High Levels of Physical Inactivity Amongst Dental Professionals: A Questionnaire Based Cross Sectional Study
Introduction: A Dentist plays an important role in providing health education (General and Oral) to the community. Questions arise regarding their own health, which in turn affects their patients’ counselling for leading a healthy and a physically active life. Aim: To measure and compare the am...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
2015-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research |
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Online Access: | https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/5466/10459_CE(Ra)_F(Sh)_PF1(SNAK)_PFA(AK)_PF2(PAG).pdf |
Summary: | Introduction: A Dentist plays an important role in providing
health education (General and Oral) to the community.
Questions arise regarding their own health, which in turn affects
their patients’ counselling for leading a healthy and a physically
active life.
Aim: To measure and compare the amount of physical activity
present amongst dental professionals with the general
population of Greater Noida.
Materials and Methods: The International Physical Activity
Questionnaire (IPAQ) was used to measure physical activity and
statistical significance was calculated using SPSS version 21.0.
Statistical significance was kept as p <.05.
Results: Compared to the general population, Dentists were
more obese and reported increased levels of low physical
activity. Dentists had an increased and significant transportation
and leisure time activity (p= .03 and .01) whereas, the general
population had a higher level of vigorous activity(p = <.01). The
MET hour/week for dentists and general population was 33.72
and 36.24 respectively, which was quite low as compared to
European population.
Conclusion: The results indicate that dentists report a lower
level of physical activity as compared to the general population
of Greater Noida. However, on a global scale, the physical
inactiveness of dentists and general population alike could pose
a serious health hazard and if kept unchecked, shall increase
the global burden of chronic disease. |
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ISSN: | 2249-782X 0973-709X |