Conhecimento de estudantes universitários do curso de educação física sobre o câncer e seus fatores de risco

Abstract

Introduction: The cancer cases has increased significantly worldwide, mostly from the last century, so today, one of the most important public health problems worldwide. Here in Brazil, cancer is now the second largest cause of death, second only to cardiovascular diseases. As a health care profession, Physical education in Brazil does not seem to present often in their curriculum disciplines or complementary activities which explore or produce knowledge on the. On the other hand, clinical and experimental studies involving the practice of physical training in the treatment or prevention of cancer has shown encouraging results in recent years. Even so, few epidemiological studies have examined the association of physical activity with other types of cancers that are not about breast cancer, colon, rectum and prostate. Objectives: This project aims to evaluate and score the knowledge of the College students of Physical Education about the cancer (in its various forms), their risk factors and their relationship with a sedentary lifestyle. Materials and Methods: This is a epidemiologic cross-sectional, population-based study that attended 217 voluntarily students, between 17 and 29 years old, originating from two Institutions of Higher Education, being one of then of the Mid-West region of Minas Gerais state e another one of north area od Sao Paulo state (both in Brazil), chosen by convenience sampling, once your courses perform cooperation with graduate degree in health promotion Unifran. The volunteers answered a questionnaire developed by the researchers for this purpose along the Survey Monkey platform. Results and Discussion: Participated in the study 99 men and 118 women with predominant age range of responses between 20-29 years equivalent to 70 of all responses. It was observed that 11% of the sample didn't know answer the definition of cancer but in contrast 90,3% recognize the sedentary lifestyle and dietary patterns as risk factors. Only 22,6% recognized obesity as a risk factor for developing cancer, and even a smaller percentage (13,4%) know the correct concept about what it's like to be physically active according to WHO. We conclude the existence of the need for inclusion of disciplines/activities about this subject in the curriculum of Physical Education Faculty with a view to increasing participation this kind of professional on multidisciplinary teams working in health promotion. Keywords: Cancer; exercise; dietary pattern, physical inactivity