A -study Design, B -Data Collection, C -statistical analysis, D -Data interpretation, E -manuscript Preparation, F -Literature search, G -Funds Collection Background. Polish society is characterized with low physical activity. medical university students, as future doctors, should not only understand the importance of physical activity, but also do all they can to actively propagate it. Objectives. the aim of conducted research was to assess the level of physical activity among students of the final study year of medical and Dentistry Faculties of wroclaw medical university. Material and methods. study group included 211 people. in term of age and gender students of both faculties were a homogenous group. the study was conducted in summer term of 2011/2012 academic year, auditory method, ensuring anonymity. the study tool was international Questioner of Physical activity (iPaQ) -long form. based on mets values the authors distinguished three levels of total physical activity -intense, moderate and low. Results. the level of students' physical activity is comparable between the faculties with slightly higher values for students of Dentistry Faculty. Distributions of three levels of physical activity were similar between the faculties. Conclusions. the present study showed a need of health promotion in contests of physical activity among students of both faculties. the lowest activity of them (both male and female) is in the domain of work-related, during academic year. it creates a need for modifications of the study curriculum by adding additional sport classes and promoting attitudes of undertaking physical activity during other than study related activities. Key words: physical activity, iPaQ, students, medical university.Wstęp. Polskie społeczeństwo charakteryzuje niska aktywność fizyczna. studenci uniwersytetu medycznego jako przyszli lekarze powinni nie tylko rozumieć znaczenie aktywności fizycznej, ale również aktywnie ją propagować. Cel pracy. Celem przeprowadzonego badania była ocena poziomu aktywności fizycznej studentów ostatnich lat studiów na wydziałach: Lekarskim oraz Lekarsko-stomatologicznym uniwersytetu medycznego we wrocławiu. Materiał i metody. grupę badawczą stanowiło 211 osób. na obu wydziałach nie zaobserwowano różnic pod względem płci i wieku. badanie było przeprowadzone w semestrze letnim roku akademickiego 2011/2012 metodą ankietową z zachowaniem anonimowości. narzędzie badawcze stanowił międzynarodowy kwestionariusz aktywności Fizycznej (iPaQ) -forma długa, w którym pytaliśmy o aktywność w czasie: pracy, pobytu w domu, w czasie wolnym, w trakcie przemieszczania się na podstawie wartości mets określiliśmy trzy poziomy całkowitej aktywności fizycznej -intensywną, umiarkowaną i niską. Wyniki. Poziom aktywności fizycznej studentów na obu wydziałach jest zbliżony z nieznacznie wyższymi wartościami dla studentów wydziału Lekarsko-stomatologicznego. rozkład trzech poziomów aktywności jest podobny dla obu wydziałów. Wnioski. badanie wykazało potrzebę promowania aktywności fizycznej wśród student...

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Introduction:The aim of this study was to assess the quality of life of participants enrolled in PURE Poland study. Material and methods:Anonymous survey of quality of life was carried out between 2007 and 2010 as an additional study among population of Lower Silesia in Poland enrolled in PURE Poland study. Survey covered 1053 people of PURE Poland study population, who agreed to complete the survey. Three age groups were distinguished. The research was conducted with use of international quality of life questionnaire WHOQOL-BREF. Data was analyzed in respect to gender, age, civil status, level of education, and current sense of being diseased or diseased free. Results: The majority of respondents assessed their subjective quality of life (S-QoL) as good or very good. Males assessed S-QoL significantly higher than females, married people evaluated it higher than people living alone, people with higher education rated it higher than people with primary education. Respondents showed highest results in physical domain of quality of life and lowest in the environment domain of quality of life. The S-QoL was correlated with all domains but mostly with psychological domain of quality of life. Conclusions: Quality of life of the majority of respondents was good or very good. Further research should be conducted with the use of a set of different epidemiological variables (social, institutional, and general environment) and tests, and obtained results could become a base for constructing a model of self-assessed quality of life by the citizens of Wroclaw.

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