Nível de atividade física e fatores correlacionados em comunidades indígenas do município do Oiapoque no Estado do Amapá

Abstract

Introduction: for a long time the world population has undergone a rapid process of epdimiological transition with changes in nutritional profiles and lifestyle. These changes are also observed among indigenous peoples in Brazil. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), physical inactivity along with other factors causes changes in the health of the population. Studying the level of physical activity and associated factors in indigenous communities is fundamental to understanding the changes that have been taking place in these communities due to social and economic changes in Brazil. Objective: to estimate the level of physical activity in five indigenous communities in the municipality of Oiapoque, in the state of Amapá, and its correlation with socioeconomic and sociodemographic factors. Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional, quantitative and descriptive epidemiological study in which secondary data variables were recorded in the DSEI-AP and NP / SESAI / MS database cataloged in 2016, concerning sociodemographic variables, socioeconomic and physical activity levels of five indigenous villages in the Oiapoque region of the state of Amapá. Statistical analysis was done through the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), version 22.0 for Windows (IBM SPPS STATISTICS 22). For the sociodemographic and socioeconomic quantitative descriptive variables, relative frequencies (f%) were used. Results: the indigenous communities have a younger population with 39.49% of the natives in the age group of 18 to 28 years and other 28.99% are in the range of 29 to 39 years, as well as the marital status 77.54% are married, as for the sex in the majority are women who represent 53.90% of the population, on the socioeconomic level 73,19% belong to economy class E. The level of physical activity was satisfactory where 61.59% of the indigenous people were classified as very active, 30.07% as active, 1.45% as irregularly active A, 2.17% as irregularly active B and 4.71% as sedentary. In the analysis stratified by age, youngsters and adults presented good levels of physical activity, mainly youngsters from 18 to 28 years old, where 49% are very active, 40% are active, 1% is irregularly active, 4% is irregularly active, B is 6% were classified as sedentary. Among individuals between 50 and 60 years old, 73% are very active, 15% are active and 12% are sedentary. As for analysis stratified by sex, 49% of men are very active and 42% active, 62% of women are very active and 30% active, the index of sedentarism was 5% for both men and women. Conclusion: the study showed that the indigenous population presents satisfactory levels of physical activity when compared to the non-indigenous Brazilian population and that the socio-demographic factors do not significantly interfere in the level of physical activity of the indigenous population, except for the socioeconomic classes that presented correlation with the level of physical activity - NAF and the marital situation that has shown to interfere where widowed / separated Indians are more sedentary than married and single