To determine the physical activity level of the Croatian population in different domains of everyday life.
A random stratified sample of 1032 Croatians aged 15 years and older was interviewed using ...the official Croatian long version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ). Total physical activity and physical activity in each of the 4 life domains--work, transport, domestic and garden, and leisure-time--were estimated. Physical activity was expressed as metabolic equivalent-hours per week (MET-hour/week).
Median total physical activity for the whole sample was 58.2 MET-hour/week. Median physical activity in MET-hour/week was 30.4 for work, 5.0 for transportation, 13.1 for domestic and garden, and 6.0 for leisure-time domain. The lowest physical activity was found in the 15-24 age group (42.7 MET-hour/week) and the highest in the 55-64 age group (72.0 MET-hour/week). Multiple regression analysis showed a significant relationship of socio-demographic and health-related characteristics (size of settlements, household income, educational level, age, body mass index, self-rated physical health, and self-rated mental health) with physical activity in all domains (P < 0.001).
Studies on physical activity in transition countries should include the domains of work and domestic and garden, since if only leisure-time domain is examined, the total physical activity level could be underestimated. As the lowest physical activity was reported by adolescents and young adults, strategies for increasing physical activity in this age group should be developed.
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DOBA, IZUM, KILJ, NUK, PILJ, PNG, SAZU, SIK, UILJ, UKNU, UL, UM, UPUK
Purpose: The main purpose of the study was to investigate the efficiency and factorial validity of a newly developed vitality questionnaire (AMRJ) in women. Methods: In this randomized trial over six ...weeks, 161 women were randomly included. Each category of age represents one period of life as follows: 17.5 years (adolescence), 30 years (menstruation and sexual activity), 45 years (perimenopause) and 60 years (menopause). Opposed to subjective vitality status questionnaire (SVS), the AMRJ was designed to understand one's personal perception of posture, body tissue, breathing, self-perception of health, pain and quality of life. Results: For the AMJR, the two-factor solution explained 64% of variance among items, and all items loaded highly with their underlying factors (all λ > .55). A large effect size (d= - .89) was observed for 17.5-year-olds, and a medium effect size (d=- .50) was observed for 60-year-olds. Furthermore, current vitality ratings from the AMJR questionnaire were significantly larger as well after the intervention, but the interpretation of the significant interaction terms goes in another direction. In AMJR, the effects of the intervention increased with the participant’s age. The intervention effect had a medium effect size for 17.5-year-olds (d= .67), and a large effect size (d= - .92) for 60-year-olds. Conclusions: The AMJR questionnaire brings a new perspective on self-measured vitality and is published for the first time with the affiliated presentation of validity. It shows current and potential vitality associated with the physical domain. Potential point as a concrete individual fact brings objective goals and important motivational stimulus for vitality improvements.
Sports recreation area is on this issue largely ignored due to the lack of doping controls in the same extremely nontransparent terms. ...the work is on the one hand aimed at the general empirical ...clarification of the use of (not) allowed agents among recreationists, while the other side wants to empirically examine their motives for use. ...this paper addresses the issue of how to use permissible and impermissible supplementation. Gender and age differences in the relationship between Body Mass Index and perceived weight: Gender differences in relationships among perceived attractiveness, life satisfaction, and health in adults as a function of Body Mass Index and perceived weight.
The main objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and frequency of use (not) allowed supplementation among recreational users and other forms of fitness and recreational content. ...Domestic and foreign literature clearly indicates the existence of (not) allowed supplementation in sports recreation. It should be noted that the problem of using illegal supplementation in sport, in most of the literature generally, considered in the context of doping in professional sports. Sports recreation area is on this issue largely ignored due to the lack of doping controls in the same extremely nontransparent terms. Therefore, the work is on the one hand aimed at the general empirical clarification of the use of (not) allowed agents among recreationists, while the other side wants to empirically examine their motives for use. These findings ultimately serve the development of preventive and educational guidelines aimed at reducing the use of illegal supplementation. As permitted use of supplementation ( nutritional supplements ) according to the latest research (e.g. Kläber 2010a , 2010b ) is often only the first stage on the way to the use of illegal supplementation ( doping ), it is necessary to analyze the use of illegal supplementation in sports and recreation including an analysis of the use of permitted supplementation. Therefore, this paper addresses the issue of how to use permissible and impermissible supplementation.
