Abstract
The aim of this research was to determine the effects of physical activity levels of teacher candidates on the sub-dimensions of health-related quality of life. In the research among the quantitative research methods, relational survey model was used. A total of 90 teacher candidates participated in this research. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ-SF) and the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) were used in this study. In the data analysis, “percentage, frequencies, standard deviation, mean, Product-Moment Correlation coefficients and Multiple regression” were used. According to the results, role functioning/emotional, pain and general health sub-dimensions are important predictors on physical activity levels. However, physical functioning, emotional well-being, vitality, social functioning, role functioning/physical, sub-dimensions have not an important impact on physical activity levels statistically. As a conclusion, participation in physical activity can be said to have a negative effect on emotional problems and pain, and a positive effect on general health status.
Highlights
IntroductionInactive lifestyle increases the risk of developing many health conditions cardiovascular and coronary heart diseases, diabetes mellitus, risks of certain cancers as colon and breast cancers, hypertension, osteoporosis, poor musculoskeletal and cardiorespiratory fitness, high blood pressure and elevated cholesterol levels, overweight or obesity, anxiety and depression (Cummings et al, 1985; Berlin & Colditz, 1990; Lee et al, 1991; Arroll & Beaglehole, 1992; Wannamethee & Shaper, 1992; Martinez et al, 1997; Uçkun & Çalıkoğlu, 2003; Bize et al, 2007; Lahti et al, 2010; Li et al 2016).Regular moderate intensity physical activity decreases the risk of various chronic diseases as hypertension, coronary heart disease, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, all-cause mortality and preserves both physical and intellectual health and functions (Saxena et al, 2005; Acree et al, 2006; Blair & Morris, 2009).Health-related quality of life (HRQL) can be described as how well his/her perceived wellbeing in intellectual, physical and social domains of health (Brown et al, 2004)
The short form-36 (SF-36) consisting of 36 items assessing eight sub-dimensions: Physical Function (PF), Social Function (SF), Role Function – Physical (RFP), Role Function – Emotional (RFE), Emotional Well-being (EW), Vitality (VT), Bodily Pain (BP) and General Health Perception (GHP) (Khanna et al, 2010; Burholt & Nash, 2011; Lins & Carvalho, 2016; Matcham et al, 2016; İnci et al, 2017; Jacobsen et al, 2018)
The main reason for this is that the teacher candidates are students of the Department of Physical Education and Sports Teaching and that practical courses are included in the curriculum
Summary
Inactive lifestyle increases the risk of developing many health conditions cardiovascular and coronary heart diseases, diabetes mellitus, risks of certain cancers as colon and breast cancers, hypertension, osteoporosis, poor musculoskeletal and cardiorespiratory fitness, high blood pressure and elevated cholesterol levels, overweight or obesity, anxiety and depression (Cummings et al, 1985; Berlin & Colditz, 1990; Lee et al, 1991; Arroll & Beaglehole, 1992; Wannamethee & Shaper, 1992; Martinez et al, 1997; Uçkun & Çalıkoğlu, 2003; Bize et al, 2007; Lahti et al, 2010; Li et al 2016).Regular moderate intensity physical activity decreases the risk of various chronic diseases as hypertension, coronary heart disease, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, all-cause mortality and preserves both physical and intellectual health and functions (Saxena et al, 2005; Acree et al, 2006; Blair & Morris, 2009).Health-related quality of life (HRQL) can be described as how well his/her perceived wellbeing in intellectual, physical and social domains of health (Brown et al, 2004). While little is known regarding HRQL and its relationship with physical activity level (Bize et al, 2007), it is stated that younger people propose that physical activity level is positively effect to HRQL (Maher et al, 2016). It is not clear whether physical activity increase specific sub-dimensions of HRQL (Acree et al, 2006). The aim of this study was to reveal the effects of teacher candidates’ physical activity levels on the sub-dimensions of HRQL
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