Physical Activity Behavior of The Official in National Research Council of Thailand
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This research was aimed to study the physical activity behavior of the Official in National Research Council of Thailand.The population were 429.The instrument was a questionnaire used to find content validity by the index of item - objective congruence (IOC). The content validity for the questionnaire was judged by 5 experts according to Rovinelli and Hambleton method were between 0.60 –1.00 and finding reliability by used KR-20 formula at 0.68 Data collection were distributed to the population and a total 429 respondents were completed (100%) and returned to the researcher. Data were analyzed by using mean and percentage.The findings were as follows:
1) The most common daily behavior of the official was dish-washing, accounted for 94.88% and 10.90 METs/week. The least common one was car-washing, accounted for 28.43% and averages 1.14 METs /week
2) The most working behavior was checking the working on their computer, accounted for 97.67% and averages 9.26 METs/week.The least was walking while carrying 23-24 kg weight, accounted for 62.23% and averages 1.97 METs/week. For most Daily commuting behaviors was mainly walking accounted for 52.44%and averages 6.06 METs/week. The least was cycling, accounted for 47.09% and averages 0.99 METs/week.
3) The most exercising behavior was walking, accounted for 82.05% and averages 16.88 METs/week. For the most leisure-time behavior was going to shopping malls, accounted for 84.15% and averages 3.28 METs/week. The least was crafting, accounted for 16.78% and averages 0.68 METs/week.
4) The most sedentary behavior was using mobile phones, accounted for 99.07% and averages 6.40 METs/week. The least was gaming while sitting, accounted for 52.44% and averages 2.46 METs/week.
5) The 58.97% of National Research Council of Thailand’s personnel, both male and female, was in the range of BMI between 18.50-24.99 kg/m2 which fell in the normal range.
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