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Hacia la Promoción de la Salud
Print version ISSN 0121-7577
Abstract
FRANCO-IDARRAGA, Sandra Milena et al. Barriers to physical exercise in university students in Manizales, Colombia: differences by academic program. Hacia promoc. Salud [online]. 2022, vol.27, n.1, pp.129-142. Epub Apr 21, 2022. ISSN 0121-7577. https://doi.org/10.17151/hpsal.2022.27.1.10.
Objective:
To analyze the barriers that prevent the practice of physical exercise in university students belonging to undergraduate academic programs in the city of Manizales.
Materials and methods:
Study with a correlational quantitative approach with a sample of 2,576 undergraduate students from four universities in the city of Manizales. The Nola Pender exercise benefits and barriers scale (EBBS) was used for data collection.
Results:
The most reported barriers were related to tiredness (67.7%), fatigue (60.24%) and lack of time to perform physical exercise (48.91%). Thirteen barriers associated with academic programs were found, being the Fine Arts students those who were associated with a greater number of barriers.
Conclusion:
The Fine Arts area of study was associated with a greater perception of barriers while the Education and Agronomy students did not consider barriers to the practice of physical exercise. The study plans must include academic and/or recreational spaces that allow greater intrinsic and extrinsic motivation for the practice of sports according to the interests of the area of knowledge.
Keywords : Barriers; physical exercise; students; higher education.