Patterns of objectively assessed physical activity and sedentary time: Are Nigerian health professional students complying with public health guidelines?
Understanding patterns of physical activity and sedentary time is important to effective population-wide primary prevention and control of non-communicable diseases. This study examined the patterns of objectively assessed physical activity and sedentary time, and the prevalence of compliance with p...
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| description | Understanding patterns of physical activity and sedentary time is important to effective population-wide primary prevention and control of non-communicable diseases. This study examined the patterns of objectively assessed physical activity and sedentary time, and the prevalence of compliance with physical activity guidelines according to different public health recommendations in a sub-population of health professional students in Nigeria.A cross-sectional study was conducted among 102 health professional students (age = 19-34 years old, 43.1% women) of the University of Maiduguri, Nigeria. Participants wore Actigraph accelerometers on their waist for minimum of 5 days/week to objectively measure intensity and duration of physical activity and sedentary time. Prevalence and demographic patterns of physical activity and sedentary time were examined using descriptive and inferential statistics.The students spent most time in sedentary activity (458.6 ± minutes/day, about 61% of daily time) and the least in vigorous-intensity activity (2.1 ± 4.4 minutes/day, about 0.3% of daily time). Sedentary time was higher among older than younger students (P<0.038) and among medical laboratory science students than physiotherapy and nursing students (P = 0.046). Total physical activity was higher among nursing and medical students than medical laboratory science students (P = 0.041). Although, 85.3% of the students engaged in 150 minutes/week of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, only 2.9% met the guideline of 75 minutes/week of vigorous intensity activity.Prevalence of sedentary time was high while that of vigorous-intensity activity was very low among health professional students in Nigeria. Compliance with physical activity guidelines was mainly through accumulation of moderate intensity activity. The results suggest that age and academic programme may influence physical activity level and sedentary behaviour of health professional students in Nigeria. These findings provide preliminary evidence that could be used to inform the needs to develop interventions to improve and support active lifestyle behaviour among students in Nigerian universities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-36e1ecb6cce44cbeba635e06b8d9b2662022-12-21T21:52:15ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032017-01-011212e019012410.1371/journal.pone.0190124Patterns of objectively assessed physical activity and sedentary time: Are Nigerian health professional students complying with public health guidelines?Adewale L OyeyemiSuleiman MuhammedAdetoyeje Y OyeyemiBabatunde O A AdegokeUnderstanding patterns of physical activity and sedentary time is important to effective population-wide primary prevention and control of non-communicable diseases. This study examined the patterns of objectively assessed physical activity and sedentary time, and the prevalence of compliance with physical activity guidelines according to different public health recommendations in a sub-population of health professional students in Nigeria.A cross-sectional study was conducted among 102 health professional students (age = 19-34 years old, 43.1% women) of the University of Maiduguri, Nigeria. Participants wore Actigraph accelerometers on their waist for minimum of 5 days/week to objectively measure intensity and duration of physical activity and sedentary time. Prevalence and demographic patterns of physical activity and sedentary time were examined using descriptive and inferential statistics.The students spent most time in sedentary activity (458.6 ± minutes/day, about 61% of daily time) and the least in vigorous-intensity activity (2.1 ± 4.4 minutes/day, about 0.3% of daily time). Sedentary time was higher among older than younger students (P<0.038) and among medical laboratory science students than physiotherapy and nursing students (P = 0.046). Total physical activity was higher among nursing and medical students than medical laboratory science students (P = 0.041). Although, 85.3% of the students engaged in 150 minutes/week of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, only 2.9% met the guideline of 75 minutes/week of vigorous intensity activity.Prevalence of sedentary time was high while that of vigorous-intensity activity was very low among health professional students in Nigeria. Compliance with physical activity guidelines was mainly through accumulation of moderate intensity activity. The results suggest that age and academic programme may influence physical activity level and sedentary behaviour of health professional students in Nigeria. These findings provide preliminary evidence that could be used to inform the needs to develop interventions to improve and support active lifestyle behaviour among students in Nigerian universities.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5744983?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Adewale L Oyeyemi Suleiman Muhammed Adetoyeje Y Oyeyemi Babatunde O A Adegoke Patterns of objectively assessed physical activity and sedentary time: Are Nigerian health professional students complying with public health guidelines? PLoS ONE |
| title | Patterns of objectively assessed physical activity and sedentary time: Are Nigerian health professional students complying with public health guidelines? |
| title_full | Patterns of objectively assessed physical activity and sedentary time: Are Nigerian health professional students complying with public health guidelines? |
| title_fullStr | Patterns of objectively assessed physical activity and sedentary time: Are Nigerian health professional students complying with public health guidelines? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Patterns of objectively assessed physical activity and sedentary time: Are Nigerian health professional students complying with public health guidelines? |
| title_short | Patterns of objectively assessed physical activity and sedentary time: Are Nigerian health professional students complying with public health guidelines? |
| title_sort | patterns of objectively assessed physical activity and sedentary time are nigerian health professional students complying with public health guidelines |
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