Atividade física de trabalhadores de uma indústria moveleira de Antônio Prado RS

Abstract

The objective of this study was to verify how the physical activity of the employees of a furniture industry in the city of Antônio Prado - RS occurs, having as specific objectives to verify how the physical activity of the employees occurs according to the sector in which they work in the company, to verify how the employees' physical activities according to employees' gender and to identify which type of physical exercise is most practiced by employees. The methods used were quantitative, descriptive and transversal. The sample included 61 company employees aged over 18 years. The instrument used was a Baecke physical activity level questionnaire (1982) adapted by Florindo L L (2004). The results showed that most employees (72.1%) practice physical exercises outside the work environment. In the workplace, employees in the production sector perform more activity and physical effort compared to the administrative sector. There is no significant difference in physical activity in the work environment or in employees' leisure time in relation to gender. The physical exercises most practiced by the research participants were the gym with 19.1%, followed by walking and soccer with 11.8%. [resumo fornecido pelo autor]