Study Habits Of College Students Essay

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TUMAINI UNIVERSITY MAKUMIRA KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVESITY COLLEGE FACULTY OF REHABILITATION MEDICINE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN PHYSIOTHERAPY “PHYSICAL ACTIVITY BEHAVIOURS AMONGST PHYSIOTHERAPY STUDENTS AT KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE” AUTHOR: ZAMINA G LADHA SUPERVISOR: REDEMPTA MLAY A Research Report Proposal in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of the Bachelor Degree of Science in Physiotherapy of Tumaini University, Makumira Moshi – Tanzania ABSTRACT Background: Physical activity is defined as “any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that results in energy expenditure”; this includes activities of daily life in work, leisure time, …show more content…

A total of 122 questionnaires were distributed among physiotherapy degree and diploma students. Whereby the entire student population voluntarily participated in the study. A larger population of the study consisted of males 57.4% (n= 73) compared to females 42.6% (n= 49). Age groups that participated within the study were 65.6% below 24 years, followed by the age groups between 25-29 years (27.9%) and above 30 years (6.6%) formed part of the study. The population also consisted of 61.5% (n= 75) degree students and 38.5% (n=38.5%). The socio-demographic data are presented in the table below.A total of 119 study participants from 122 were recruited from physiotherapy degree and diploma programs. More than half of the participants were of males 70 (57.4%). The mean age (± SD) was ± (3.7) 24 years ranging from below 24 years to above 30 years. Also 61.5% (n= 75) of the study population were degree …show more content…

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LEVELS (ENERGY EXPENDITURE) AND DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES Table 2: showing the relationship between physical activity levels and demographic variables Physical activity levels ( n =119) Characteristics Sedentary ( are activities that require moderate physical effort and cause small increases in breathing or heart rate. 1. Does your course work involve moderate-intensity activity that causes small increases in breathing or heart rate such as brisk walking [or carrying light loads] for at least 10 minutes continuously? YES NO If NO go to no.4 2. In a typical week, on how many days do you do moderate-intensity activities as part of your course work? Number of days 3. How much time do you spend doing moderate-intensity activities as part of your course work on a typical day? HOURS MINUTES The next questions exclude the physical activities at university/college that you have already mentioned. Now I would like to ask you about the usual way you travel to and from places. For example to university/college, for shopping, to market, to place of

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