Changes in physical activity among adults in Turkiye

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dc.authoridSENTURK, Halime/0009-0008-4440-189X
dc.authoridONER, Neslihan/0000-0001-6773-4963
dc.authoridCOSKUN ASLAN, Tugba/0000-0002-2624-3516
dc.authoridDurmus, Hasan/0000-0001-5719-1475
dc.contributor.authorOner, Neslihan
dc.contributor.authorDurmus, Hasan
dc.contributor.authorSenturk, Halime
dc.contributor.authorAslan, Tugba Coskun
dc.contributor.authorBorlu, Arda
dc.contributor.authorAykut, Mualla
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-24T17:18:57Z
dc.date.available2025-02-24T17:18:57Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentFakülteler, Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Beslenme ve Diyetetik Bölümü
dc.description.abstractBackground: Physical inactivity is a significant public health problem and a contributor to noncommunicable disease and worsening health status. It causes morbidity and an estimated 6-10% of premature deaths globally. Aim: To investigate changes in physical activity among adults in Turkiye between 2014 and 2023 and the factors that influenced the changes. Methods: Two cross-sectional studies were conducted in 2014 (N = 1228) and 2023 (N = 1517) on the same population of adults aged 25-64 years, using the same methodology. The data were analysed using SPSS 24.0. The relationship between variables believed to influence physical activity and the changes in variables within the groups over the years were assessed using the chi(2 )test. P < 0.005 was considered significant. Results: The mean age of participants was 41.25 +/- 12.06 years, 51.4% of them were female, 70.8% were married, and 72.2% had children. The mean total metabolic equivalent of the task score was 2285 in 2014 and 2288 in 2023 (P = 0.984). There was no significant change in physical activity over the years and the inactivity rate had increased from 37.3% in 2014 to 39.9% by 2023 (P = 0.222). In 2023, men were 1.91 times more active than women (P < 0.001). There were differences in the level of physical activity across the age groups; older individuals were more inactive. The mean body mass index did not change over the years (P = 0.09). Conclusion: The results show no significant change in the level of physical activity and prevalence of obesity among adults aged 25-64 years in Turkiye between 2014 and 2023. This indicates that the campaigns conducted by the Ministry of Health alone were not sufficient to increase physical activity among the study population. We recommend more intensive community level campaigns that could result in increased physical activity, with greater attention on women and older people.
dc.description.sponsorshipAcknowledgments We express our gratitude to the final year medical students who assisted with data collection. The initial study conducted in 2014 was delivered as an oral presentation at the International Eastern Mediterranean Cardiometabolic Syndrome Congress and Eastern Mediterranean Health Sciences Student Symposium held in Famagusta, Cyprus, 5-9 November 2014.
dc.identifier.doi10.26719/2024.30.7.502
dc.identifier.endpage511
dc.identifier.issn1020-3397
dc.identifier.issn1687-1634
dc.identifier.issue7
dc.identifier.pmid39548839
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85202565941
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage502
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.26719/2024.30.7.502
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14440/932
dc.identifier.volume30
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001283033900006
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWho Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office
dc.relation.ispartofEastern Mediterranean Health Journal
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20250201
dc.subjectphysical activity
dc.subjectexercise
dc.subjectsedentary behaviour
dc.subjectinactivity
dc.subjectbody mass index
dc.subjectobesity
dc.subjectnoncommunicable disease
dc.subjectTurkiye
dc.titleChanges in physical activity among adults in Turkiye
dc.typeArticle

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