TY - JOUR AU - Silva, Jéssica Lucio da AU - Oliveira, Rodrigo Franco de AU - Bertin, Larissa Dragonetti AU - Oliveira, Priscila Daniele de AU - Pires, Flavia Beltrão AU - Spadaccini, Ana Flávia AU - Souza, Monique Vieira de AU - Santos, Adriele Flausino dos AU - Pires-Oliveira, Deise Aparecida de Almeida PY - 2018/04/02 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Physical inactivity and associated factors in adults of a basic health unit: An observational cross-sectional study JF - Manual Therapy, Posturology & Rehabilitation Journal JA - mtprehabjournal VL - 0 IS - 0 SE - Research articles DO - 10.17784/mtprehabjournal.2018.16.476 UR - https://submission-mtprehabjournal.com/revista/article/view/862 SP - 1-6 AB - <p>Background: Physical inactivity (PI) is one of the most important risk factors that contribute to the development of chronic diseases, including cardiovascular diseases. Objective: To analyze the prevalence and associated factors with PI in adults from a Basic Health Unit in the city of Uraí, state of Paraná. Methods: An observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study was performed at Basic Health Unit of Uraí, and 100 subjects of both genders were evaluated, the average age of 47.55 ± 17.13 years. The data collection was carried through an interview where information of sociodemographic characteristics, consumption of alcoholic beverages, tobacco use, level of physical activity (PA) (IPAQ-8, short version), information of anthropometric measures, waist circumference, and rest blood pressure were collected. The Chi-square and Odds Ratio test was used, considering 95% of confidence interval, using the statistical package SPSS, version 20.0, with a significance level of p &lt;0.05. Results: The prevalence of PI on the sample studied was 66% in both genders. The factors significantly associated with the PI were: advanced age ≥ 40 years (p &lt;0.01), overweight with BMI ≥ 25 (p &lt;0.013), abdominal circumference above 102 cm in men and 88 cm (p &lt;0.042) (P &lt;0.001) and high blood pressure ≥130 / 85 mmHg (p &lt;0.025). Conclusion: The prevalence of associated factors with PI it is high, which suggests the need of public policies and awareness of the importance of oriented-prevention physical activity practice.</p> ER -