Qualidade de vida e nível de atividade física de professores de educação física de escolas públicas municipais de fortaleza

Abstract

Quality of life is a concept with comprehensive definition, full of individual and subjective values. It has been defined as the individual's perception of life and the level of satisfaction with it. The main objective of this study was to verify the quality of life perception of Physical Education teachers of the Fortaleza Municipal Public schools and their level of physical activity. This is a cross-sectional study. To evaluate the perception about the quality of life, was used the WHOQOL-bref, and The International Physical Activity Questionnaire - IPAQ - short version to evaluate the physical activity. The sample was composed of 42 teachers, randomly selected from Fortaleza municipal schools. Was performed a descriptive, by mean and standard deviation analysis on the statistical package SPSS for Windows. The results revealed that 59.5% of the teachers are men, ranging in age from 31 to 40 and half of them married. 90.5% have postgraduate degrees, 33.3% have up to 5 years of service, 71.4% work between 20 and 40 hours a week and more than half of the teachers are satisfied with their salaries. In general quality of life, 54.8% of them have a good perception of their quality of life and 52.3% are satisfied with their health. The psychological domain was the one that stood out the most and the one of the environment which obtained lower average. Regarding the level of physical activity, 54.7% of the teachers are active, but 23.8% of these are inactive. In the correlation between the sociodemographic variables and the quality of life, a significant difference was observed between the age groups in the physical domain. The relationship between these variables and the level of physical activity did not show a significant difference. It is concluded that the teachers' perception of quality of life is positive. Regarding the level of physical activity, they were considered active, although 23.8% were considered inactive. It is suggested to carry out new studies by expanding the sample size, using other instruments, as well as establishing relationships between the level of physical activity and quality of life, so that the results can be broadened and the discussion on the topic can be better explored.