Clinical trial NCT05711251: Physical Activity in Health Promotion Course on the Physical Activity Habits
Official title: The Effect of the 10-week "Physical Activity in Health Promotion" Course on the Physical Activity Habits of University Students.
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Physical Inactivity
Keywords: Physical Activity
University Students
Physical Activity Habit
Lead sponsor: Kirsehir Ahi Evran Universitesi
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-02-02
Enrollment: 88
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 30
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: SCREENING

Brief summary: The goal of this interventional study is to learn about 10-week "Physical Activity in Health Promotion" course on the physical activity habits of university students. The main question it aims to answer are:

• What is the effect of 10-week "Physical Activity in Health Promotion" course on the physical activity habits of university students in Ahi Evran University.

Healthy participants will take elective courses named:

* Physical Activity in Health Promotion
* Waist and Neck Health
* Posture Disorders

Detailed description: A healthy lifestyle must include physical activity, especially for university students. There is now substantial data supporting the numerous physical, psychological, aesthetic, and social advantages of frequent engagement in physical activities. A number of illnesses and ailments, such as coronary artery disease, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, high blood pressure, colon cancer, breast cancer, and overweight and obesity are all made less likely by regular physical activity. Numerous research in the area have documented a tendency toward less physical activity among adults, adolescents, and children in various civilizations. The level of physical activity among university students was found to be relatively low during the pandemic, and this process also had a detrimental impact on the students' levels of depression and quality of life. Walking, moderate, vigorous, and overall physical activity levels have decreased among university students from many nations who have been quarantined due to the COVID-19 epidemic.

One of the most popular teaching methods in medical school is the lecture course, which has the benefit of allowing for the dissemination of knowledge to a large number of students and has the potential to be effective in conveying factual information. Whether or not it is successful, lecturing is still the most popular teaching style since it is affordable and useful, especially when there are many students and few resources. Physical education provides cognitive content and instruction designed to develop motor skills, knowledge, and behaviors for physical activity and physical fitness. Supporting schools to establish physical education can provide students with the ability and confidence to be physically active for a lifetime. However, the number of studies investigating the effects of physical activity classes or physical activity education on students' physical activity habits is very low in the literature.

The "Physical activity for the health promotion" course given at Ahi Evran University was added to the curriculum in order to increase the physical activity knowledge and levels of university students. The course was a common elective course open to all university students except the physiotherapy and rehabilitation department. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of the "Physical Activity in Health Promotion" course on the physical activity levels of university students. For this purpose, our hypothesis is: "Physical activity for the promotion of health" course will change the physical activity habits of university students.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Healthy students who took elective courses

Exclusion Criteria:

* To be involved in another study,
* Having a systemic disease that limits physical activity,

Primary outcomes:
measure: International Physical Activity Questionnaire
timeFrame: 10 weeks
measure: Domain-Specific Physical Activity Efficacy Questionnaire (DSPAEQ)
timeFrame: 10 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Kırşehir
country: Turkey
facility: Ahi Evran University
Study officials:
References:
citation: Alaagib NA, Musa OA, Saeed AM. Comparison of the effectiveness of lectures based on problems and traditional lectures in physiology teaching in Sudan. BMC Med Educ. 2019 Sep 23;19(1):365. doi: 10.1186/s12909-019-1799-0.
citation: Lopez-Valenciano A, Suarez-Iglesias D, Sanchez-Lastra MA, Ayan C. Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on University Students' Physical Activity Levels: An Early Systematic Review. Front Psychol. 2021 Jan 15;11:624567. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.624567. eCollection 2020.