What are the characteristics that influence the sitting time in university students?

Abstract

The objective was to estimate the relationship between sociodemographic characteristics, link with the university, behavioral, biological, and self-rated related to health, with time sitting in university students at federal institutions in the state of Bahia, Brazil. This cross-sectional study was carried out with university students from six institutions (Federal University “Recôncavo da Bahia”, Federal University of “Bahia”, Federal University of “Oeste da Bahia”, University of International Integration of Afro-Brazilian Lusophony, Federal University of “Vale do São Francisco” and Federal University of “Sul da Bahia”) in the state from Bahia in 2019. Time sitting in hours per day was investigated and relation sociodemographic, link with the university, behavioral, biological, self-rated of stress and health variables. Path analysis was used to apply multivariate linear regression. The significance status was 5%. A total of 1,217 university students participated of the study. The final model accounts for 6% of sitting time. Self-rated health as positive (β: -0.117; p: <0.001), increasing age (β: -0.115; p: <0.001) and physical activity practice (β: -0.113; p: <0.001) contributed to the decrease in sitting time. The increase in the amount of inadequate eating habits (β: 0.063; p: 0.032) favored the increase in sitting time. The adjustment indices were satisfactory. Concluded that self-rated health as positive, advancing age and physical activities practice were determinants of reduced sitting time, on the other hand, irregular eating behaviors favored sedentary behavior.

Ensino superior e fatores influenciadores à permanência e evasão no Programa Segundo Tempo Universitário

“…Embora os fatores que atuam sobre as AFL sejam multifatoriais, a literatura tem revelado que a falta de tempo é a principal barreira entre universitários brasileiros (Sousa, et al, 2013). Conforme os discentes progridem em direção a conclusão do curso (Godoy-Cumillaf, et al, 2022) e em épocas de exames finais (Muñoz-Donoso, et al, 2023), a falta de tempo acentua-se, com o tempo de permanência diário na universidade associado negativamente (Molano-Tobar, et al, 2019).…”

“…O ingresso no Ensino Superior repercute em modifica-ções negativas aos hábitos e práticas de AFL, condição que com o andamento do curso torna-se ainda mais aguda (Fontes, & Vianna, 2009;Godoy-Cumillaf, et al, 2022;Rangel-Caballero, et al, 2018), de modo que o tempo diário na universidade se associa negativamente com esportes (Molano-Tobar, et al, 2019). O acúmulo de atividades acadêmicas e trabalho como principal fator social que atua como barreira ao estilo de vida fisicamente ativo tem sido evidenciado não somente no Brasil (Sousa, et al, 2013), mas também no Chile (Olivares, et al, 2008), Colômbia (Aguirre-Cardona, et al, 2021), Espanha (Martínez-Lemos, et al, 2014, Reino Unido (Blake, et al, 2017) e Turquia (Daskapan et al, 2006).…”