Awan, Malik Muhammad Ali and Qureshi, Sidra and Tariq, Hina and Siddiqi, Furqan Ahmed (2019) EFFECTS OF CARDIOPULMONARY CONDITIONING ON BODY MASS INDEX, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND GENERAL PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH OF YOUNG ADULTS. Pakistan Heart Journal, 52 (3). pp. 258-261.
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ABSTRACT
Objective: To determine the effects of cardiopulmonary conditioning on body
mass index (BMI), physical activity (PA), and general psychological health of
healthy young adults and their interrelationship.
Methodology: A quasi-interventional study was conducted in Pakistan Railway
Hospital, Rawalpindi from February to July 2017. A total of 97 healthy young
adults who sustained moderate physical exertion were selected through nonprobability
convenient sampling to perform cardiopulmonary conditioning
exercises for 12 weeks at moderate intensity. Individuals with any systemic
disease were excluded. The pre and post levels of PA, general psychological
health and BMI were assessed through International Physical Activity
Questionnaire (IPAQ), General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) and BMI formula
respectively and performed statistical analysis on SPSS 20 software.
Results: We recruited 97 participants; mean age was 23.40 ± 2.29years.
Majority, around 74% of the participants were females. The descriptive analysis
showed that 73.2 % participants were minimally active before the intervention
that improved to 0.0 % after the intervention. No participant was HEPA active
before intervention that significantly improved to 38.1 %. In the pre-intervention,
87.6 % participants were overweight and 12.4 % participants were obese where
as in post-intervention, 85.6 % participants had normal weight and 14.4 %
participants were overweight. The Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test revealed
significant improvement in all outcome measures (p= 0.001). The Spearman's
Correlations of PA and general psychological health and PA and BMI was
demonstrated as -0.262 (p=0.01) and -0.081 (p=0.431) respectively.
Conclusion: Cardiopulmonary conditioning is an effective approach for
improving BMI, general psychological health and physical activity. With higher
levels of PA general psychological health improves unlike BMI that does not have
any significant relation with PA.
KeyWords: Mental illness, Obesity, Physical Inactivity.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Rehabilitation and Allied Health Sciences(FRAHS) > Riphah College of Rehabiliation and Allied Sciences Islamabad |
| Depositing User: | Dr Malik Muhammad Ali Awan |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Oct 2020 09:12 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2020 09:12 |
| URI: | http://research.riphah.edu.pk/id/eprint/900 |
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