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Physical ac i i y among Po uguese uni e si y s uden s and i s ela ion o knowledge
and pe cei ed ba ie s
La ac i idad ísica en e los uni e si a ios po ugueses y su elación con el
conocimien o y las ba e as pe cibidas
Regina F. Al es
1
, José P ecioso
1,
Elisa do Becoña
2
1
CIEC – Resea ch Cen e Child S udies, Ins i u e o Educa ion – Uni e si y o Minho,
B aga, Po ugal.
2
Depa men o Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Uni e si y o San iago de
Compos ela, San iago de Compos ela, Spain.
Con ac o: [email p o ec ed]
C onog ama edi o ial: A ículo ecibido: 26/08/2020 Acep ado: 13/10/2020 Publicado: 01/01/2021
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Funding sou ces
This wo k is unded by Na ional Funds h ough FCT - Founda ion o Science and Technology,
I.P., unde he p ojec SFRH / BD / 120758/2016.
Con lic s o in e es
The au ho s decla e ha he e is no con lic o in e es .
E hical conside a ion app o al code
This s udy was app o ed by he E hics Commi ee o Resea ch in Social and Human Sciences
(CEICSH), o he Uni e si y o Minho E hics Council, unde he p o ocol CEICSH 009/2019.
A ículo O iginal.
Physical ac i i y among Po uguese uni e si y s uden s and i s ela ion o knowledge and pe cei ed ba ie s. Vol. 7, n.º 1;
p. 25-42, ene o 2021. A Co uña. España ISSN 2386-8333
Pa a ci a es e a ículo u ilice la siguien e e e encia: Al es, R.; P ecioso, J.; Becoña, E. (2021) Physical ac i i y among Po uguese uni e si y s uden s
and i s ela ion o knowledge and pe cei ed ba ie s. Spo is Sci J, 7 (1), 25-42 h ps://doi.o g/10.17979/spo is.2021.7.1.6924
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Abs ac
Uni e si y s uden s, ega dless o he coun y, ha e a e y high p e alence o physical
inac i i y and heal h habi s acqui ed du ing his pe iod end o emain h oughou li e,
including hose ela ed o physical exe cise. The pu pose o his s udy was o analyse he
ela ionship be ween knowledge abou he ecommenda ions on he p ac ice o physical
ac i i y (PA), he pe cei ed ba ie s owa ds PA and he p ac ice o PA by highe educa ion
s uden s. This c oss-sec ional s udy used a sel - epo ed ques ionnai e wi h a s a i ied sample
o uni e si y s uden s (n = 840) om a uni e si y in Po ugal. An o dinal logis ic eg ession
model was calcula ed o de e mine he p edic i e a iables o he p ac ice o PA. The esul s
showed ha 35.7% o he s uden s su eyed we e seden a y, he le el o knowledge abou PA
was low, co ec ly answe ing 2.79 (SD = .090) ques ions in a o al o 6, and lack o ime was
he mos e iden pe cei ed ba ie . The cons uc ed model p edic ed ha ha ing mo e ba ie s
o PA (β
= -.750, p = .000) and being emale dec eased he likelihood o p ac ising PA (β
=
.578, p = .000). The inc ease o PA le els o uni e si y s uden s is a social necessi y and, in
his con ex , highe educa ion ins i u ions should unde ake a key ole in p omo ing s uden
heal h, by implemen ing ac ions o educe hei s uden s’ inac i i y, de eloping he
ansmission o in o ma ion abou he heal h bene i s ela ed o he p ac ice o PA.
Key Wo ds
Physical exe cise; knowledge; pe cei ed ba ie s; ecommenda ions; uni e si y s uden s.
