Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Sport Science, Health, and Physical Education (ICSSHPE 2018)

Sedentary Behavior among Male and Female Older Adults (Demographic and gender study in West Java)

Authors
Sumardiyanto Sumardiyanto, Kuston Sultoni, Jajat Jajat
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Sumardiyanto Sumardiyanto
Available Online September 2019.
DOI
10.2991/icsshpe-18.2019.15How to use a DOI?
Keywords
sedentary behavior; older adults; physical inactivity; physical activity
Abstract

The purpose of this review is to describe sedentary behavior differences among male and female older adults. The studies reviewed were limited to 277 older adults (> 60 years old) who are willing to be interviewed and fill in the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) short form Indonesian version. From the IPAQ data, the only average sitting time spent in one day is processed. The result show there was differences between male and female adults on sedentary behavior (p=.000). Female older adult reported an average of more sedentary behavior than male. These findings require further in-depth study.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Sport Science, Health, and Physical Education (ICSSHPE 2018)
Series
Advances in Health Sciences Research
Publication Date
September 2019
ISBN
978-94-6252-791-1
ISSN
2468-5739
DOI
10.2991/icsshpe-18.2019.15How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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