The Characteristic of Body Mass Index Physical Fitness Level and Systolic Blood Pressure in Adolescent
Nurvita Risdiana (a*), Syahruramdhani (a), Ristyo Utari (a)
(a*)School of Nursing Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, *nurvita.risdiana[at]umy.ac.id
Abstract
Lastly, the effect of modern era increasing the sedentary life style. Sedentary behaviour was lack on physical activity. It has relationship with physical inactivity. It would have an effect on Body Mass Index, Physical Fitness Level and Systolic Blood Pressure. Adolescents were an investment in the future. Therefore, preventing from the disease in the future was fundamental. Still limited study about detection in adolescent especially in Body Mass Index, Physical Fitness Level and Systolic Blood Pressure. This quantitative research used in this study with descriptive and cross-sectional approach. The participants were 60 female and male adolescents with age range between 20-23 years old which chosen by purposive sampling. The exclusion criteria were the adolescent with cardiovascular and respiration disorder. Descriptive and univariate analyses used to analyse this study. After gathered data 71,66% adolescent have normal Body Mass Index, 33,33% adolescent have excellent Physical Fitness Level and 96,67% adolescent have normal Systolic Blood Pressure. Almost of the participants have the decent Body Mass Index, Physical Fitness Level and Systolic Blood Pressure
Keywords: Body Mass Index; Physical Fitness Level; Systolic Blood Pressure
Topic: International Conference on Nursing