PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LEVEL OF INDIVIDUALS ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE AT CHARLES UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LEVEL OF INDIVIDUALS ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE AT CHARLES UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT

Original language description

The University of the Third Age curriculum at the Charles University, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports is focused on educating and promoting active ageing and healthy lifestyle among older adults. Students of this program represent a specific group of older adults with a positive attitude towards physical activity, yet their regular movement regimen, which can be expressed as a level of physical activity, have not been sufficiently examined. Therefore, the study aimed to determine the level of physical activity among first-year students attending the University of the Third Age with the use of a standardised questionnaire. Methods: 226 persons (187 women, 39 men) aged 52-81 years (average age 65 years) took part in this study. The average BMI was 25.1 kg.m(-2) (range 17.6-37.6 kg.m(-2)). The short version of International Physical Activity Questionnaire was used to assess physical activity levels and was complemented with basic socio-demographic questions. Results/Discussion: 173 respondents (average age 65 years) were highly active; 49 respondents (average age 64.5 years) reported a moderate level of physical activity; 4 respondents reported a low level of physical activity. With increasing age, respondents reported a higher level of physical activity. Women reported 37 % higher volume of physical activity (6186 METmin/week) than men (4506 MET-min/week). The results showed that respondents in this study were more physically active than in similar studies and could be viewed as individuals with an active lifestyle.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30306 - Sport and fitness sciences

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

Stárnutí AGEING 2018

ISBN

978-80-87878-36-1

ISSN

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e-ISSN

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Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

98-106

Publisher name

CHARLES UNIV, THIRD FAC MEDICINE

Place of publication

PRAHA 10

Event location

Prague

Event date

Oct 19, 2018

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

000529187500009