Nível de atividade física de policiais militares operacionais da cidade de Curitiba

Abstract

This survey was conducted with 190 operational military police working in the city of Curitiba, Paraná, randomly selected through predetermined visits in five points of the Capital. The aim of this study was to identify the level of physical activity and body mass index (BMI) of these police officers. For data collection was used the survey by the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ - Short Version) and BMI through the height and weight measurements. The data were tabulated on Excel spreadsheet. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS software version 20.0, where the descriptive data have been verified and applied the Chi-square test to verify the association between variables. The significance level of p <0.05 was adopted. The results showed that despite the good level of physical activity of these officers, they had phenotype outside the desirable standards for this function. Therefore, it is concluded that the disparity between the data obtained it would be essential to not only more detailed analysis of the body composition of these cops, but also the evaluation of the current physical conditions thereof, in order to provide these higher efficacy and safety their actions.