Background:
Physical activity level (PAL) is known to play an important role in reducing risk factors associated with sedentarism, in addition to
improving the mental health and health-related quality of life (HRQL).
Objective:
Investigate the relationship of PAL and their domains with HRQL, mood state (MS) and anxiety. Method: 140 Physical Education
students (23.6 ± 3.7 years) were evaluated. The Baecke Habitual Physical Activity and Quality of Life (QOL-36) questionnaires,
State-Trait Anxiety Inventories (STAI-S and STAI-T) and Profile of Mood States (POMS) scale were used to investigate PAL,
HRQL and mental health indicators. Pearson’s correlation coefficient examined the association between PAL and both mental health
and HRQL parameters.
Results:
There was a correlation between state anxiety and both the domain leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) (p = 0.013) and total PAL
score (p = 0.010). In relation to MS, a negative correlation was found between LTPA and total mood disorder (TMD) (p = 0.004).
However, there were positive correlations between the vigor subscale and both LTPA (p=0.001) and total PAL (p=0.019). With
respect to HRQL, analysis of the relationship between LTPA and total PAL demonstrated positive coefficients with the physical
component summary (PCS) (p=0.000; p = 0.005), mental component summary (MCS) (p = 0.000; p = 0.006) and total
HRQL (p = 0.000; p = 0.003). Conclusion:
The findings suggest that the rise in LTPA was related to an increase in HRQL and MS. However, PAL was positively related to
anxiety
