Barreiras à pratica de atividades físicas em adolescentes da cidade de Pelotas

• Ano de defesa: 2009
• Autor(a) principal: Copetti, Jaqueline
• Orientador(a): Neutzling, Marilda Borges
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de Pelotas
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Física
• Departamento: Escola Superior de Educação Física
• País: BR
• Palavras-chave em Português: Barreiras; Atividade física; Adolescentes; Epidemiologia
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Barriers; Physical activity; Adolescents; Epidemiology
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::EDUCACAO FISICA
• Link de acesso: http://repositorio.ufpel.edu.br/handle/ri/1824

Objective: Identify the prevalence of perceived personal barriers to leisure-time physical activity in adolescents living in an urban area of the city of Pelotas/RS, as well its association with leisure-time sedentarism Methods: A population-based cross-sectional study including 399 adolescents aged 10 to 19 was conducted in Pelotas, RS, in 2007/2008. A representative sample of households was selected in multiple stages. Adolescents spending fewer than 300 min·wk in moderate or vigorous physical activities were classified as sedentary. Eight barriers were investigated: lack of time, feel to tired, lack of company, lack of adequate local, lack of money, raining days, have an injury or disease and fear of injury. Results: The most prevalent barriers of physical activity practice among adolescents were raining days (65.9%), followed by feel too tired (37.5%) and lack of adequate local (33.8%). As barreiras falta de tempo ( p<0,001), preguiça/cansaço (p<0,001) e dias de chuva (p=0,03) permaneceram associadas ao sedentarismo após ajuste para as variáveis sexo, idade, nível socioeconômico e escolaridade All girls and 57% of boys that related six or more barriers to physical activity were sedentary. Lack of time (p<0,001), feel to tired (p<0,001) and raining days (p=0,03) remained associated to sedentarism even after controlling for gender, age, socioeconomic level and schooling. Conclusions: Lack of time, feel to tired and raining days were risk factors to sedentarism in adolescents. Public policy focused on determinants of active lifestyle must be directed to adolescents and general population.