英文摘要 |
In the past few years, Taiwan's information technology industry made famous in the worldwide high-tech market, which allowed high-tech employees acquired high wages and benefits. However, behind this abounded income compensation, most IT employees have to face long work time and high work stress in order to catch up with the rapid change of information technology. According to a health survey done by CLINIC OF HSINCHU SCIENCE PARK, At age 30 years and over the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors (weight, total cholesterol and blood pressure higher than normal value) in high-tech employees was near 40%, in which male employees have more adverse profile than female employees. Therefore, this study aims at validating two physical activity questionnaires, naming Taiwan International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) long version and the modified WHO-MONICA Optional Study of Physical Activity Questionnaire (MOSPA) for measuring physical activity levels in male engineers to promote health. The results showed that modified MOSPA held a significant correlation with the criterion in total physical activity EE (r = 0.46 respectively), whereas IPAQ held no statistical significance. The MOSPA questionnaire is easy to administer and moderately correlated to accelerometer data, is suitable for assessing physical activity levels in high-technology male engineers in large scale field studies. |