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Clínica e Investigación en Arteriosclerosis (English Edition) Habit of physical-sports practice and the healthy lifestyle among Spanish adults...
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Vol. 37. Issue 5.
(September - October 2025)
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Vol. 37. Issue 5.
(September - October 2025)
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Habit of physical-sports practice and the healthy lifestyle among Spanish adults from 22 to 72 years of age
Hábito de la práctica fisicodeportiva y estilo de vida saludable en adultos españoles de 22 a 72 años
Pedro Luis Rodríguez Garcíaa,b, Juan José Pérez Sotoa,b, Eliseo García Cantób, Pedro Javier Tarraga Marcosc, Pedro Juan Tárraga Lópezd,
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a Faculty of Education, Public University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain
b AFYDOS Research Group, Public University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain
c Hospital Clinico de San Juan (Alicante), Faculty of Medicine of Albacete, Castilla-La Mancha University, Spain
d Faculty of Medicine of Albacete, UCLM, Spain
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Table 1. Rating scale of the acquired healthy living style (E-VEVSA). A: never; B: almost never; C: sometimes; D: quite often e: very frequently.
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Table 2. Descriptive results corresponding to the items of the physical-sports practice habits factor.
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Table 3. Descriptives results based on gender corresponding to the recommendations for healthy daily physical-sports practice (items 8 and 14 of the E-VEVSA scale).
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Table 4. Established correlations between items on physical-sports practice habits.
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Table 5. Contingency table that relates the level of physical-sport practice habits with sex.
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Table 6. Contingency table that relates the level of physical-sport practice habits with age.
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Table 7. t-Test for independent samples of the differences in means of item scores for the factor “physical-sporting practice habits” based on sex.
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Table 8. One-factor ANOVA that analyzes the differences in the scores of the “Physical-sports practice habits” depending on the age groups. Dependent variable: physical-sport activity habit; DMS (difference in mean scores).
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Abstract
Background

Physical-sports habits in adulthood constitute one of the predictors of physical, psychological and social health within healthy lifestyles.

Methods

The Acquired Healthy Lifestyle Assessment Scale was applied to a sample of 788 subjects between the ages of 22 and 72 and the dimension that makes up physical-sports practice habits was analyzed.

Results

74.4% of adults have habits of physical-sports practice that are not healthy or unhealthy, 18.8% tend towards health and only 6.9% are healthy. Pearson's 2 tests show a significant association between men and healthy habits, without observing changes associated with the age variable. The t-Student and one-factor ANOVA tests confirm the relationship between the level of health and physical-sports practice habits depending on sex and age.

Conclusions

It is necessary to promote preventive programs to increase participation in the practice of physical and sports exercise in the adult population that has unhealthy or unhealthy levels of lifestyle.

Keywords:
Physical activity practice
Test
Evaluation
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Fundamento

Los hábitos fisicodeportivos en la edad adulta constituyen uno de los predictores de salud física, psicológica y social dentro de los estilos de vida saludables.

Métodos

Se aplicó la escala de evaluación de estilos de vida saludable adquiridos a una muestra de 788 sujetos entre 22 y 72 años y se analizó la dimensión que conforman los hábitos de práctica fisicodeportiva.

Resultados

El 74,4% de los adultos tiene hábitos de práctica fisicodeportiva que no son saludables, el 18,8% tienden a la salud y solo el 6,9% son saludables. Las 2 pruebas de Pearson muestran una asociación significativa entre hombres y hábitos saludables, sin observarse cambios asociados a la variable edad. Las pruebas t de Student y ANOVA de un factor confirman la relación entre el nivel de salud y los hábitos de práctica fisicodeportiva en función del sexo y la edad.

Conclusiones

Es necesario promover programas preventivos para incrementar la participación en la práctica de ejercicio físico y deportivo en la población adulta que tiene estilos de vida poco saludables.

Palabras clave:
Práctica de actividad física
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Evaluación

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