xcess Weight and Physical Activity in Nursing Students of a University in the North of Lima

Exceso de peso y actividad física en estudiantes de enfermería de una universidad del norte de Lima

Authors

  • Liseth Acuña-Medina Universidad de Ciencias y Humanidades
  • Yumira Arias Quispe Universidad de Ciencias y Humanidades
  • Deysi Chipana Collahua Universidad de Ciencias y Humanidades
  • Lili Sifuentes Gomez Universidad de Ciencias y Humanidades
  • Pedro Quispe Rosales Universidad de Ciencias y Humanidades. Lima, Perú

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22258/hgh.2019.31.55

Keywords:

Obesidad, sobrepeso, actividad física, estudiantes de enfermería, Perú

Abstract

Objectives. Determine the frequency of excess weight and the level of physical activity in nursing students. Materials and methods. The study was cross-sectional descriptive. Nursing students from a private university in the North of Lima participated. Excess weight was determined by the body mass index and physical activity (AF) using the short version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ). Results. Participants were 174 students of both sexes with an average age of 23.7 years (SD = 6.9, min 16, max 58). Of the sample, 83.9% (n = 146) were women, 58.6% (n = 102) were in the first year of study, 79.9% (n = 139) were single, 63.2% (n = 110) worked, 74.7% (n = 130) without children, 54.6% (n = 95) had a family member who practiced sports. Of the sample, 28.7% (n = 50) were overweight and 6.3% (n = 11) were obese. Regarding AF, 25.9% (n = 45) showed low physical activity, 31% (n = 54) moderate and 43.1% (n = 75) showed high level. The level of AF occurred in a greater proportion in the female sex (p = 0.041). Conclusions. In the present study, more than a third of the nursing students were overweight and more than half had insufficient physical activity, the low level of physical activity was mainly female. Key words: Obesity; Overweight; Students, Nursing;, Peru (Source: MeSH, NLM).

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Author Biographies

Liseth Acuña-Medina, Universidad de Ciencias y Humanidades

Estudiante de enfermeria

Yumira Arias Quispe, Universidad de Ciencias y Humanidades

Estudiante de enfermeria

Deysi Chipana Collahua, Universidad de Ciencias y Humanidades

Estudiante de enfermeria

Lili Sifuentes Gomez, Universidad de Ciencias y Humanidades

Estudiante de enfermeria

Pedro Quispe Rosales, Universidad de Ciencias y Humanidades. Lima, Perú

Medico Cirujano

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Published

2019-06-30

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Acuña-Medina, L., Arias Quispe, Y., Chipana Collahua, D., Sifuentes Gomez, L., & Quispe Rosales, P. (2019). xcess Weight and Physical Activity in Nursing Students of a University in the North of Lima: Exceso de peso y actividad física en estudiantes de enfermería de una universidad del norte de Lima. Peruvian Journal of Health Care and Global Health, 3(1), 44–47. https://doi.org/10.22258/hgh.2019.31.55

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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2019)

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Brief communications

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