Open AccessFactors that interfere with total physical inactivity in overweight women
Author(s) -
Fernanda Carneiro Mussi,
Taise Santos do Nascimento,
Cátia Suely Palmeira,
Francisco José Gondim Pitanga,
Flávia Silva Ferreira,
Ana Carla Carvalho Coelho,
Carlos Antônio de Souza Teles Santos
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
rev rene
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2175-6783
pISSN - 1517-3852
DOI - 10.15253/2175-6783.20212261717
Subject(s) - overweight , bivariate analysis , descriptive statistics , physical activity , medicine , multivariate analysis , statistical significance , environmental health , gerontology , demography , obesity , physical therapy , statistics , mathematics , sociology
Objective: to investigate the variables that interfere with total physical inactivity in overweight women. Methods: cross-sectional research that collected sociodemographic data, self-perceived health, self-efficacy for physical activity, weight, and height in 142 women. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire was used to evaluate physical activity. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used. A 5% statistical significance level was adopted. Results: the prevalence of total physical inactivity was 34.5%. A significant association between total physical inactivity and age was found in the bivariate analysis. In the multivariate analysis, only women with regular and poor self-perceived health showed an increase of 124% and 150%, respectively, of total physical inactivity. Conclusion: physical inactivity was associated with regular and poor self-perception of health, being a health parameter for the development of health promotion policies and actions.