The prevalence of barriers for Colombian college students engaging in physical activity

Objective: To investigate the prevalence of barriers and their association with Colombia college students engaging in PA. Methods: A total of 5,663 students (3,348 male) from three cities in Colombia. In fall 2013, students voluntarily completed a demographic questionnaire, Barriers to Being Active Quiz. Logistic regression analysis of each barrier (adjusted for confusion variables: gender, age and BMI) was used for verifying such association. Results: The most prevalent barriers in overweight individuals were “fear of injury” (87.0%), “lack of skill” (79.8%) and “lack of resources” (64.3%). The group of females revealed a protective association regarding “lack of time” (OR=0.53: 0.47-0.60 95%CI), “social influence” (OR=0.67: 0.60-0.75 95%CI), “lack of energy” (OR=0.54: 0.49-0.61 95%CI), “lack of willpower” (OR=0.57: 0.51- 0.64 95%CI), “lack of skill” (OR=0.76: 0.66-0.87 95%CI) and “lack of resources” (OR=0.79: 0.71-0.89 95%CI). Such observation also appeared in the 20- to 23-yearold age group concerning “social influence” (OR=0.83: 0.74-0.94 95%CI) and in those aged over 23-years-old (OR=0.86: 0.74-0.99 95%CI) regarding “lack of energy”. Conclusion: A significant prevalence was found regarding self-perception of barriers leading to students ceasing to engage in PA. © 2015, Grupo Aula Medica S.A. All rights reserved.

• Fecha de publicación: 2015
• Institución: Universidad del Rosario
• Repositorio: Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/22671
• Acceso en línea: https://doi.org/10.3305/nh.2015.31.2.7737; https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/22671
• Palabra clave: Body mass; Colombia; Epidemiology; Exercise; Female; Health behavior; Human; Male; Motor activity; Obesity; Physiology; Prevalence; Psychology; Questionnaire; Statistics and numerical data; Student; University; Young adult; Body mass index; Colombia; Exercise; Female; Health behavior; Humans; Male; Motor activity; Overweight; Prevalence; Students; Surveys and questionnaires; Universities; Young adult; Barriers; College students; Exercise; Motivation; Physical activity
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