Estudo comparativo do nível de atividade física de trabalhadores administrativos e da produção de uma confecçâo em trindade

Abstract

Nowadays, physical inactivity is becoming a great problem as it has been associated with chronic degenerative diseases. Physical activity is extremely important to prevent these diseases. This study aims to compare the level of physical activity and the production of administrative and full time workers in a textile industry located in Trindade town, considering gender, age and level of education. For this, we have used as a sample, 40 employees; 20 from the administrative department (10 males and 10 females), and 20 from the production ( 10 males and 10 females), between 25 and 35 years old. We have interviewed them with 8 objective and subjective questions to identify social and economic aspects, concerning working conditions and physical activity. Then we used the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), short version, consisting in questions related to frequency, duration and intensity of physical activity. We have come to the conclusion that the majority of the researched employees have good or very good level of physical activity and the administrative workers showed a higher level of physical activity comparing to the workers in production.