Physical Activity of the Biała Podlaska Prison Staff and Its Conditioning Factors

Wojciechowski, Leszek; Bergier, Michał

doi:10.5114/hpc.2016.61366

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“…The results of these studies almost commonly present higher values among males than females [16,25,28,29]. Such a comparison conducted among university students with the use of the IPAQ is also to the benefit of males [20,21,26,30].…”

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Variations in physical activity of male and female students from the Ukraine in health-promoting life style

Bergier

Tsos³

2017

Ann Agric Environ Med.

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Introduction. A large-scale research was performed concerning issues relating to physical activity as an important factor in a healthy lifestyle and involved observing the differences among males and females as future elites of the Ukraine. Objective. The objective of the research is to assess the physical activity of students from the Ukraine, considering such factors as: gender, leisure time, time spent sitting, sports performed or intended to be performed, and the BMI. Materials and method. The extended version of the IPAQ, supplemented with 3 original questions by the authors, was applied to a 2,125-strong student group from 12 majors of the University of Luck, Ukraine. Results. Students from Ukraine portrayed a positive picture of physical activity with significantly higher values in male students of both total activity and its fields, i.e. sports activity and work (studying). The male students performed better in their fitness (condition) self-assessment and the amount of time spent sitting, whereas the female students had better BMI results. Both genders differed considerably in their choice of sport-recreational activities. Conclusions. Females more than males demonstrated lower indices of participation in physical activity, which did not permit the formulation of a positive assessment of their lifestyle. A positive phenomenon is the normal BMI and trace values of overweight in women, exactly the reverse to males.

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Variations in physical activity of male and female students from the Ukraine in health-promoting life style

Bergier

Tsos³

2017

Ann Agric Environ Med.

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“…Cycling activities resulted in the lowest weekly activity scores with 8.34 min/week (50 METS) for Comparison of physical activity by gender revealed that Lebanese male and female students were equally active (53.4% females, 53.8% males), while previous studies showed domination of males on females in physical activity. (Suchomel et al, 2008;Mynarski et al, 2014;Wojciechowski & Bergier, 2016). This is most likely owing to women's roles in Lebanese society, as Lebanon is known for its feminist movements active throughout the Arab world, where Lebanese women have made significant progress toward long-term emancipation goals.…”

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Level of Physical Activity at Lebanese Universities’ Students of Both Genders: A Comparative Study

Fayyad

Dopsaj

2021

IJKSS

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Background: Examining students’ levels of physical activity is important because these students will be the future leaders of their communities. Objectives: The aim of this study was to generate primary information and describe the lifestyle behavior patterns considering physical activity prevalence among gender-related Lebanese college students. Methods: The study involved 600 students (346 Men, 254 Women with mean age 23.5 ± 3.96). The participants’ levels of physical activity was examined by utilizing the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ). The over-all level of physical activity including the four-lifestyle fields: work, transportation, home and gardening, and leisure-time, was presented as metabolic equivalent-min per week (MET-min/week). Results: Findings indicated 22% of students with high physical activity level, 61% and 17 % with moderate and low levels respectively. Based on activity Intensity, 47% (n= 282) of students were engaged in vigorous activity, while 45.2% (n= 271) were engaged in moderate activity, and 68.3% (n=410) were engaged in walking activities. Average time spent sitting for the whole sample was 6.23 daily hours. The level of weekly total physical activity expressed in metabolic equivalent represented 2970.5 MET/min/week in males and 2719.5 MET/min/week in females. Conclusion: In general, Lebanese universities students were equally active, with trivial supremacy for males. Lebanese university students met the (WHO) recommendations for physical activity (>150 min/week of moderate activity or > 75 min/week of vigorous activity or an equivalent combination of both activities). Physical Activity must be developed by the provision of physical activity classes in the university curriculum and extracurricular activities.

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Physical Fitness of Prison Officers

Bergier¹,

Wojciechowski²

2018

Central European Journal of Sport Sciences and Medicine

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The objective of the study was to investigate the career-choice motives for one's entering the prison service as an operational officer, and the level of physical fitness. The study was conducted in April 2015 and included 100 officers employed in Biała Podlaska prison. The examined group consisted of 93 males, aged 23-52, mean age 37.2, and 7 females aged 3-43, mean age 37.7 (30-43). 61 (61%) of the males were employed as security guards, while 39 persons (39%), including 7 females, as clerks in the administration section. The study methods included a physical fitness test consisting of 5 physical performance tests, recommended by the regulation of the Minister of Justice, the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ)-long-form, questions designed by the author of the paper. Career-choice motives turned out to be conditioned purely be economic incentives and the professions' stability as opposed to other professional specialities. The respondents were fit and engaged in numerous physical activates. The factors which significantly determined the level of one's fitness depended on age, education, a high self-report on physical fitness, total physical activity and the number of done sports. The originality of the study is based on investigating the condition of physical fitness of prison officers with the use of currently recommended assessment methods in Poland.

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Physical Activity of the Biała Podlaska Prison Staff and Its Conditioning Factors

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Variations in physical activity of male and female students from the Ukraine in health-promoting life style

Variations in physical activity of male and female students from the Ukraine in health-promoting life style

Level of Physical Activity at Lebanese Universities’ Students of Both Genders: A Comparative Study

Physical Fitness of Prison Officers

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