Investigation of physical activity levels and body mass indexes of personnel working on international cargo transport ships

The aim of this study; Physical activity (PA) levels, energy spent for work and leisure physical activities, sedentary behavior times and body mass indexes (BMI) of blue and white-collar personnel working on ships carrying cargo to international ports (days) and the recreational activity possibilities on the ship are examined according to the parameters. It is planned that 136 male Turkish personnel between the ages of 18-64 working on ships carrying cargo to international ports will participate in this research. In this study, which is based on voluntary participation in the research, it is planned to collect the data between August 7, 2021 and December 31, 2021. Demographic and personal information form, ship and voyage information form, Physical Activity Evaluation Questionnaire, International Physical Activity Questionnaire - Short Form, Sedentary Behavior Questionnaire will be administered online. In the analysis of the data; Normality and homogeneity of variances will be tested for each variable and variables for which parametric test assumptions are not met will be analyzed using non-parameric tests. Chi-Square test will be used to compare categorical variables. "Multiple Linear Regression Model" will be used to examine the relationship between physical activity level and other variables. The significance level of all statistical analyzes will be taken as p<0.05.