Publicación: PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LEVELS IN VARIOUS UNIVERSITY MAJORS AMIDST THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC A COMPARATIVE STUDY
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2023
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REVISTA CIENCIAS DE LA ACTIVIDAD FISICA
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THIS STUDY DETERMINED LEVELS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN STUDENTS BY COMPARING THEM BASED ON GENDER, FACULTY, AND MAJOR AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. THE RESEARCH FOLLOWED A QUANTITATIVE APPROACH WITH A DESCRIPTIVE-COMPARATIVE DESIGN. THE STUDY WAS CONDUCTED ONCE PER STUDENT, WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF 582 STUDENTS OF BOTH GENDERS. THE INTERNATIONAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE (IPAQ) WAS ADMINISTERED TO THE STUDENTS USING
GOOGLE FORMS, DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THEIR INSTITUTIONAL EMAILS. THE COLLECTED DATA WERE ANALYZED USING THE STATISTICAL SOFTWARE SPSS V.22.0. THE INDEPENDENT SAMPLES T-TEST WAS EMPLOYED TO COMPARE THE ENERGY EXPENDITURE BETWEEN MALES AND FEMALES, ALONG WITH COHEN'S D STATISTIC TO ASSESS THE EFFECT SIZE. PRIOR TO THESE ANALYSES, THE KOLMOGOROV-SMIRNOV NORMALITY TEST AND LEVENE'S TEST WERE CONDUCTED. RESULTS WERE CONSIDERED SIGNIFICANT WHEN THE P-VALUE WAS
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University students, Physical activity, Pandemic., COVID-19