Resumen
Los es udian es uni e si a ios, independien emen e del país, ienen una p e alencia muy al a
de inac i idad ísica y los hábi os de salud adqui idos du an e es e pe íodo ienden a
pe manece a lo la go de la ida, incluidos los elacionados con el eje cicio ísico. El
p opósi o de es e es udio ue analiza la elación en e el conocimien o sob e las
ecomendaciones sob e la p ác ica de AF, las ba e as pe cibidas hacia AF y la p ác ica de AF
po es udian es de educación supe io . Es e es udio ans e sal u ilizó un cues iona io au o
in o mado con una mues a es a i icada de es udian es uni e si a ios (n = 840) de una
uni e sidad de Po ugal. Se calculó un modelo de eg esión logís ica o dinal pa a de e mina
las a iables p edic i as pa a la p ác ica de AF. Los esul ados mos a on que el 35,7% de los
es udian es encues ados e an seden a ios, el ni el de conocimien o sob e AF e a bajo,
espondiendo co ec amen e 2,79 (DE = .090) p egun as en un o al de 6, y la al a de iempo
e a la ba e a pe cibida más e iden e. El modelo cons uido p edijo que ene más ba e as a
la AF (β = -.750, p = .000) y se muje disminuyó la p obabilidad de p ac ica AF (β = .578, p
= .000). El aumen o de los ni eles de AF de los es udian es uni e si a ios es una necesidad
social y, en es e con ex o, las ins i uciones de educación supe io deben asumi un papel cla e
en la p omoción de la salud de los es udian es, median e la implemen ación de acciones pa a
educi la inac i idad de sus es udian es, desa ollando la ansmisión de in o mación sob e
los bene icios pa a la salud. elacionados con la p ác ica de la AF.
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Palab as cla e
Eje cicio ísico; conocimien os; ba e as pe cibidas; ecomendaciones; es udian es
uni e si a ios.
In oduc ion
The Wo ld Heal h O ganiza ion iden i ied physical inac i i y as he ou h majo isk
ac o o global mo ali y (WHO, 2010) and o he au ho s as he g ea es public heal h
p oblem o he 21
s
Cen u y (T os , Blai , & Khan, 2014). In con as , he p ac ice o physical
ac i i y (PA) is conside ed a posi i e heal h measu e.
Scien i ic esea ch has shown ha he egula p ac ice o PA con ibu es o physical
heal h (Füzéki, Enge o , & Banze , 2017; Lea e al., 2017; Pandey e al., 2017), as well as o
he educ ion o mo ali y and ca dio ascula and ch onic diseases (Ekelund e al., 2016; Lea
e al., 2017). In he same way, i con ibu es o psychological and emo ional well-being
(Ál a ez Ri e a, Cue as Fe e a, La a Po , & González He nández, 2015; Joseph, Royse,
Beni ez, & Pekmezi, 2014; Wu, Tao, Zhang, Zhang, & Tao, 2015). Fo example, Wu e al.
(2015) ound ha he daily p ac ice o PA con ibu ed o he educ ion o dep ession, anxie y
and sleep p oblems.
In ecen yea s, se e al public heal h guidelines o he PA o he adul popula ion
we e published, di e ing in he amoun , in ensi y and equency o PA (Haskell e al., 2007).
The mos ecen ecommends a leas 150 minu es o mode a e PA pe week o 75 minu es o
igo ous PA pe week, allowing he combina ion o hese wo in ensi ies and in episodes o a
leas 10 minu es (WHO, 2010).
