Percepção da aptidão física relacionada à saúde na qualidade de vida: instrumento de ensino na disciplina de Qualidade de Vida II nos cursos de Engenharia Elétrica e Mecânica da UTFPR-CP

Abstract

Federal University of Technology - Paraná Campus Cornelio Procopio (UTFPR-CP) in line with its status entered the electives Quality of Life I and II courses in Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. The discipline of Quality of Life II seeks to educate students the importance of Physical Fitness Related to Health (PFHR) and its components (CPFHR for the Quality of Life (QOL). The aim of this study is to fill a gap detected in the evaluation area proposing a perceptual evaluation instrument of Physical Fitness Related to Health to assist in knowledge, learning content and context of the discipline of Quality of Life II of the engineering course of UTFPR-CP .The method of the study is an applied one, in its approach it’s a quantitative one, in relation to its technical procedures its a field one, and according to its goals it is a descriptive and correlative one. The sample consists of academics from UTFPR-CP, to whom questionnaires were given as a means of data collection. The data were analyzed using spreadsheets to prepare graphs and charts providing statistical analysis. The proposed construct was prepared and it was considered able to evaluate the PFHR perceptively. The correlations between PFHR, CPFHR were significant (p <0.001), but between PFHRF and QOL was not significant (p> 0,005). It was diagnosed by the application of the instrument that the Index of Physical Fitness Related to Health (IPFHR) is regular, which indicates the need for changing habits of the students regarding to physical activity. The students were classified by the scale proposed by the instrument and the percentile table elaborated with data from the questionnaires. The students and the teacher noticed that the instrument made it easier to them to understand the subject they had studied. With the results of the evaluation, the teachers of Quality of life II can have a support to diagnose the critical points of the class These critical points are useful in planning and prescription of activities in the lessons of the discipline of Quality of Life II. Appropriate physical activities help to make positive changes in the academics’ lifestyle. The construct, Perception of Physical Fitness Related to Health - Quality of life, was prepared as a product and it is available on the Internet and in a book which content is related to the discipline of Quality of Life II.