Motivational and value-based attitude of law enforcement officers to motor activity as a factor of a healthy lifestyle

Wiad Lek. 2024;77(6):1224-1229. doi: 10.36740/WLek202406117.

Abstract

Objective: Aim: To study the attitude of law enforcement officers to motor activity and investigate its impact on their health.

Patients and methods: Materials and Methods: The research, which was conducted in 2022-2024, involved 163 law enforcement officers under the age of 30. Research methods: bibliosemantic, questionnaire, testing, medical and biological methods, methods of mathematical statistics.

Results: Results: It has been found that the vast majority of law enforcement officers (85.3 %) understand the importance of motor activity as a factor of a healthy lifestyle, its impact on physical and mental health, and quality of their professional activities. At the same time, only 27.6 % of law enforcement officers systematically engage in motor activity, 52.8 % do it sporadically, and 25.8 % do not engage in it at all. Among the reasons that prevent them from exercising are lack of time (65.6 %), lack of desire (31.3 %), and fatigue after a service day (28.1 %). It has been found that law enforcement officers who systematically engage in motor activity have a significantly better level of health (7.31 points) compared to those who engage in occasional motor activity (5.07 points) and do not engage at all (2.19 points).

Conclusion: Conclusions: The positive impact of motor activity on the level of health of law enforcement officers has been proved. Good health is a guarantee of high resistance of law enforcement officers to negative factors of professional activities, professional longevity, and quality of their professional tasks.

Keywords: health; healthy lifestyle; law enforcement officers; motor activity.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Exercise
  • Female
  • Healthy Lifestyle*
  • Humans
  • Law Enforcement
  • Male
  • Motivation
  • Motor Activity
  • Police*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires