Thakar Sahil, Shivlingesh Kk, Jayaprakash K, Gupta Bhuvandeep, Gupta Neha, Anand Richa, Motghare Vaibhav, Prabhakar Ishan
Post Graduate Student, Department of Public Health Dentistry, I.T.S Dental College, Hospital and Research Centre , Greater Noida, India .
Reader, Department of Public Health Dentistry, I.T.S Dental College, Hospital and Research Centre , Greater Noida, India .
J Clin Diagn Res. 2015 Jan;9(1):ZC43-6. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2015/10459.5466. Epub 2015 Jan 1.
A Dentist plays an important role in providing health education (General and Oral) to the community. Questions arise regarding their own health, which in turn affects their patients' counselling for leading a healthy and a physically active life.
To measure and compare the amount of physical activity present amongst dental professionals with the general population of Greater Noida.
The International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) was used to measure physical activity and statistical significance was calculated using SPSS version 21.0. Statistical significance was kept as p <.05.
Compared to the general population, Dentists were more obese and reported increased levels of low physical activity. Dentists had an increased and significant transportation and leisure time activity (p= .03 and .01) whereas, the general population had a higher level of vigorous activity(p = <.01). The MET hour/week for dentists and general population was 33.72 and 36.24 respectively, which was quite low as compared to European population.
The results indicate that dentists report a lower level of physical activity as compared to the general population of Greater Noida. However, on a global scale, the physical inactiveness of dentists and general population alike could pose a serious health hazard and if kept unchecked, shall increase the global burden of chronic disease.
牙医在向社区提供健康教育（一般健康和口腔健康）方面发挥着重要作用。他们自身的健康问题也随之出现，这反过来又会影响他们对患者关于健康和积极生活方式的咨询。
测量并比较大诺伊达地区牙科专业人员与普通人群的身体活动量。
使用国际身体活动问卷（IPAQ）测量身体活动，并使用SPSS 21.0版计算统计显著性。统计显著性设定为p <.05。
与普通人群相比，牙医更肥胖，且低身体活动水平更高。牙医的交通和休闲时间活动增加且具有显著性（p =.03和.01），而普通人群的剧烈活动水平更高（p =<.01）。牙医和普通人群每周的代谢当量小时数分别为33.72和36.24，与欧洲人群相比相当低。
结果表明，与大诺伊达地区的普通人群相比，牙医的身体活动水平较低。然而，在全球范围内，牙医和普通人群的身体不活动都可能构成严重的健康危害，如果不加以控制，将增加全球慢性病负担。
