the relation between physical activity and life quality on students of sports sciences during the covid-19 pandemic

The purpose of this survey was to examine the levels of physical activity and life quality of sports sciences students in turkey during the covid-19 pandemic. in order to achieve this objective, necessary authorizations were secured and the survey was conducted by using surveys forms prepared in a digital environment and a total population of 414 students was reached in turkey, including 224 male and 190 female students. the turkish version of ipaq short form was used to determine the physical activity levels of the students whereas sf-36 life quality questionnaire was used to evaluate their life quality. package spss was used for the analysis of the data obtained. chi-square test was used to establish the relationship between physical activity and gender variables. independent sampling t-test was used for the comparisons of life quality sub-dimensions according to the gender variable while single way manova analysis was conducted to determine the difference between the activity level and life quality sub-dimensions. tukey analysis was used to be able to determine the origin of the differences between the groups. a significant difference was observed at four sub-dimensions of the life quality scale according to gender whereas no meaningful difference was observed at any sub-dimensions according to the area of specialization and grade. a relationship was determined between gender and physical activity as the female students were observed to have a greater inactivity tendency during the pandemic. on the other hand, a significant effect on life quality was determined according to physical activity levels.