Abstract:

The aim of this study is to study the levels of pedometer-based physical activity of university academic and administrative staff. A total of 60 volunteers, including 29 academic 31 administrative staff, participated in the study. The survey method was used along with the pedometer, which is an objective method to measure the levels of physical activity of participants. The pedometer determines the number of seven-day steps, distance and calorie values of the participants. With the method of survey, the 1 week total-MET scores were identified. SPSS 22.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, Illinois, USA) is used for statistical processing of data. The test was conducted by Kolmogorov-Smirnov. The two groups were compared with the Independent Sample T test. For the analysis of the differences between the groups, One Way Anova and LSD tests were conducted. The statistical analysis found a significant difference in the benefit of the academic staff (p<0.05) when considering the total MET values according to the academic and administrative staff level. According to the civic status of the participants, the single group was determined to be more active (p<0.05). It has been found that the calorie values of participants with the duration of 1-5 years to 16-20 years are higher (p<0.05). In the academic staff group, 5 persons are inactively, 12 persons are minimally active and 12 persons are highly active. In the administrative staff group, 16 people are inactive, 12 people are minimal active and 3 people are highly active. There was no significant difference between the ages, the total MET, the number of steps, and the calorie and distance values (p>0,05). As a result, considering the levels of physical activity of academic and administrative staff, the levels of physical activity of the administrative staff group were found to be low. The inactivity of the administrative staff is believed to be due to the more intense way of work and lack of knowledge about physical activity, according to academic staff.

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