A physically active lifestyle has many well-documented benefits. However, we are witnessing an epidemic of sedentary behaviour. Voluntary physical activity, i.e. recreational physical activity, has ...thus assumed central importance in satisfying the physical activity needs of humans. In order to tailor intervention programmes more individually, a 38-item questionnaire was designed to acquire information on how adult men spend their free time. The goal was to see if any grouping criteria may induce the grouping of the members of a wide male population into certain sub-population groups with recognizable demographic, social and material characteristics, particular health-related issues and specific attitudes towards free time and the way of spending it. The sample was comprised of 319 adult healthy men, from 19 to 67 years of age, from Central Bosnia. The cluster analysis, a method of multivariate hierarchical grouping with Euclidian distances, was used. Six distinct clusters were obtained: first cluster – 18 % of subjects, age 36.2 yrs, most married, positively oriented towards physically active lifestyle, scarcely take medication, no health-related discomforts; second cluster – 35 % of subjects, age 38.6 yrs, married, several children, would like to be more physically active because they are informed about the importance of exercise, but they are not very active and their discomforts are rather pronounced; third cluster – 9 % of subjects, age 28.9 yrs, no marital or parental obligations, not physically active with negative attitudes towards an active lifestyle, under high stress, but feel no discomforts; fourth cluster – 25 % of subjects, age 36.5 yrs, married, a smaller number of children, moderate values in all variables, except for the variables of health discomforts: the value is the highest in the entire sample; fifth cluster – 6 % of subjects, age 45.5 yrs, the oldest in the sample, married, have many children, physical activity is not important to them, they hardly feel any discomforts probably due to the many medications they take; sixth cluster – 7 % of subjects, age 24.8 yrs, no marital or parental obligations, not satisfied either with job no income, no prescribed medication and satisfied with their health status, but unexpectedly very high levels of reported health discomforts. Adequate intervention recreational and sporting activity programmes are proposed in accordance to the features of each cluster. Generally, a lack of information about the crucial role of a physically active lifestyle was observed throughout the clusters, as well as evident passive, consuming-absorbed attitudes towards free time. The previously active athletes in the third cluster were the only exception. The study has provided preliminary evidence for feasibility and value of using a cluster method approach to the identification of typologies of the adult male population. Much effort of expert kinesiologists, and of the broader community and mass media as well, must be invested in the promotion of physical activity, education for active and self-responsible living and in intervention strategies for changing the state of passivity.
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DOBA, FSPLJ, IZUM, KILJ, NUK, PILJ, PNG, SAZU, SIK, UILJ, UKNU, UL, UM, UPUK
The aim of this research is to examine university students' attitudes on recreational exercise. The sample included 473 students from the University of Zagreb. We analyzed the data by analysis of ...frequency and a statistical method called "Relation model of action". The results indicated that there were two general courses in students' attitudes on recreation activities. The first course represents general values and the second course reflects the attitudes on specific sports and recreational activities. It can be concluded that university students recognize the importance of exercise but they do not understand its real meaning and they do not exercise regularly. Therefore, it is important to foster positive attitudes towards exercise early in youth, which would allow young people to preserve the healthy habit of exercise throughout their whole life. There is a need for quality system of education, which would start early in childhood.
The aim of this paper was to determine the level of physical activity of high school teachers and establish whether there were differences in physical activity of female and male teachers during ...their professional work, travel to and from work, and leisure time taking into consideration their age, gender, and work experience. The study included teachers at a high school in Osijek-Baranja County, Republic of Croatia. The sample included 41 high school teachers aged from 25 to 64. This study used the Croatian version of the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ) as the measuring instrument. The variables of the study were the total physical activity of teachers, physical activity at the workplace, physical activity during travel to and from work, and physical activity during leisure time, sporting and recreational activities. The Man-Whitney U test with the significance level of p< 0.05 was used to determine the differences between the named arithmetic means. More than half of the total group (76 %) and both males and females were meeting physical activity recommendations of 600 MET (min/week). The results also show that 24 % of teachers engaged in low-intensity physical activities.
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