Despi e he widesp ead ecommenda ions and heal h bene i s, in mos de eloped
coun ies he e is a high p opo ion o adul s who do no mee hese ecommenda ions o PA
and show a low le el o PA (Gu hold, S e ens, Riley, & Bull, 2018), pa icula ly in Po ugal
(Ba is a e al., 2012). The le el o PA dec eases om childhood o adolescence, as well as
om adolescence o adul hood. Uni e si y s uden s, ega dless o he coun y, ha e a e y
high p e alence o physical inac i i y ha is bigge (A ias-Palencia e al., 2015; Haase,
S ep oe, Sallis, & Wa dle, 2004; Kea ing, Guan, Piñe o, & B idges, 2005; Mo eno-A ebola,
Fe nández-Re elles, Lina es-Man ique, & Espejo-Ga cés, 2018; Pengpid e al., 2015) han
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ha o o he s age g oups (Gu hold e al., 2018). This e idence becomes ele an when s a ing
ha he ansi ion o adul hood, ma ching i wi h s a ing highe educa ion, is a c i ical and he
mos ulne able li e pe iod. Heal h habi s acqui ed du ing his pe iod end o emain
h oughou li e, including hose ela ed o physical exe cise (Cu y, Jenkins, & Wea he o d,
2015; Filla, Hays, Gonzales, & Hakkak, 2013; Rod iguez Rod iguez, San ibañez Mi anda,
Mon upin Rozas, Chá ez Ramí ez, & Solis U a, 2016).
Se e al ac o s con ibu e o he dec ease o absence o PA, which is why i is
in e es ing o assess how p edisposing ac o s include knowledge and a i udes owa ds PA
(Ennis, 2010; Kea ing e al., 2009; WHO, 2012).
Gi en he abo e, his a icle aims o analyse he ela ionship be ween knowledge on
he ecommenda ions o he p ac ice o PA, he pe cei ed ba ie s owa ds PA and he
p ac ice o PA by s uden s in highe educa ion.
Ma e ial & me hods
Popula ion and sample
Fo he 2018/2019 academic yea , 5447 s uden s we e egis e ed in he 1
s
and 3
d
yea
o in eg a ed bachelo s and mas e s deg ees. Cou ses ela ed o heal h sciences, unde g adua e
o pos g adua e mas e s and hose ha did no ha e classes in he 1
s
o 3
d
yea s we e
excluded om he sample. The minimum sample size needed o his s udy was 592 s uden s
(ma gin o e o  = 5%, con idence le el = 99%, and esponse dis ibu ion = 50%). Fo his
pu pose, s a i ied p obabilis ic sampling o uni e si y s uden s was pe o med acco ding o
he yea o s udy and he scien i ic a ea. The di e en unde g adua e and mas e ’s deg ees
we e di ided in o scien i ic a eas (as de ined by he Founda ion o Science and Technology):
Human and Social Sciences, Law and Economic Sciences, Exac and Na u al Sciences and
Enginee ing Sciences.
In his c oss-sec ional s udy wi h a ep esen a i e sample o uni e si y s uden s (n =
840) in one uni e si y in Po ugal, da a we e collec ed using a alida ed sel - epo ed
ques ionnai e wi hou biochemical con i ma ion. The sample consis s o 464 s uden s in hei
i s yea o s udy (55.2%) and 376 s uden s in hei las yea o s udy (44.8%). In wha ela es
he scien i ic a ea, 302 (36.0%) s uden s om Enginee ing Sciences, 270 (32.1%) s uden s
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om Human and Social Sciences, 136 (16.2%) s uden s om Exac and Na u al Sciences and
132 (15.7%) s uden s in he a ea o Law and Economic Sciences. Mos o he s uden s
su eyed we e emale (55.4%, n = 465), did no in a lo e ela ionship (58.3%, n = 486), we e
displaced om hei usual esidence (64.9%, n = 537), we e ull- ime s uden s (88.8%, n =
739) and had a BMI co esponding o a no mal weigh (73.1%, n = 599). The a e age age o
he sample was 20.78 (SD = 4.221), anging om 18 o 54, and only 3% o he s uden s a e 30
yea s old o olde .
Ins umen s
Cu en ly, he e a e se e al scien i ic ins umen s o moni o he p e alence o PA
among young adul s. The e o e, he de elopmen o he ins umen s p esen in his
in es iga ion was ca ied ou in h ee s ages: scale cons uc ion (1
s
s age); con en alidi y
(2
nd
s age); psychome ic alidi y (3
d
s age), acco ding o he p ocedu es de ined by Bowling
(1998).
