Conhecimento sobre as recomendações internacionais de atividades física em adolescentes escolarizados no Estado de Sergipe

Abstract

The knowledge is a necessary way for individuals begin to make decisions based on the knowledge acquired, so, it is very important to convey in the school environment, through a different methodology, the recommendations of physical activity for the adolescents have the possibility to increase knowledge about the recommendations. The objective of this study was to verify the prevalence and factors associated with knowledge about international recommendations for physical activity in educated adolescents in the state of Sergipe. The study was transversal character with a compound sample of 3992 (2448 female and 1544 male) adolescents in the state of Sergipe, aged between 14 and 19 years. The variables of study were verified through a self-administered questionnaire, using the descriptive analysis (frequency, chi-square) and Inferencial (crude and adjusted regression binary logistic). The results of this study show high prevalence of adolescents who ignore the components: frequency (85.2%), duration (69.4%), session (72%) and intensity (81.5%) of physical activity recommendations, but also, 99.8% ignore the general physical activity recommendations. In the analysis between the sexes, boys present to have more knowledge than girls. The component frequency, female adolescents, the night shift and considered sedentary were more likely to ignore the recommendations, taking the adolescents of the 3rd year most likely to know the recommendations. The component duration, of the female sex, adolescents of the 3rd year and considered sedentary were more likely to know the recommendations, taking adolescents with 3-4 years of school lag most likely to aware of the recommendations. As, in relation to session, girls, students aged between 16-17 and 18-19 years old and studying in 2nd year were more likely to ignore of the recommendations. And, in the intensity component, girls were more likely to ignore the recommendations. Conclude that the adolescents had high prevalence in relation to ignorance of the physical activity recommendations and, that some sociodemographic variables and physical activity level showed significant associations, with some separate or combined form of variables influencing the level of knowledge of the sergipano adolescents.