Nível de comportamento sedentário relacionada à saúde de professores de educação física

Abstract

The practice of physical exercise is closely linked to health and should be carried out by all people of all ages. Planned and structured physical activity aims to improve and maintain one or more components of physical fitness, such as strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, and body composition. Physical inactivity is sometimes justified by the routine of long work hours, accompanied by bad habits. Among the work demands, teachers need to find time to take care of their health by engaging in physical activities, which, for the most part, ends up not being a priority. General objective: to describe the level of sedentary behavior of Physical Education teachers in elementary schools in the municipality of Boca da Mata, Alagoas, and specific objectives: to characterize and compare the level of sedentary behavior at two different times. A descriptive quantitative research was conducted. To address the objectives of this study, a questionnaire was used as an instrument, which contained information about the anamnesis and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire – IPAQ. The sample consisted of 6 Physical Education teachers belonging to the education network of the municipality of Boca da Mata, AL, all of whom were male. The inclusion criteria for the research were: 1) being a Physical Education teacher in the municipal education network of Boca da Mata, either permanent or contracted; 2) teaching in the initial or final years of elementary school; 3) having a weekly workload equal to or greater than 12 hours. As exclusion criteria in the study were: 1) Non-attendance on the scheduled date for data collection; 2) Providing inaccurate data. From the characterization of the group, it was possible to identify in the first data collection the workload of each teacher, thus, we found that per day: 33.3% (n=2) work between one and four hours; 50% (n=3) between five and eight hours; and 16.7% (n=1) of the teachers work between eight and twelve hours per day. Out of a total of 6 participants in the study, it was identified that 100% were active, with 5 of them considered active and 1 considered very active. The data obtained from the second collection show that after a period of two years, even though the individuals continued to be considered all active, there was only a change in classification. In conclusion, it was observed that the sample consisting of 6 physical education teachers showed changes in the level of sedentary behavior over a period of 21 months, resulting in a reclassification of two teachers.