Ibrahim, Lilis Ayuni (2019) Factors associated with physical activity among secondary school students in Batu Pahat, Johor. [Project Paper] (Submitted)
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Abstract
The prevalence of adolescents in Malaysia being physically active was low and in alarming stage as it will affect their health condition in when they are adult. This cross sectional study was conducted to determine association between sociodemographic backgrounds, academic achievement, psychosocial factors and body weight status with physical activity among secondary students in selected school in Batu Pahat, Johor. A total of 245 students of Form 2 and Form 4 were recruited in this study by using convenience sampling method and consent form for parents were given before questionnaire were distributed to students. This study used two type of study instruments which were self-administered questionnaire to measure their sociodemographic background, academic achievement, physical activity level and psychosocial factors, while anthropometric measurement were taken by researchers twice. Then, the data of weight and height have been analysed by using AnthroPlus software to get their BMI-for-age. There were about 50.6% of female respondents and 49.4% of male respondents participated in this study. Moreover, 48.2% of them were form 2 while 51.8% of them were form 4 with mean age of 14.96 ± 1.00 years old. Most of them ( 49%) had moderate level of academic achievement, followed by high (41.2%) level of academic achievement and about 9.8% were in low academic achievement. In term of psychosocial factors, there were 35.9% of them have low self-efficacy toward physical activity with boys have higher self-efficacy (43%) compared to their girls counterparts (29%), most of them (79.2%) had high score belief toward physical activity and family was reported to influence more on their physical activity (2.68 ± 0.97) compare to peer influence (2.63 ± 1.00). For body weight status, about 9% were thinness, 60% were in normal weight, 19 .2% were overweight, 9% were classified as obesity and 2.9% were in severely obese. As a whole, there were more than half (54.3%) of them were classified under low physical activity, (41.2%) had moderate physical activity and (4.5%) had high physical activity. There were no association between socio-demographic factors (age, household income, parents' educational level and parents' occupation), academic achievement and body weight status with physical activity. Meanwhile sex of the respondents show a significant association with physical activity (x2 = 12.324, p < 0.001) in which male were more physically active compared to female. Besides, psychosocial factors have positive and significant association with physical activity that comprised of self-efficacy toward physical activity (r = 0.651, p < 0.01 ), peer influence with physical activity (r = 0.517, p < 0.01), family influence with physical activity (r = 0.417, p < 0.01) and belief toward physical activity outcomes (r = 0.247, p < 0.01 ). In conclusion, this study reported low prevalence of physical activity level, male were more active than female and psychosocial factors were associated with physical activity among them. Therefore, these factors should be considered in conducting intervention program to raise awareness on importance of physical activity in order to have adequate amount of physical activity.
| Item Type: | Project Paper |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Science |
| Depositing User: | Ms Norafizah Radzuan |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Dec 2025 04:40 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Dec 2025 04:40 |
| URI: | http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/2632 |
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