Investigation the physical activity level of academics: Çanakkale sample

The aim of this study was to investigate the physical activity level (PAL) of academics. Totally 229 academics between 25-60 ages who were work in 10 different faculties in Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University participated in to study voluntary. International physical activity questionary (IPAQ) short form used to collect data. SSPS 17.0 used to analysis. Kruskal-Wallis test used to compare groups and Mann Whitney–U test used to compare genders. Findings accepted significant at p 0.05 level. Analyses showed that: academics average PAL was1541.1±2160.9 MET-dk/hf, 34.1% of total were low active, 52.8% of total were moderate active, and 13.1% of total were high active according to IPAQ classification. Faculty of tourism had highest PAL (3009.7±157.8 MET-dk/hf) and, PAL of faculty of agriculture was statistically higher than Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Fisheries. According to academic level Lecturer had highest PAL (2545.1±3602.9 MET-dk/hf), and assistant professor had lowest PAL (1275.4±1329.1 MET-dk/hf). Also analyses proved that; associate Professor, assist professors and research assistants, had statistically lower PAL than lecturer and professor (p 0.05). As a result PAL of academics was differing from each other. It can be say that, to decreasing the differences of PAL between academics, the number of recreational areas should be well planned and academics should be encourage to doing exercise.