Association between Self-Reported Physical Activity and Physical Fitness in Healthy Men

Year 2023, Volume: 6 Issue: 3, 175 - 188, 27.10.2023

Yetkin Utku Kamuk , Tuncay Alparslan , Ramiz Arabacı

Abstract

Purpose: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the association between self-reported physical activity (PA) levels and objective physical fitness measurements in healthy men.
Method: Three hundred and eighty-five subjects (age 29.84±4.55 yrs; BMI 25.61±2.61 kg.m-2) voluntarily participated in the study. The participants were evaluated in groups of 8 to 10 subjects in 4 consecutive days. Physical activity questionnaire (IPAQ-Short Form), anthropometric measurements, strength, force, flexibility, anaerobic power, dynamic balance, and maximal aerobic capacity tests were applied according to a schedule. One-Way ANOVA and Kruskal-Wallis H tests were used to test differences among groups, independent samples t test and Mann-Whitney U tests were used to compare two groups where appropriate. Correlations between variables were tested by using Spearman’s rho. Statistical significance level was set at p<0.05.
Results: Positive correlations were found between physical activity levels and obesity, body mass index, and fat percentage. Strength, aerobic and anaerobic performances were found to be negatively correlated to physical activity levels. Although the correlations were significant, no moderate or strong correlations were observed between self-reported physical activity levels and measured physical fitness components.
Conclusion: These results revealed that using self-report in assessing individuals’ physical fitness levels was skeptical. The weak (or no) correlation between physical activity and the measured physical fitness components raised the idea that self-report would not be a highly reliable tool to be used as an alternative to objective measurements.

Keywords

health, sedentary males, self-assessment, reliability

Sağlıklı Erkeklerde Kişi Tarafından Bildirilen Fiziksel Aktivite Düzeyi ve Fiziksel Uygunluk Arasındaki İlişki

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, sağlıklı erkeklerde beyan edilen fiziksel aktivite (FA) düzeyi ile objektif fiziksel uygunluk ölçümleri arasındaki ilişkinin değerlendirilmesidir.
Yöntem: Çalışmaya 385 kişi (yaş 29,84±4,55 yıl; vücut kütle indeksi 25,61±2,61 kg.m-2) gönüllü olarak katılmıştır. Katılımcılar birbirini takip eden 4 gün içerisinde ve 10’ar kişilik gruplar halinde ölçümlere iştirak etmişlerdir. Fiziksel aktivite anketi (IPAQ-Kısa Form), antropometrik ölçümler, kuvvet, güç, esneklik, anaerobik güç, dinamik denge ve maksimal aerobik kapasite testleri uygulanmıştır. Çoklu gruplar arasındaki farkları test etmek için One-Way ANOVA ve Kruskal-Wallis H testleri, iki grubun karşılaştırılması için ise bağımsız örneklem t testi ve Mann-Whitney U testleri kullanılmıştır. Değişkenler arasındaki korelasyonlar Spearman's rho testi kullanılarak test edilmiştir. İstatistiksel anlamlılık düzeyi p<0,05 olarak belirlenmiştir.
Bulgular: FA düzeyleri ile obezite, vücut kitle indeksi ve yağ yüzdesi arasında pozitif; kuvvet testleri, aerobik ve anaerobik performanslar ile FA düzeyleri arasında negatif ilişki olduğu bulunmuştur. Korelasyonlar anlamlı olmasına rağmen, beyan edilen fiziksel aktivite seviyeleri ile ölçülen fiziksel uygunluk bileşenleri arasında anlamlı bir korelasyon tespit edilmemiştir.
Sonuç: Bu sonuçlar, bireylerin fiziksel zindelik düzeylerinin değerlendirilmesi amacıyla kişisel beyan yönteminin kullanılmasının, doğruluk düzeyi açısından, şüpheli olacağını ortaya koymuştur. Beyan edilen fiziksel aktivite düzeyi ile objektif ölçümler sonucunda elde edilen fiziksel uygunluk bileşenlerine ait değerler arasındaki zayıf korelasyon (ya da hiç korelasyon olmaması), beyan yönteminin objektif ölçümlere alternatif olarak kullanılabilecek çok güvenilir bir araç olmadığı fikrini ortaya çıkartmıştır.

Keywords

sağlık, sedanter erkekler, öz değerlendirme, güvenilirlik

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