The effect of physical activity on the efficiency of office workers

In the present study, the effects of eight weeks of physical activity practices on work productivity were examined. Total 51 participants (mean age; 41.30 ± 7.6 years) participated in the present study and the participants were public employees working in izmir municipalities between the ages of 27-35. 26 of them were women (25 %) and the others were men (26.0 %). Anthropometric measurements of the participants (height, body weight, body fat ratio, body mass index, chest circumference, waist circumference, hip circumference) were firstly taken and then their handgrip measurements were carried out. The descriptive information form (age, marital status, educational status, income, years of employment, access to work place, number of children) was filled out. Following these measurements (7-g-FADA), a physical activity evaluation questionnaire (Karaca & Turnagöl, 2007) was conducted, which was a personnel performance (productivity) form with 10 questions was filled out by the manager. As a result of the comparison of the participants' s physical characteristics with pre-test and post-test dependent pattern t-test, a significant difference was found in the statistical averages of the body fat ratio, chest, waist and hip measurements of the female group (P <0.05). There was no statistically significant difference between the body weight, body mass index and hand grip strength measurements of the female group (P> 0.05). A significant difference was found in the statistical averages of body weight, body fat ratio, body mass index, chest and hip measurements of the male group (P <0.05). In personnel performance (productivity) parameters, a statistically significant difference was found in the pre-test - post-test t-test comparison results in productivity criteria (P <0.001). As a result; It has been concluded that it is beneficial in terms of physical fitness and work efficiency in individuals who participate in regular and willing physical activity practice. Keywords: Physical Activity, Work efficiency, Office workers