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Revista de Salud Pública

versión impresa ISSN 0124-0064

Resumen

ALVAREZ-REY, Nohora E.; CARDENAS-SANDOVAL, Lisette K.  y  ATEHORTUA-ALARCON, William E.. Association between level and domains of physical activity in schoolchildren from 9 to 12 years. Rev. salud pública [online]. 2020, vol.22, n.1, pp.1-7.  Epub 12-Jun-2020. ISSN 0124-0064.  https://doi.org/10.15446/rsap.v22n1.77760.

Objective

To analyze the relationship between the level and domains of physical activity in school children from 9 to 12 years of public educational institutions of the Municipality of Los Patios, Cucuta, 2017, based on the information obtained through the questionnaire PAQ-C (Physical Activity Questionnaire for children).

Methods

Descriptive, transversal and analytical study. With a sample of 777 schoolchildren, a proportional stratified sampling was carried out. Consent and informed consent were signed, then the PAQ-C questionnaire was applied.

Results

50,3% of schoolchildren are girls; 44% present a moderately active level, the free time domain has a greater degree of association with a correlation coefficient of 0,65 and is significant at a level of 0,01, followed by the household domain with a correlation coefficient of 0,617 and the school role 0,502.

Conclusions

It was determined that the level of physical activity of school children is moderately active and that it decreases with age, we can say that boys are more active than girls, in addition, there is a direct correlation between the domains and the general level of activity physical.

Palabras clave : Exercise; sedentary behavior; child (source. MeSH, NLM).

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