Physical activity and its associated factors among adults in the divisional secratariat division of Gampaha

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dc.contributor.author Perera, P.C.S
dc.date.accessioned 2011-12-08T08:59:40Z
dc.date.available 2011-12-08T08:59:40Z
dc.date.issued 2009
dc.identifier.citation MSc. ( Community Medicine) en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://archive.cmb.ac.lk:8080/xmlui/handle/70130/1131
dc.description.abstract A community based cross sectional study was carried out among 340 adults in the DS division of Gampaha. A total of 34 "Grama Niladhari" ( GN) divisions were randomly selected as clusters based on a three stage sampling methods. To each participant in each selected household, three questionnaires were administered by the principal investigator CHi Square and ANOVA tests were used to assess the associations. A total number of 15 males and 185 females were included. The level of physical activity among patrticipanyts was as follows low 25.9 percent ( 88) , moderate 40.6 percent (138) and high 33.5 percent ( 114) . Urban residence ( X2 0.01) income over Rs. 40.000(X2=6.5;p0.05), unemployment status (x2
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.title Physical activity and its associated factors among adults in the divisional secratariat division of Gampaha en_US
dc.type Research abstract en_US


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