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QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY OF LIFESTYLES HABITS OF FIRST ANNUAL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

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2016-12-30
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Dulavics, D., & Petrika, H. (2016). QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY OF LIFESTYLES HABITS OF FIRST ANNUAL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS. Special Treatment - Interdisciplinary Journal, 2(4), 49-57. https://doi.org/10.18458/KB.2016.4.49
Abstract

In our research, we measured first-year students’ lifestyles, emphasizing sports habits, time spent sitting, and the presence of pain. Our questionnaire is self-reporting. Results show that 75% of the students do some kind of sports as a hobby. Before starting the university, 50% of the students did some kind of competitive physical activity, but by now, 34% of them gave up doing that because of lack of time and possibility. Feeling pain in different parts of the body is frequent, neck and shoulders, zone of the back, and low back. A sedentary lifestyle is frequent, and people do not pay attention to spine protection. Only 35% of the students know the principles of spine protection and only a few of them use it while sitting. We have not found any significant connection between lifestyle characteristics and pain, but our results show the risks of this lifestyle.