Relationship between Physical Activity and the Sense of Coherence in Healthy Adults

Objective: This study seeks to stablish a relation between the level of physical activity and the Sense of Coherence in young adults.
Design: Cross sectional and analytical study in healthy young participants
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Participants: 191 active or inactive adult men or women between the ages of 18 and 45 without cognitive alterations. Professional or amateur athletes were excluded.
Main measurements: Relationship between the Sense of coherence instrument (SOC-13) and Inventory of Physical Activity Questionnaire (/IPAQ) were applied.
Results: the physical activity levels in the sample were distributed as: high level 34% medium level 52%, and low level 13%. The mean of SOC-13 was 52.4. No difference was found when comparing between SOC-13 for each group of physical activity (high: 55, medium: 54, low: 58 p>0.05), no relationship between SOC-13, age, and MET’s reported by participants was found.
Conclusions: In healthy individuals, the IPAQ measure of physical activity levels showed no relationship with the sense of coherence in healthy young adults. Apparently, a sedentary lifestyle does not correlate with an individual's self-directed pursuit of health. It is possible that being physically active or sedentary is related to extrinsic variables associated with culture or family environment.