Salud física global en estudiantes universitarios de Cultura Física Deporte y Recreación

Abstract

In the present research, HRQOL was measured in a group of participating students, through the application of the SF-36 questionnaire, the results were obtained, specifically from the 262 active students in the second academic period of the year 2022 in the Physical Culture, Sports and Recreation program of the Universidad Santo Tomás, Bucaramanga campus. The physical dimensions that were studied concern physical function, physical role, body pain and general health, thus determining life habits, such as nutrition, practice of physical activity, among others in order to propose strategies related to public health and internal prevention programs of the Higher Institution. The objective of this study was to establish the levels of global physical health in students of the Faculty of Physical Culture, Sports and Recreation of the Santo Tomas University, this study is of an analytical cross-sectional nature, applying a survey of general health status SF36 consisting of 36 multiple choice questions classified into 8 categories or subscales that describe the state of general health, the scores of this survey were used to measure the respective results, which were obtained from the data processing that allowed to determine that the levels of Global Physical Health (84. 87) in the students of the population studied placed them at a high level according to the classification tables of the SF-36 questionnaire. Based on the results obtained, it was possible to conclude that Global Physical Health is established at a high level for the population studied.