31Dec 2016

KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AMONG MALE STUDENTS AT TAIBAH UNIVERSITY IN AL-MADINAH AL-MUNAWARAH, SAUDI ARABIA

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Physical activity (PA) is an important component of sound heath and is inversely related morbidity and mortality. There has been a gap of data about this issue among adolescents and university students in Saudi Arabia. The authors conducted a University-based cross-sectional study at Taibah University during October and November 2014 to study the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of physical activity among a random sample of students. A multi-stage random sampling technique was applied where 200 students were chosen randomly from two faculties (Medicine and Engineering). The study Students were asked to fill a predesigned structured questionnaire. The questionnaire included socio-demographic and KAP data about physical activity. Appropriate statistical analyses were performed where knowledge was compared as good, fair and poor, while attitude was analyzed and compared on 5-points Likert scale. Results revealed that low percent of the studied students to have had good knowledge about the benefits of PA with a significant high percent was among medical students (36%) compared to only 20% found among engineering students. Most of the students had a favorable attitude towards PA with the higher attitude scale for most of the studied attitude items was among engineering students. A relatively low percent of students reported practice of high intensity and moderate intensity PA with no significant differences were found between medical engineering students. Also, the number and duration of weekly walking session showed no significant differences in the studied medical and engineering students. More efforts and intervention studies are need regarding the importance of physical activity in the university campus and to include all the university students.

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[Khaled Kasim, Husain EidAl-Raddadi, Ahmad Mohammed Manaa, Tariq Muneer Khehsaim, Malik Anas Jelaidan, Musab Suleiman Al-Rehaily, Abdulrahman Abduaziz Al-luhaybi, Abdulrahman Abdulaziz Kaki, Osama Madini Kiram, Moatasem Mohammed Aloufi, Muathaziz Alrehaili, Asim Abdullah Alharbi and Alhasan Mohamed Abduldaem. (2016); KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AMONG MALE STUDENTS AT TAIBAH UNIVERSITY IN AL-MADINAH AL-MUNAWARAH, SAUDI ARABIA Int. J. of Adv. Res. 4 (Dec). 1707-1712] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

tariq munner kheshaim
Taibah College of Medicine, al-medianh, Saudi Arabia

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/2573      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/2573

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