Physical activity and its associated factors among adults in the divisional secratariat division of Gampaha
| 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.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.identifier.citation | MSc. ( Community Medicine) | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://archive.cmb.ac.lk/handle/70130/1131 | |
| 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 |