Abstract

 

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the physical activity level of the personnel working at the

banks in central Malatya.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted through all 21 banks at the centrum with their 451 personnel

without any sampling. Data collection was done during April-May 2001. A self-administered questionnaire which

contained items about demographic characteristics, physical activity and some of the chronic diseases were

distributed to the personnel. Three hundreds and sixty seven usable responses were obtained. The coverage

(response) rate was 81.0%.

Results: Two hundreds and cleven211 personnel (57.5%) had performed at least one kind of physical activity

during the month preeceding the survey and 156 personnel (42.5%) had not performed any. The most frequently

performed physical activity was walking done by 65.4%. The most frequent reasons for not performing any

activity were; having no time, social barriers, and having a disease, respectively. Only 70 personnel (19.0%) out of

all had performed physical activity regularly. Regular physical activity level was higher among those who were 40

years old and older, and who have hypertension or high cholesterol (p