Pengetahuan, Perilaku Berolahraga dan Status Kesegaran Jasmani Warga Kelurahan Kebon Manggis Umur 20-39 Tahun, Jakarta Timur, 1998

Abstract

Study of physical fitness have been conducted at Kelurahan Kebon Manggis in 1998 to validate the measurement of fitness status using questionnaire of modul Susenas 1995. The study also identified information about knowledge, behavior and fitness status of the 20-39 year-old group in that regency. A total of 235 respondents were collected purposively who could come to Fitness Health Center, were healthy, without hypertension history, and had no cardiac disease. The results showed 77% of the respondents had \u27low\u27 status of fitness. The fitness knowledge was \u27low\u27, primarily on knowledge about frequency and duration of exercise and also clothes that ideally should be used for fitness. A total of 76,6% of the respondents doing exercise during the last three months, but not enough on frequency, duration, and intensity of exercise. 68,6% of males and 18,8% of females had smoking habit. Variables of \u27Body Mass Index\u27, \u27duration of smoking\u27 and \u27doing exercise during the last 3 months\u27 had significant relationship with the status of fitness