Estágios de mudança de comportamento para atividade física em adolescentes catarinenses: prevalência e fatores associados

Abstract

A large proportion of adolescents are in the pre-adoption stages and most of these have the intention to start regular physical activity. With the exception of school shift, the assessed variables were associated with stages in different ways, showing different profiles in relation to sociodemographic and economic characteristics in each subgroup.

Estágios de mudança de comportamento para a atividade física em adolescentes da Região Amazônica

“…The majority of adolescents were in the maintenance stage and the minority was in the pre-contemplation stage. These findings corroborate the results of research conducted with adolescents from Pernambuco 11 and Santa Catarina 4,10,[12][13][14] , but there were differences between studies in the prevalence verified at each stage. Partially divergent results were found in a survey with Belgian 15 and US adolescents 17 , since most of them were in the maintenance stage; however, the action stage was the least frequent.…”

“…Girls were more likely of being in the action, preparation, contemplation and pre-contemplation stages compared to boys, corroborating other national surveys 4,10 . According to Silva et al 4 , the chance of boys practicing regular PA is higher compared to girls. However, the findings of the present study also suggest that girls showed greater intention to move to more active behavior.…”

“…Adolescents with higher family incomes were more likely of changing to a more active behavior. These results diverge, in part, from a study conducted with adolescents from Santa Catarina, where it was verified that higher income was a protection factor for the preparation stages, while for the contemplation stage, it was a risk factor 4 . In adolescents from Sergipe; however, it was observed that the lower purchasing power was a risk factor for the pre-contemplation and contemplation stages 3 .…”

“…The behavior of adolescents in relation to physical activity (PA) has been the target of several studies in recent years, which have emphasized the direction of strategies so that the regular practice of PA is incorporated into the daily life of young individuals [1][2][3][4] . World guidelines recommend that adolescents accumulate 60 minutes of moderate/vigorous daily PA 5 .…”

“…Several studies have used SBC to know the behavior of young subjects in relation to the practice of PA 4,[10][11][12][13][14][15] . However, there are few surveys conducted with Brazilian adolescents, especially those from the northern region 7 .…”