Examination of the pelationship between physical actvity levels and health perception in studensts of the faculty of sports sciences (Bayburt University sample)

The aim of the study is to examine the relationship between physical activity levels and health perception of students of the Faculty of Sports Sciences. A total of 315 students,168 male and 147 women, studying at Bayburt Üniversity Faculty of Sports Sciences, participated in this study. Personal Information Form, International Physical Activity Assessment Questionnaire and health Perception Scale were used for data. According to their findings, the data were not normally distributed according to Skewness and Kurtosis and Shapiro-Wilk and Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test and plots. Hypothesis Test Summary, Independent Sample Kruskal Wallis Test and Pairwise Comparison Test were used for the difference between groups. Frequency analysis was performed to find the observation frequencies and percentage distributions of the data. Descriptive statistics were used to statistically infer on the target audience and show measurable situations. The suitability of quantitative data to the normal distribution was evaluated by the Shapiro-Wilk Test and graphical examinations. Independent groups t Test was used in the evaluations of normally distributed variables between two groups, and Man –Whitney U Test was used in the evaluations of variables that did not show normal distribution. One-Way analysis of variance was used in the evaluations of more than two groups of normally distributed variables, and Kruskal-Wallis Test was used in the evaluations of variables without normal distribution. Pearson correlation analysis was used to determine the level of relationship between quantitative data. Cronbach alpha coefficient was used to determine the internal consistency levels of scale materials. Statistical significance is accepted as p<0.05. In this study; it was found that there was a significant difference between the sub-size and total MET scores of the participants in terms of gender, smoking, class and general health according to their international physical activity. According to the health Perception Scale, a significant difference was found between the sub-size and total scores of the participants in terms of class, alcohol and general health variables. Keywords: Physical Activity, Helath Perception, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Student