Self-Evaluation of Health Level among Physical Education Students

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  • Thiago Ferreira de Sousa Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Keywords:

Indicador de saúde, Auto-avaliação de Saúde, Universitários, Health Indicator, Self-evaluation of Health, College Students.

Abstract

The goal was to identify the association between self-evaluation of health level and the socio-demographic indicators among Physical Education students from State University of Santa Cruz (Bahia, Brazil). With this intent, a transversal study was carried out with all four year groups of students. The negative self-evaluation was investigated concerning the socio-demographic variables (gender, age, year group and income). Descriptive statistics, chi-square tests and chi-square for trend were utilized for a p value < 0.05. The negative self-evaluation of health was referred by 14.3% of the students, being most of them female (17.8%). In general, statistic association was only verified between self-evaluation of health and the year group (p=0.037). There were no associations between the investigated variables concerning gender. Although there were limitations in the present study, it was verified that women, individuals from higher socio-economic levels and individuals with higher level of knowledge about aspects related to health evaluated their level of health as negative.

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Author Biography

Thiago Ferreira de Sousa, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Mestrando do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Física da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina – UFSC; Integrante do Grupo de Pesquisa em Atividade Física e Saúde – GPAF da Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz – UESC. E-mail: tfsousa_thiago@yahoo.com.br

How to Cite

Sousa, T. F. de. (2009). Self-Evaluation of Health Level among Physical Education Students. Saúde E Pesquisa, 2(1), 17–21. Retrieved from https://periodicos.unicesumar.edu.br/index.php/saudpesq/article/view/989

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