Abstract:

Objective: To estimate the level of physical activity and associated factors in employees of a University Center. Methods: Cross-sectional study with 128 technical collaborators, selected by probabilistic sampling, between January to December 2019. In addition to the outcome variable, physical activity, sociodemographic factors, behavioral habits and anthropometric profile were evaluated. Descriptive analyzes of the investigated variables were carried out through their frequency distributions. Subsequently, bivariate analyzes were performed using Poisson regression, and for multiple analyzes, hierarchical Poisson regression was used to identify factors associated with physical activity. Results: The prevalence of physical activity was 14.8% of employees. The factors age (p=0.041), quality of sleep (p=0.139), lifestyle (0.026), spinal problems (0.116) and BMI (p=0.041) were found to be predisposing to insufficient physical activity. However, being married was a protective effect for physical activity. Conclusion: It is concluded that the low level of physical activity is related to factors such as sex, sleep and lifestyle. In addition, in this study it can be seen that married employees have a protective effect for the practice of physical activity.

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