An observational study in Physical Fitness and Lifestyle, Healthy, sponsored by University of Malta. Status unknown at 1 site in Malta. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 30 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-05-05.
Sponsored by University of Malta · Observational
The ultimate goal for every health-care system is to have a healthy population by maintaining good physical fitness levels and lifestyle habits, including regular physical activity, good sleep quality, smoking and alcohol abstinence. The main components of physical fitness include body composition, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility and cardiovascular endurance. National research based on actual and perceived physical fitness levels in University of Malta (UM) students where both physical and non-physical testing are included, is lacking.
Also, to the knowledge of the researcher, no such research investigated the relationship between the actual and perceived levels of physical fitness with lifestyle habits (smoking, alcohol consumption and sleep).
This study aims to investigate the correlation between the actual and perceived levels of physical fitness (body composition, cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength and endurance and flexibility) by physical and non-physical testing, the correlation between lifestyle patterns (smoking, alcohol consumption and sleep.
The ultimate goal for every health-care system is to have a healthy population by maintaining good physical fitness levels and lifestyle habits, including regular physical activity, good sleep quality, smoking and alcohol abstinence. The main components of physical fitness include body composition, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility and cardiovascular endurance. A national research based on actual and perceived physical fitness levels in University of Malta (UM) students where both physical and non-physical testing are included, is lacking.
Also, to the knowledge of the researcher, no such research investigated the relationship between the actual and perceived levels of physical fitness with lifestyle habits (smoking, alcohol consumption and sleep).
This study aims to investigate the correlation between the actual and perceived levels of physical fitness (body composition, cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength and endurance and flexibility) by physical and non-physical testing, the correlation between lifestyle patterns (smoking, alcohol consumption and sleep.
This proposed research shall adopt a quantitative-based, correlational type of study design. Registrar and student organisations shall act as intermediary entities and send an information letter via electronic mail to all students aged between 18-30 years. All participants who respond to the call, on attendance to a pre-set date for a face-to-face information session by the researcher, will be asked to sign an informed consent form. Each participant will come for data collection only once at the Department of Physiotherapy laboratories, Faculty of Health Sciences, at the University of Malta and shall take around 20 minutes.
Every query will be answered, a detailed explanation and demonstration of each test will be given to each participant, and qualified physiotherapists will perform the testing.
In this proposed study, the aim of The Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND), Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) is to quantitatively study various lifestyle habits in UM students including smoking, alcohol consumption and sleep quality respectively. The Self-Perceived Fitness questionnaire (SPF) shall be used to measure self-perceived physical fitness in University of Malta students. The Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence is open-access, and can be used for free for research purposes. On the other hand, permissions to use the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and Self-Perceived Fitness questionnaire were given by their respective authors.
Body composition shall be measured by Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference, lower and upper limb flexibility shall be measured by Modified Sit and Reach Test and Back Scratch Test respectively. In addition, cardiovascular endurance shall be measured by Resting Heart Rate, Blood Pressure and 3 Min Step Test, while Squats and Push-ups until fatigue shall be used to measure lower and upper limb muscular strength and endurance. All data will then be analysed using statistical methods.
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All university of Malta students, both males and females, and aged between 18-30 years, shall be invited to participate.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Alcohol Consumption
Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year.
Tobacco Smoking
Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year.
Sleeping Pattern and Quality
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year.
Perceived Physical Fitness
Self-perceived fitness Questionnaire
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year.
Physical Fitness- Body Composition
Waist Circumference
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year.
Physical Fitness- Body Composition
Body Mass Index
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year.
Physical Fitness- Flexibility
Modified Sit and Reach Test
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year.
Physical Fitness- Flexibility
Back Scratch Test
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year.
Physical Fitness- Muscular strength and endurance
Squats until fatigue
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year.
Physical Fitness- Muscular strength and endurance
Push-Ups until fatigue
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year.
Physical Fitness- Cardiovascular Endurance
Resting Heart Rate (RHR)
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year.
Physical Fitness- Cardiovascular Endurance
Blood Pressure (BP)
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year.
Physical Fitness- Cardiovascular Endurance
3 Minute Step Test
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year.
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