Comparing sitting time between male and female undergraduate students during weekdays and weekends

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the total daily sitting time for male and female undergraduate students and to compare their daily sitting time between weekdays and weekends. A sample of 375 participants responded to the Sedentary Behaviour Questionnaires (SBQ) survey. T-test was used to a...

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Main Authors: Juren, Yohana Unyang, Soh, Kim Geok, Soh, Kim Lam, Ong, Swee Leong, M. K., Siswantoyo, Sunardi, Jaka
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Published: Ubiquity Press 2020
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spelling my.upm.eprints.882102022-05-18T01:12:00Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88210/ Comparing sitting time between male and female undergraduate students during weekdays and weekends Juren, Yohana Unyang Soh, Kim Geok Soh, Kim Lam Ong, Swee Leong M. K., Siswantoyo Sunardi, Jaka The purpose of this study was to evaluate the total daily sitting time for male and female undergraduate students and to compare their daily sitting time between weekdays and weekends. A sample of 375 participants responded to the Sedentary Behaviour Questionnaires (SBQ) survey. T-test was used to analyse the differences in sitting time between genders, while multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was performed to investigate the gender differences in the sitting time between weekdays and weekends. The results showed that female undergraduate have a longer daily sitting time (M=9.64 hours/day, SD=30.302) as compared to the male undergraduate (M=9.46 hours/day, SD=31.296). However, there was no significant difference reported between sitting time for both genders (t=1.379, p= 0.169, p>0.05). Higher total sitting time on weekdays and weekends were also reported by female undergraduate students as compared the male undergraduate students. Similarly, no significant findings were also reported between genders during weekdays and weekends. The reported F-value was F(2,375)=1.7, P=0.05: Wikls’ Lambda=.99; partial eta squared=0.007. Prolong durations of daily sitting time (more then 6 hours daily) is associated with higher rate of chronic diseases and premature death especially among working adults. Hence, undergraduates who are future workforce replacements need to be encouraged to be active and not sit too long during their study years. Good habits such as completing their tasks while standing and to break the prolonged sitting patterns with slight movements should be inculated in their daily routines. This can help them to reduce the risk of being sedentary by sitting too much and too long in a day. Ubiquity Press 2020 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88210/1/ABSTRACT.pdf Juren, Yohana Unyang and Soh, Kim Geok and Soh, Kim Lam and Ong, Swee Leong and M. K., Siswantoyo and Sunardi, Jaka (2020) Comparing sitting time between male and female undergraduate students during weekdays and weekends. European Journal of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, 7 (3). 79 - 87. ISSN 2515-8260 https://ejmcm.com/article_1498.html#:~:text=The%20results%20showed%20that%20female,0.169%2C%20p%3E0.05).
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description The purpose of this study was to evaluate the total daily sitting time for male and female undergraduate students and to compare their daily sitting time between weekdays and weekends. A sample of 375 participants responded to the Sedentary Behaviour Questionnaires (SBQ) survey. T-test was used to analyse the differences in sitting time between genders, while multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was performed to investigate the gender differences in the sitting time between weekdays and weekends. The results showed that female undergraduate have a longer daily sitting time (M=9.64 hours/day, SD=30.302) as compared to the male undergraduate (M=9.46 hours/day, SD=31.296). However, there was no significant difference reported between sitting time for both genders (t=1.379, p= 0.169, p>0.05). Higher total sitting time on weekdays and weekends were also reported by female undergraduate students as compared the male undergraduate students. Similarly, no significant findings were also reported between genders during weekdays and weekends. The reported F-value was F(2,375)=1.7, P=0.05: Wikls’ Lambda=.99; partial eta squared=0.007. Prolong durations of daily sitting time (more then 6 hours daily) is associated with higher rate of chronic diseases and premature death especially among working adults. Hence, undergraduates who are future workforce replacements need to be encouraged to be active and not sit too long during their study years. Good habits such as completing their tasks while standing and to break the prolonged sitting patterns with slight movements should be inculated in their daily routines. This can help them to reduce the risk of being sedentary by sitting too much and too long in a day.
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author Juren, Yohana Unyang
Soh, Kim Geok
Soh, Kim Lam
Ong, Swee Leong
M. K., Siswantoyo
Sunardi, Jaka
spellingShingle Juren, Yohana Unyang
Soh, Kim Geok
Soh, Kim Lam
Ong, Swee Leong
M. K., Siswantoyo
Sunardi, Jaka
Comparing sitting time between male and female undergraduate students during weekdays and weekends
author_facet Juren, Yohana Unyang
Soh, Kim Geok
Soh, Kim Lam
Ong, Swee Leong
M. K., Siswantoyo
Sunardi, Jaka
author_sort Juren, Yohana Unyang
title Comparing sitting time between male and female undergraduate students during weekdays and weekends
title_short Comparing sitting time between male and female undergraduate students during weekdays and weekends
title_full Comparing sitting time between male and female undergraduate students during weekdays and weekends
title_fullStr Comparing sitting time between male and female undergraduate students during weekdays and weekends
title_full_unstemmed Comparing sitting time between male and female undergraduate students during weekdays and weekends
title_sort comparing sitting time between male and female undergraduate students during weekdays and weekends
publisher Ubiquity Press
publishDate 2020
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88210/1/ABSTRACT.pdf
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