İnvestigation the physical activity level of academics- Çanakkale sample

ABSTRACTInvestigation the physical activity level of academics- Çanakkale sampleThe aim of this study was to investigate the physical activity level (PAL) of academics. Totaly 229 academis between 25-60 ages who were work in 10 different faculties in Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University participated in to study voluntary. International physical activity questionary (IPAQ) short form used to collect data. SSPS 17,0 used to analysis. Kruskal-Wallis used to compare groups and Mann Whitney?U used to compare genders. Findings accepted significant at p < 0.05 level.Analyse showed that: academics average PAL was 1541.1±2160.9 MET-dk/hf, 34.1% of were low active, 52.8% of moderate active, and 13.1% of were high active according to IPAQ classification. Faculty of tourism had highest PAL (3009.7±157.8 MET-dk/hf) and, PAL of faculty of agriculture was statistically higher than Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Fisheries.According to academic level Lecturer had highest PAL (2545.1±3602.9 MET-dk/hf), and assistant professor had lowest FAL (1275.4±1329.1 MET-dk/hf) . Also analyse proved that; , associate Professor, assist professors and research assistants, had statistically lower PAL than lecturer and professor (p<0.05).As a result PAL of academics were differ from eachother. It can be say that, to decreasing the differences, the number of recreational areas should be well planning and academics should be encourage to do exercise.Key Words: Sport, physical activity, academics.