High Levels of Physical Inactivity Amongst Dental Professionals: A Questionnaire Based Cross Sectional Study
Introduction: A Dentist plays an important role in providing health education (General and Oral) to the community. Questions arise regarding their own health, which in turn affects their patients’ counselling for leading a healthy and a physically active life. Aim: To measure and compare the am...
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| author | Sahil Thakar Shivlingesh KK Jayaprakash K Bhuvandeep Gupta Neha Gupta Richa Anand Vaibhav Motghare Ishan Prabhakar |
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| description | Introduction: A Dentist plays an important role in providing
health education (General and Oral) to the community.
Questions arise regarding their own health, which in turn affects
their patients’ counselling for leading a healthy and a physically
active life.
Aim: To measure and compare the amount of physical activity
present amongst dental professionals with the general
population of Greater Noida.
Materials and Methods: The International Physical Activity
Questionnaire (IPAQ) was used to measure physical activity and
statistical significance was calculated using SPSS version 21.0.
Statistical significance was kept as p <.05.
Results: Compared to the general population, Dentists were
more obese and reported increased levels of low physical
activity. Dentists had an increased and significant transportation
and leisure time activity (p= .03 and .01) whereas, the general
population had a higher level of vigorous activity(p = <.01). The
MET hour/week for dentists and general population was 33.72
and 36.24 respectively, which was quite low as compared to
European population.
Conclusion: The results indicate that dentists report a lower
level of physical activity as compared to the general population
of Greater Noida. However, on a global scale, the physical
inactiveness of dentists and general population alike could pose
a serious health hazard and if kept unchecked, shall increase
the global burden of chronic disease. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-08cb873bcd96486985565a20d32fd6df2022-12-21T22:42:34ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2015-01-0191ZC43ZC4610.7860/JCDR/2015/10459.5466High Levels of Physical Inactivity Amongst Dental Professionals: A Questionnaire Based Cross Sectional StudySahil Thakar0Shivlingesh KK1Jayaprakash K2Bhuvandeep Gupta3Neha Gupta4Richa Anand5Vaibhav Motghare6Ishan Prabhakar7Post Graduate Student, Department of Public Health Dentistry, I.T.S Dental College, Hospital and Research Centre, Greater Noida, India.Reader, Department of Public Health Dentistry, I.T.S Dental College, Hospital and Research Centre, Greater Noida, India.Professor and Head, Department of Public Health Dentistry, I.T.S Dental College, Hospital and Research Centre, Greater Noida, India.Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Health Dentistry, I.T.S Dental College, Hospital and Research Centre, Greater Noida, India.Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Health Dentistry, I.T.S Dental College, Hospital and Research Centre, Greater Noida, India,Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Health Dentistry, I.T.S Dental College, Hospital and Research Centre, Greater Noida, India.Post Graduate Student, Department of Public Health Dentistry, I.T.S Dental College, Hospital and Research Centre, Greater Noida, India.Post Graduate Student, Department of Public Health Dentistry, I.T.S Dental College, Hospital and Research Centre, Greater Noida, India.Introduction: A Dentist plays an important role in providing health education (General and Oral) to the community. Questions arise regarding their own health, which in turn affects their patients’ counselling for leading a healthy and a physically active life. Aim: To measure and compare the amount of physical activity present amongst dental professionals with the general population of Greater Noida. Materials and Methods: The International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) was used to measure physical activity and statistical significance was calculated using SPSS version 21.0. Statistical significance was kept as p <.05. Results: Compared to the general population, Dentists were more obese and reported increased levels of low physical activity. Dentists had an increased and significant transportation and leisure time activity (p= .03 and .01) whereas, the general population had a higher level of vigorous activity(p = <.01). The MET hour/week for dentists and general population was 33.72 and 36.24 respectively, which was quite low as compared to European population. Conclusion: The results indicate that dentists report a lower level of physical activity as compared to the general population of Greater Noida. However, on a global scale, the physical inactiveness of dentists and general population alike could pose a serious health hazard and if kept unchecked, shall increase the global burden of chronic disease.https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/5466/10459_CE(Ra)_F(Sh)_PF1(SNAK)_PFA(AK)_PF2(PAG).pdfdentistsipaqobesityphysical activity |
| spellingShingle | Sahil Thakar Shivlingesh KK Jayaprakash K Bhuvandeep Gupta Neha Gupta Richa Anand Vaibhav Motghare Ishan Prabhakar High Levels of Physical Inactivity Amongst Dental Professionals: A Questionnaire Based Cross Sectional Study Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research dentists ipaq obesity physical activity |
| title | High Levels of Physical Inactivity Amongst Dental Professionals: A Questionnaire Based Cross Sectional Study |
| title_full | High Levels of Physical Inactivity Amongst Dental Professionals: A Questionnaire Based Cross Sectional Study |
| title_fullStr | High Levels of Physical Inactivity Amongst Dental Professionals: A Questionnaire Based Cross Sectional Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | High Levels of Physical Inactivity Amongst Dental Professionals: A Questionnaire Based Cross Sectional Study |
| title_short | High Levels of Physical Inactivity Amongst Dental Professionals: A Questionnaire Based Cross Sectional Study |
| title_sort | high levels of physical inactivity amongst dental professionals a questionnaire based cross sectional study |
| topic | dentists ipaq obesity physical activity |
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