Physical Activity and its Determinant Factors Among Medical University Students of Kerman University of Medical Sciences

Chronic diseases are the main cause of death in the world and exercise can play an important role in preventing many chronic diseases.
Given the key role of medical students on public health behaviors the aim of this study was to assess physical activity and factors influencing it in medical students of Kerman University of Medical Sciences.
This cross-sectional study was carried out on all medical students of Kerman University of Medical Sciences by census method, in a six-month period. The valid and reliable self-administrate international physical activity questionnaire was used. Relevant data were entered in to SPSS20 software and the data were analyzed using ANOVA statistical test, chi-square and multinomial logistic regression.
The level of physical activity in 53.1% of the participants was low, in 36% was moderate and in 10.9% was vigorous. The results of Univariate analysis showed that there was no statistically significant association between age, domestic/ non-domestic, marital status, level of education, and type of housing with physical activity whereas there was a significant association between gender, mother and father occupation, mother and father educational level with the level of physical activity (P Medical students in Iran are not in a good status in terms of physical activity. Considering decisive role of parents in their children's attitudes towards physical activity, even in college, parent training seems necessary.