Medical University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland (Department of Sports Medicine).
Medical University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland (Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Department).
Med Pr. 2020 Sep 24;71(5):539-549. doi: 10.13075/mp.5893.00976. Epub 2020 Jul 9.
When assessing physical activity (PA), particular attention should be paid to medical university students who are taught to be health care professionals (HCPs) responsible for maintaining health in humans. However, different studies have shown that HCPs exhibit the same unhealthy behaviors as the general population. This study analyzed PA among medical university students of different faculties and their adherence to current PA recommendations.
Data from 216 medical university students of physiotherapy, dietetics and pharmacy, including males (N = 44) and females (N = 172), the mean age of 22.3±1.8 years, were collected. The in its long form (IPAQ-LF) was used to assess and classify PA behaviors. The results were analyzed in accordance with World Health Organization recommendations regarding PA.
Over 60% of all the students were classified as active during all-day activity. However, while analyzing PA in different domains, the same shares of all the students were still insufficiently active during leisure time, and so they did not meet the recommendation of >75 min/week of vigorous PA, >150 min/week of moderate PA or an equivalent combination. All the students self-reported PA mainly in the work and transport domains. Generally, physiotherapy students were the most active and performed PA with higher intensity.
This study revealed a low level of leisure time PA among the students, and no habit of regular PA. Some changes in medical education should be suggested to include physical education as a long-term subject in medical school curricula. Future research is needed to investigate the exercise barriers that students perceive, which can guide future interventions aimed at improving their PA, and thereby impact on the quality of health care which they will provide. Med Pr. 2020;71(5):539-49.
在评估身体活动（PA）时，应特别关注医学生，他们被教导成为负责维护人类健康的医疗保健专业人员（HCPs）。然而，不同的研究表明，HCPs 表现出与普通人群相同的不健康行为。本研究分析了不同院系医学生的 PA 水平及其对当前 PA 建议的遵守情况。
共收集了来自理疗、营养学和药学专业的 216 名医学生（男性 N=44，女性 N=172）的数据，平均年龄为 22.3±1.8 岁。使用国际体力活动问卷长式（IPAQ-LF）评估和分类 PA 行为。结果按照世界卫生组织关于 PA 的建议进行分析。
超过 60%的学生在全天活动中被归类为活跃。然而，在分析不同领域的 PA 时，同样比例的学生在休闲时间仍不够活跃，因此他们没有达到每周 75 分钟以上剧烈 PA、每周 150 分钟以上中等 PA 或同等强度的组合的建议。所有学生自我报告的 PA 主要来自工作和交通领域。总体而言，理疗专业的学生最活跃，PA 强度更高。
本研究揭示了学生在休闲时间 PA 水平较低，没有定期 PA 的习惯。医学教育应做出一些改变，将体育教育作为医学院校课程的长期科目。未来的研究需要调查学生感知到的运动障碍，这可以指导未来旨在提高他们的 PA 的干预措施，从而影响他们提供的医疗保健质量。医学与实践 2020；71（5）：539-49。