Fo he scale cons uc ion (1
s
s age), a sys ema ic e iew o he li e a u e was made o
iden i y he ques ions and i ems commonly used o assess knowledge, a i udes and p ac ices
o PA in highe educa ion (Al es, 2019). Based on his e iew, an analy ical ma ix was
c ea ed o each o he dimensions o be analysed, and hose wi h he same seman ic
simila i ies we e elimina ed.
Fo he con en alidi y (2
nd
s age) 10 PhD esea che s om se e al Po uguese
uni e si ies wi h ecognised wo k in he a ea o Heal h Educa ion in Highe Educa ion we e
in i ed, and he eedback ecei ed om 5 o hem was conside ed as well as all he p oposed
seman ic changes. Simila ly, he ins umen was applied o 12 uni e si y s uden s, using he
me hod “ hinking aloud” (Bowling, 1998; Keszei, No ak, & S eine , 2010) o iden i y i ems
ha migh be con using, o exclude less ele an o edundan i ems, and o e i y ha p e-
coded esponse op ions we e su icien . A e he sugges ed ed a ing, he p elimina y
e sion o he ques ionnai e su ey was p esen ed o a sample o 32 s uden s, no included in
he inal sample.
The ques ionnai e included sociodemog aphic a iables (sex, age, scien i ic a ea o
s udy, academic yea , weigh and heigh ( o calcula e BMI), being in a lo e ela ionship,

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p o essional si ua ion e cu en esidence) and speci ic ques ions o measu e he ollowing
a iables:
- P e alence o PA: he Godin Leisu e-Time Exe cise Ques ionnai e (Godin &
Shepha d, 1997) was used and one ques ion abou seden a y li es yle (“On a no mal day, how
many hou s do you spend sea ed?”);
- PA knowledge: a 6-i em scale wi h op ions o he answe - T ue, False, Don’ Know
(e.g., “The p ac ice o an in ense physical ac i i y is necessa y o achie e heal h bene i s.”)
- Pe cei ed ba ie s owa ds PA: a 5-i em scale on a 5-poin Like scale (1 – I
s ongly disag ee, 5 – I o ally ag ee) conce ning lack o ene gy, lack o mo i a ion, lack o
esou ces, lack o suppo and lack o ime.
P ocedu e and S a is ical analysis
The applica ion o he ins umen was ca ied ou in class oom con ex and pape -and-
pencil o ma o all s uden s in he sample, a e gi ing in o med consen . All e hical esea ch
p ocedu es wi h humans we e ul illed, and he E hics Commi ee o Resea ch in Social and
Human Sciences, o he Uni e si y o Minho E hics Council, unde he p o ocol CEICSH
009/2019 app o ed he esea ch.
Da a we e analysed using he IBM SPSS S a is ics o Windows, e sion 26.0 (IBM
Co p., A monk, NY, USA). Fo s a is ical analysis, equencies and con ingency ables we e
analysed, Pea son’s co ela ion was ca ied ou , Chi-squa e es , independen - es , and one-
way a iance (ANOVA) and Hochbe g’s GT2 mul iple compa ison p ocedu es. O dinal
logis ic eg ession model wi h logi ’s unc ion was de eloped, only including a iables wi h a
signi ican bi a ia e associa ion wi h PA, PA knowledge and pe cei ed ba ie s. The nominal
indica o o ‘seden a y’ was assigned as he e e ence ca ego y, and all co a ia es we e
en e ed in o he model simul aneously. Va iables ha we e ound no o con ibu e o he
p edic ion o he dependen a iable we e excluded om he inal model. A signi icance le el
o 0.05 was conside ed.
Ac i i y coun s we e con e ed o me abolic equi alen s (METS) by mul iplying
episodes o igo ous ac i i y by 9, mode a e ac i i y by 6, and mild ac i i y by 3. To al
ac i i y sco es we e calcula ed by adding he MET calcula ions o each PA in ensi y le el
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and we e classi ied in h ee ypes: Insu icien ly Ac i e/Seden a y; Mode a ely Ac i e and
Ac i e.
