Estudo dos níveis de fadiga e de ansiedade de estudantes do curso de educação física

Abstract

Objective: To identify the level of fatigue and anxiety in physical education students. Method: A descriptive cross-sectional survey was carried out with 62 students (31 male and 31 female). To assess the level of fatigue, the Fatigue Scale Questionnaire by Piper et al. (1998) was used and for the level of anxiety the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (IDATE). Results: The classification of the level of fatigue by gender followed similar trends in percentages, highlighting the severe level, which showed values three times higher for females, although without significant difference. In estimating State-anxiety, there was a trend towards a difference in the classification of the high level for the female group. In the classification of the level of Trait-anxiety, there was a significant difference (p=0.007) in the comparison between genders, with a high level for females. Conclusions: Although most of the studied sample presented a classification of the level of anxiety considered average, a high level of Trait-anxiety was observed in female students. For fatigue levels, a predominant classification was recorded in the medium category, with no difference between male and female students.