Physical activity of teachers

Year 2021, Volume: 7 Issue: 2, 53 - 58, 30.06.2021

Mırela šunda , Vesna Babıc , Mirna Andrijašević

https://doi.org/10.31459/turkjkin.872306

Cited By: 2

Abstract

The aim of this paper was to determine the level of physical activity of high school teachers and establish whether there were differences in physical activity of female and male teachers during their professional work, travel to and from work, and leisure time taking into consideration their age, gender, and work experience. The study included teachers at a high school in Osijek-Baranja County, Republic of Croatia. The sample included 41 high school teachers aged from 25 to 64. This study used the Croatian version of the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ) as the measuring instrument. The variables of the study were the total physical activity of teachers, physical activity at the workplace, physical activity during travel to and from work, and physical activity during leisure time, sporting and recreational activities. The Man-Whitney U test with the significance level of p< 0.05 was used to determine the differences between the named arithmetic means. More than half of the total group (76 %) and both males and females were meeting physical activity recommendations of 600 MET (min/week). The results also show that 24 % of teachers engaged in low-intensity physical activities.

Keywords

educators, exercise, leasure time, transport

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