Fo he knowledge scale, he numbe o co ec esponses was added o gi e an o e all
knowledge sco e, and he mean was calcula ed. This means ha he highe he scale alue, he
highe he le el o knowledge. The pe cei ed ba ie s scale was subjec o C onbach’s alpha
analysis o analyse i s eliabili y (Bowling, 1998), and a good eliabili y index was ob ained
(α = .742). In addi ion, in e -i em co ela ions anging om .644 o .269. To ead he esul s
o his scale, he highe he a e age o he scale, he mo e will he ba ie s be owa ds PA.
Resul s
The esul s show ha 35.7% (n = 298) o he s uden s su eyed a e seden a y, 17.5%
(n = 146) mode a ely ac i e and 46.8% we e classi ied as ac i e. I was also ound ha , on
a e age, on a ypical day, uni e si y s uden s spend 7.44 ± 2,656 hou s sea ed. The e we e no
di e ences be ween he p ac ice o PA and he numbe o hou s ha he s uden s decla ed o
spend sea ed (F (2, 798) = 1.617, p = .199).
Table 1 shows ha among all he sociodemog aphic a iables analysed he p ac ice o
physical exe cise was only associa ed wi h he sex o he esponden s (χ
2
(2) = 22.554, p =
.000). This indica es ha emale s uden s a e mo e seden a y and less ac i e compa ed o male
s uden s.
Table nº 1 – F equencies and Chi Squa e es o sociodemog aphic a iables and weekly
leisu e- ime ac i i y
Weekly leisu e
-
ime Ac i i y
Chi Squa e es
Seden a y Mode a ely
Ac i e
Ac i e
n
%
n
%
n
%
χ
2
p
Yea o s udy
1
s
yea
156
52.3
82
56.2
221
56.7
1.364 .506
3
d
yea
142
47.
7
64
43.8
169
43.3
Scien i ic
a ea
Enginee ing Sciences
93
31.2
50
34.2
159
40.8
7.572 .271
Exac and Na u al Sciences
49
16.4
23
15.8
62
15.9
Law and Economic Sciences
51
17.1
24
16.4
56
14.4
Human and
Social Sciences
105
35.2
49
33.6
113
29.
0
Sex
Male
106
35.6
60
41.1
208
53.3
22.554 .000
Female
192
64.4
86
58.9
182
46.7
Age
< 20
111
37.2
63
43.2
176
45.1
4.409
.110
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>= 20
187
62.8
83
56.8
214
54.9
Lo e
ela ionship
Yes
126
42.4
56
38.6
163
42.3
.694 .707
No
171
57.6
89
61.4
22
2
57.7
Cu en
esidence
Displaced
110
37.5
45
31.3
133
34.5
1.756 .416
No displaced
183
62.5
99
68.8
252
65.5
P o essional
si ua ion
Full ime s uden
261
88.2
130
90.3
344
88.9
.433 .805
Wo ke /
S uden
35
11.8
14
9.7
43
11.1
BMI
Low weigh
22
7.6
14
9.9
21
5.5
5.175 .270
No mal weigh
212
73.1
95
66.9
289
75.7
O e weigh
56
19.3
33
23.2
72
18.8
Rega ding he seden a y beha iou decla ed by he s uden s, i was ound ha , on
a e age, uni e si y s uden s spend 7.44 ± 2.656 hou s sea ed, acco ding o hei p o essional
si ua ion ( (795) = 3.693, p = .000) and scien i ic a ea (F (3, 799) = 12.380, p = .000). Thus,
ull- ime and enginee ing s uden s we e he ones who decla e o spend daily he mos hou s
sea ed, compa ed wi h wo king s uden s and s uden s o o he scien i ic a eas, espec i ely.
