Sari Dina Keumala, Mani Suresh, Fadli Muhammad, Ihksan Riyadh, Machrina Yetty, Arrasyid Nurfida Khairina, Siregar Kamal Basri, Sunarno Agung
Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia.
Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Applied Medical Science, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India.
J Multidiscip Healthc. 2022 Jul 21;15:1559-1571. doi: 10.2147/JMDH.S368635. eCollection 2022.
Difficulties in exercising have occurred for the entire world's population during this COVID-19 pandemic, especially in the second wave at the end of 2021. Most worrying is the lack of physical activity in young adults, as lack of exercise will increase the risk of noncommunicable diseases in the future. The youth such as university student can be agents of change, to increase physical activity, from sedentary to sport life. This study aimed to determine the relationship between knowledge, attitudes, and actions of university students and the correlation between the related variables.
This study is a cross-sectional observational study involving 458 Asian university students based on Asian and African nationalities. This research was conducted from December 2021 to January 2022, during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia. The variables studied were the knowledge, attitudes, and actions of university students with regard to sports, and the statistical test used was the Chi-squared test.
The results showed that the research subjects were mainly from Indonesia and India (95.8%), there were more women than men (69.9% vs 30.1%), the most common age range was 18-20 years (61.4%), and 45.4% had a normal body mass index. In total, 48.3% had high knowledge, 93.4% had a positive attitude, and 34.7% had good practice. There was a significant relationship between knowledge and attitude (=0.002) but not with action.
This study found that good knowledge was associated with a good attitude, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic with activity restrictions on university students, there was no relationship with action.
在此次新冠疫情期间，全球人口在锻炼方面都面临困难，尤其是在2021年末的第二波疫情期间。最令人担忧的是年轻人缺乏体育活动，因为缺乏锻炼会增加未来患非传染性疾病的风险。像大学生这样的年轻人可以成为变革的推动者，将体育活动从久坐不动的生活方式转变为积极运动的生活方式。本研究旨在确定大学生的知识、态度和行为之间的关系以及相关变量之间的相关性。
本研究是一项横断面观察性研究，涉及458名来自亚洲和非洲国家的亚洲大学生。本研究于2021年12月至2022年1月进行，当时亚洲正处于新冠疫情的第二波。所研究的变量是大学生对体育的知识、态度和行为，所使用的统计检验是卡方检验。
结果显示，研究对象主要来自印度尼西亚和印度（95.8%），女性多于男性（69.9%对30.1%），最常见的年龄范围是18 - 20岁（61.4%），45.4%的人体重指数正常。总体而言，48.3%的人知识水平高，93.4%的人态度积极，34.7%的人行为良好。知识与态度之间存在显著关系（P = 0.002），但与行为无关。
本研究发现良好的知识与良好的态度相关，但由于新冠疫情对大学生活动的限制，与行为无关。
