2018, Number S1
Physical activity, barriers, perceived stress and medication consumption of students of the Latin American School of Medicine
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ABSTRACT
Objective: to determine the level of physical activity of the students of the Latin American School of Medicine and of factors associated with it such as barriers, perceived stress and consumption of medications.Materials and methods: a sample of 97 students of both years of the race was used: 32 (21%) of first and 65 (42%) of second. The questionnaires were applied for the revelation of the data: Global Physical Activity in determining the level of physical activity; Quiz of the barriers to physical activity, to determine the barriers and, the Stress Scale perceived in the determination of the perceived stress by the participants.
Results: they express that 72.9 students of the sample (75.2%) have a low level of physical activity. 62.5% consumed drugs continuously and 100% discontinuously in the last month. They were perceived as barriers to practices: lack of time (67%), lack of will (54%) and lack of energy (53%). According to the established scale, they perceived stress levels: low (43.3%), medium (32.9%) and high, 23.7% of the students.
Conclusions: the research is a partial result of the project “Walking” that is deployed in the institution to promote physical activity. The findings obtained can contribute to the improvement of the health system of the institution and justify, to a large extent, the efforts emanating from the research project in which they are inserted, in order to contribute to improving the existing health system in the institution.
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