The le el o knowledge abou PA was low, p esen ing, on a e age, 2.79 ± 0.090
co ec answe s, in a o al o 6 possible co ec answe s. Table 2 shows s a is ically signi ican
di e ences be ween knowledge abou PA and he scien i ic a ea (F (3,827) = 3.060, p = .028),
indica ing ha s uden s in he Exac and Na u al Sciences a ea ha e mo e knowledge
compa ed o s uden s o he Human and Social Sciences a ea.
Table nª 2 – Mean, one-way ANOVA and - es o sociodemog aphic a iables and PA
knowledge
PA
K
nowledge
Mean (SD)
ANOVA
Z
p
Scien i ic a ea
Enginee ing Sciences
2.
77 (.950)
3.060 .028
Exac and Na u al Sciences
2.
91 (.740)
Law and Economic Sciences
2.
78 (.868)
Human
and Social Sciences
2.
63 (.907)
BMI
Low weigh
2.78 (.773)
.040 .961
No mal weigh
2.75
(.901)
O e weigh
2.74 (.872)
Weekly leisu e-
ime ac i i y
Insu icien ly Ac i e/Seden a y
2.69 (.950)
1.814 .164
Mode a ely Ac i e
2.86 (.777)
Ac i e
2.75 (.892)
-
s uden
p
Yea o s udy
1
s
yea
2.72 (.871)
-.947 .344
3
d
yea
2.78 (.925)
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Sex
Male
2.73 (.940)
-.357 .721
Female
2.75 (.859)
Age
< 20
2.75 (.856)
.101 .919
>= 20
2.74 (.924)
Lo e ela ionship
Yes
2.73 (.839)
-517 .605
No
2.77 (.922)
Cu en esidence
Displaced
2.76 (.901)
.442 .659
No
displaced
2.74 (.888)
P o essional
si ua ion
Full ime s uden
2.75 (.908)
.093 .926
Wo ke / S uden
2.74 (.739)
The scale o pe cei ed ba ie s o he p ac ice o PA ob ained an a e age o 2.26 ±
0.037, in a ange be ween 1 and 5, wi h he highes alue co esponding o mo e ba ie s. The
pe cei ed ba ie s we e o de ed as ollows, depending on he deg ee o ag eemen : lack o
ime (M = 2.78, SD = 1.353); lack o mo i a ion (M = 2.45, SD = 1.230); lack o esou ces (M
= 2.17, SD = 1.226); lack o ene gy (M = 2.06, SD = 1.092); lack o suppo (M = 1.86, SD =
1.041).
Th ough he bi a ia e analysis, shown in able 3, he e we e s a is ically signi ican
di e ences be ween pe cei ed ba ie s and he scien i ic a ea (F (3,827) = 2.863, p = .036),
BMI (F (2,807) = 3.318, p = .037), he p ac ice o physical exe cise (F (2,822) = 48.811, p =
.000), sex ( (829) = -3.069, p = .002) and cu en esidence ( (817) = 2.358, p = .019). Thus,
i is possible o conclude ha s uden s o he Enginee ing Sciences a ea e ealed ewe
ba ie s o he p ac ice o PA compa ed o s uden s o he o Exac and Na u al Sciences a ea;
inac i e s uden s we e hose who e ealed mo e ba ie s compa ed o s uden s who p ac ice
PA (mode a ely and ac i ely), wi h mode a ely ac i e s uden s showing mo e ba ie s
compa ed o ac i e s uden s; emale s uden s and ull- ime s uden s p esen ed a highe sco e
in he pe cei ed ba ie s scale compa ed o male s uden s and wo king s uden s, espec i ely.
Rega ding BMI, Hochbe g’s GT2 was no signi ican .
Table nº 3 – Mean, one-way ANOVA and - es o sociodemog aphic a iables and
pe cei ed ba ie s owa ds PA
Pe cei ed ba ie s
Mean
(SD)
ANOVA
Z
p
Scien i ic a ea
Enginee ing Sciences
2.18 (.816)
2.863 .036
Exac and Na u al Sciences
2.43 (.858)
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