Effects of gender, body mass index, grade level, and physical activity level on the attitudes and behaviors of physiotherapy students toward physical activity.
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Abstract
Background: Understanding physiotherapy students' attitudes and behaviors toward physical activity (PA) is essential for promoting a healthy lifestyle.
Objective: This study aimed to examine the relationships between attitudes and behaviors toward PA and factors such as gender, body mass index (BMI), grade, and PA level. Additionally, it explored the associations between PA attitudes and behaviors, actual PA levels, sedentary behavior, and overall well-being in physiotherapy students.
Methods: Students' physical activity, sedentary behavior, attitudes and behaviors toward PA, and well-being were assessed online using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ-SF), Sedentary Behavior Questionnaire (SBQ), Cognitive Behavioral Physical Activity Questionnaire (CBPAQ), and Well-Star Scale (WSS).
Results: A total of 254 students participated in the study. Male students reported higher self-regulation (p = .025), whereas females reported higher scores on the personal barriers (p = .028). Overweight students had better self-regulation than those with underweight students (p = .010). Outcome expectation was higher in the fourth-year students than in first-year students (p = .001). Students who reported a high level of PA had higher CBPAQ scores than those with low or moderate levels of PA (p ≤ .004). Outcome expectation, self-regulation, and personal barriers were respectively correlated with IPAQ-SF (rho = 0.339, p < .001; rho = 0.451, p < .001; rho = -0.378, p < .001) and WSS (rho = 0.441, p < .001; rho = 0.424, p < .001; rho = -0.253, p < .001).
Conclusion: Gender, BMI, grade, and PA level can all be more or less effective in influencing attitudes toward PA of physiotherapy students. Promoting positive attitudes toward PA is essential so physiotherapy students, as future professionals, can be role models for developing a healthier future generation.
背景：了解物理治疗学生对体育活动（PA）的态度和行为对促进健康的生活方式至关重要。目的：探讨性别、体质指数（BMI）、年级、PA水平等因素对PA态度和行为的影响。此外，它还探讨了物理治疗学生的PA态度与行为、实际PA水平、久坐行为和整体幸福感之间的关系。方法：采用国际体育活动简易问卷（IPAQ-SF）、久坐行为问卷（SBQ）、认知行为体育活动问卷（CBPAQ）和Well-Star量表（WSS）对学生的体育活动、久坐行为、对PA的态度和行为以及幸福感进行在线评估。结果：共有254名学生参与研究。男生的自我调节能力较高（p = 0.025），而女生的个人障碍得分较高（p = 0.028）。体重过重学生的自我调节能力优于体重过轻学生（p = .010）。四年级学生的预期结果高于一年级学生（p = .001）。报告高水平PA的学生的CBPAQ得分高于低或中等水平PA的学生（p≤0.004）。结果期望、自我调节和个人障碍分别与IPAQ-SF相关（rho = 0.339, p p p p p p p）结论：性别、BMI、年级、PA水平均可或多或少地影响物理治疗学生对PA的态度。促进对PA的积极态度是必不可少的，这样理疗学生作为未来的专业人士，可以成为培养更健康的下一代的榜样。
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The aim of Physiotherapy Theory and Practice is to provide an international, peer-reviewed forum for the publication, dissemination, and discussion of recent developments and current research in physiotherapy/physical therapy. The journal accepts original quantitative and qualitative research reports, theoretical papers, systematic literature reviews, clinical case reports, and technical clinical notes. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice; promotes post-basic education through reports, reviews, and updates on all aspects of physiotherapy and specialties relating to clinical physiotherapy.
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