Bone Mineral Density and Its Relationship with Physical Activity, Dietary Behavior and Body Mass Index Among Rehabilitation Students
Objective: To find out the relationship of Body Mass Index (BMI), dietary behavior and Physical Activity (PA) with Bone Mineral Density (BMD) in students of rehabilitation sciences. Study Design: An analytical cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: It was conducted at Department of Reha...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Riphah International University, Islamabad
2022-09-01
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| Series: | Journal of Islamic International Medical College |
| Online Access: | https://journals.riphah.edu.pk/index.php/jiimc/article/view/666 |
| Summary: | Objective: To find out the relationship of Body Mass Index (BMI), dietary behavior and Physical Activity (PA) with Bone Mineral Density (BMD) in students of rehabilitation sciences.
Study Design: An analytical cross-sectional study.
Place and Duration of Study: It was conducted at Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad, Pakistan within the duration of 4 months, from November 2019 to February 2020.
Materials and Methods: This study included a sample size of 157 participants recruited through nonprobability convenient sampling. The students of rehabilitation sciences (males and females) of 18-25 years, who were independent in their activities of daily lives, were included, while those with any current or diagnosed medical condition, major surgery and students having any fracture or trauma were excluded. The physical activity was assessed using International Physical Activity Questionnaire-short form (IPAQ-SF), dietary behavior by Eating Attitude Test (EAT-26) and BMD by calcaneal ultrasound. Data analysis was done on SPSS version 21.
Results: The mean age of the participants was 21.22 ±1.80 years, including 27(17.20%) males and 130(82.80%) females. According to the outcome measures, most of the participants had normal BMI 92(58.6%), normal eating behavior 122(77.7%), moderate activity level 84(53.5%) and were osteopenic 95(60.5%). The spearman's correlation showed that there is a weak negative but significant relationship between BMI and BMD (r = -0.238, p= 0.003), also weak negative relationship between dietary behavior and BMD (r=-0.002, p=0.978). The physical activity level and BMD levels have weak positive relationship, (r= 0.002, p= 0.984).
Conclusion: The result of this study suggest that the BMI has significant relationship with the bone mineral status, whereas the physical activity and eating attitudes do not contribute directly to bone mineral status. |
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| ISSN: | 1815-4018 2410-5422 |