The Compareison of Physical Activity Levels and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Between Sedentary and Non-Sedentary Working Women

• Main Authors: Shu-Ling Wang, 王淑玲
• Other Authors: Jen-Chen Tsai
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2005
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/70189101755434679419

碩士 === 臺北醫學大學 === 護理學研究所 === 93 === The aim of this study is to see the comparison of women’s physical activity levels and their risk factors of cardiovascular diseases between sedentary and non-sedentary workingwomen. By using cross-sectional survey approach, the data were collected from 32 female employees having office duties (sedentary workingwomen) in a cable TV company and 31 teachers (non-sedentary workingwomen) in a private vocational senior high school. The physical activity levels of a case were measured by the questionnaire of Seven-day Physical Activity Recall (7-d PAR) and RT3 Triaxial accekerometers (RT3). Besides, for a subject of the research, her resting blood pressure and body mass index (BMI) were recorded, and her concentrations of fasting plasma blood sugar, blood total cholesterol (TC), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and triglyceride (TG) were examined. The collected data were analyzed by SPSS statistics software of version 11.5 with the following statistical methods: descriptive statistics, Chi-square test, independent t-test, Fisher's exact probability test and Pearson Correlation. Results of the study showed: (1) Sedentary workingwomen had remarkably higher resting systolic pressure, fasting blood sugar and TG than the one of non-sedentary workingwomen. (2) TEERT3 and TEE7-d PAR for one week of the cases recorded by RT3 and 7-d PAR were averagely 229.4 ± 18.9 kcal/kg/week and 230.7 ± 8.2 kcal/kg/week, whereas the two groups only differed from each other in TEERT3 and TEERT3 of sedentary workingwomen were obviously higher than non-sedentary workingwomen. (3) The woman had higher TEERT3, her age, BMI, resting blood pressure, TC, TG and LDL-C were lower, and her HDL-C was higher. A woman’s TEE7-d PAR was not related to her risk factors of cardiovascular diseases. (4) Non-sedentary workingwomen had remarkably more physical activity at work than sedentary workingwomen did. For the woman had more physical activity at work, her BMI, resting blood pressure and TG values were lower. (5) The woman averagely sat longer during her work, her BMI and resting systolic blood pressure were higher; the woman averagely stood longer during her work, her resting systolic blood pressure and TG were lower, whereas the woman averagely walked longer during her work, her BMI, resting systolic blood pressure and TG were lower. It was shown in the result of this research that TEE and physical activity at work of the non-sedentary workingwomen were higher than those of sedentary workingwomen. The sedentary workingwomen had obviously higher resting systolic blood pressure, fasting blood sugar and TG than non-sedentary workingwomen. When working, the physical activity levels and the time of sitting, standing and walking were notably related to BMI, resting systolic blood pressure and TG. Remarkably, TEE for a woman played a more important role than her physical activity levels did to the risk factors of cardiovascular diseases. Thus, a woman is encouraged to increase her total physical activity levels. Keywords: physical activity levels, cardiovascular disease risk factors, Seven-day Physical Activity Recall, triaxial accelerometers