Abstract
This Cross sectional observational study was conducted to determine the level of physical activity and its association with healthpromoting practices of female medical students at Azra Naheed Medical College, Lahore from 11th January 2016 to 14th March 2016.
In this study, over a sample of 158 students, Rapid Assessment of physical activity tool was used to check the level of physical
activity and Health-promoting life style profile-II scale was used to measure the health promoting behaviors of the participants.
On Rapid Assessment of physical activity-I scale 5.1% females were scored as sedentary and 44.4% females were scored as active.
The mean value of Rapid assessment of physical activity-I was suboptimal i.e. Mean±SD=4.74±1.89.The Average score of Health
promoting lifestyle profile-II was 2.41±.404.Physical activity and health promoting practices showed weak correlation (p=0.41).
Conclusion: Female medical students were less physically active. Health promoting practices had no influence on physical activity
level of females
Anum Sattar, Sarah Ehsan, Tahir Mahmood, Rabia Khalil, Sabiha Arshad. (2019) Physical activity and health-promoting practices among female medical students, Isra Medical Journal, Volume 11, Issue 4 (Part-B).
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