Name: LUMA OLIVEIRA DE MOURA GOMES
Publication date: 12/12/2024
Advisor:
Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| ANA PAULA LIMA LEOPOLDO | Advisor |
Examining board:
| Name |
Role |
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| ANA PAULA LIMA LEOPOLDO | Presidente |
| DIJON HENRIQUE SALOMÉ DE CAMPOS | Examinador Externo |
| RODRIGO LUIZ VANCINI | Examinador Interno |
Summary: The growth of sedentary behavior (SC) has been generating great concern, especially among young university students. Excessive exposure to CS has been identified as a potential risk factor for the development of chronic non-communicable diseases (CNCDs). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic scenario, the world faced one of the greatest challenges in history. Thus, the objective of the study was to investigate the impact of sedentary behavior, physical activity levels and prevalence of DCNTs on the quality of life of university students due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Students from undergraduate courses in the health area of the Federal University of Espírito Santo participated in the research. Data collection was carried out in 2 stages: first stage, application of the questionnaires of the Health and Quality of Life Indicators of Academics (Isaq-A), Scale of the Profile of the Individual Lifestyle in Times of Social Distancing and the Baecke Instrument. The second stage, evaluation of the prevalence of DCNTs by body composition, cardiorespiratory fitness and biochemical profile by analysis of glycemia, total cholesterol, HDL, LDL and triglycerides. The description and analysis of data were performed by GraphPad Prism 6.0 software. Data expressed by simple and relative frequencies, measurements of position and variability and submitted to the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. The comparison of experimental groups (positive vs negative COVID-19) was performed by t-test, complemented by Pearson’s correlation and chi-square test to analyze the association between the parameters of the biochemical profile. The significance level considered was 5%. The main findings indicate that a significant part of the academic population is affected by overweight, high levels of stress and a negative perception about their general health condition. Additionally, hypercholesterolemia was also self-reported by a good proportion of undergraduates. More than half of the participants expressed a desire to reduce their body mass. Considering the pandemic period, it is noted that most of the academics tested positive for COVID-19. In addition, these conditions reflected on the cardiovascular health of students, with reduction in VO2max values and distance traveled, and also in all lipid variables with statistically significant association. The current context has a negative effect on the health status and quality of life of academics. In addition, COVID-19 has directly impacted the cardiovascular health of university students.
Keywords: Sedentarism; Impact; DCNTs.
