Descripción epidemológica de la condición física en estudiantes e 12-18 años en Dosquebradas Risaralda

Abstract

Physical activity is a factor of the first magnitude that conditions human health. In adults, the lack of physical activity is a determinant of the risk of cardiovascular mortality, in reference to children the evidence on its effects is lower, however, many studies suggest a close relationship with the development of obesity and with factors risky cardiovascular, for this purpose it is intended to describe epidemiologically and transversally the Physical Condition in students aged 12 to 18 years in the city of Dosquebradas Risaralda through a study with quantitative approach, descriptive-transversal type with associative phase, using a sample of 339 randomly selected students with a margin of error of 0.6 and a 95% reliability. The Alpha Fitness battery was used as an evaluation technique, and as an instrument, the format of the determinants, finding that 84.4% of schoolchildren in the city of Dosquebradas have an unhealthy physical condition, highlighting that 3 of the 4 components of the physical condition evaluated, showed unhealthy values ​​for this population. Likewise, the only determinant in which a statistically significant association with the physical condition was observed was the educational level of the father, concluding that the level of unhealthy physical condition prevails in the studied school population, highlighting, that the determinants educational level of the father is the only variable Predictor of physical condition.