Objectives: To correlate sedentary behaviors with
the deteriorating health status to provide
awareness to the people as well to introduce
advantages through active lifestyles.
Methodology: This descriptive cross-sectional
study included 130 teaching faculty members from
February to July 2017. The study was conducted
at three universities of Sindh Jamshoro. The
participants were aged from 40 to 80 years that
had risk factors as obesity and cardiovascular
disease. We used self-administrated Daily
Activities GHQ David Goldberg and Mc-gill pain
questionnaires
Results: There was a significant association
between a sedentary lifestyle and deteriorating
health factors. The variables including daily
activities and health status were observed about
56% and active lifestyle represents 55% of good
health status while the sedentary lifestyle was
about 17% representing bad health status with
16%.
Conclusion: Good health status had the most
prevalent rate in health-related behavior as
compared to other lifestyle factors. An association
between daily activities and health status
determines that individuals who are not physically
active are more likely at risk for deteriorating
health status. Further research will help healthcare
professionals to give patients awareness about
the effects of a sedentary lifestyle and to motivate
them to become physically active. (Rawal Med J
202;45:707-710).
Faiza Qureshi, Sajjan Iqbal Memon. (2020) Sedentary lifestyle and health factors as leading cause of diseases: A multi centered study, , Volume 45, Issue 3.
