Physical activity level and quality of life of university employees

Özgür  Nalbant

doi:10.14687/jhs.v21i4.6495

Authors

Özgür Nalbant Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1067-827X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14687/jhs.v21i4.6495

Keywords:

physical activity, quality of life, university, academic, administrative

Abstract

The study aims to evaluate the physical activity and quality of life levels of university academic and administrative staff. The universe of the study consisted of 912 personnel, 577 academic and 335 administrative, working at Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University. The study was planned with the general screening method, and the International Physical Activity Assessment Questionnaire (IPAQ) was used to determine the physical activity levels of university personnel and the short forms of the quality of life assessment questionnaire (SF-36) were used to determine their quality of life. The surveys were applied online, and SPSS 25.0 statistical program was used in the statistical analysis of the obtained data. Percentage, frequency, chi-square, ANOVA, MANOVA, and post hoc tests were used in the analysis of the data and the significance level was taken as (p<.05). It was observed that 73% of the university academic and administrative staff had postgraduate education, 72% were married and 74% had a nuclear family structure. It was determined that the physical activity levels of academic and administrative staff were not good, and they were not active. However, it was determined that men were more active than women and singles were more active than married. It was observed that only 47 (15%) of the academic and administrative staff had sufficient activity levels and there was no statistically significant difference between the genders (p>0.05). In the comparisons between the groups, a significant difference was observed in the social and mental dimensions in favor of the academic staff (p<0.05). On the other hand, no significant difference was observed in the physical, general health, social, and mental dimensions (p>0.05). It was determined that the physical activity levels of the academic and administrative staff were not good, men were more active than women and the quality of life of the academic staff was better.

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Author Biography

Özgür Nalbant, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University

Assoc. Prof. Dr., Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Faculty of Sport Sciences

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