowledge regarding the issue is also very important.  

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Journal of Military Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 1 - Serial Number 35
March and April 2009
Pages 25-30

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