A Development of Indicators and Physical Health Evaluation System for University Students in Guangzhou City DOI:

Abstract

Background and Aim: The "Student Physical Health Standards" jointly formulated by the Ministry of Education and the State Sports General Administration have been officially implemented in all types of schools at all levels across the country. These tests have some drawbacks: The test method is single； Neglecting individual differences; Physical health tests and scholarships, linked to physical education scores, even lead to graduation failure, causing stress and anxiety; it neglects the cultivation of students' healthy lifestyles, emotional attitudes, and values. It is an important foundation for college education and the physical and mental health of the whole people to achieve new guarantees for the physical health test of college students in Guangzhou. This study is a survey study whose main purpose is to construct a physical health testing system for college students in Guangzhou.

Materials and Methods: This study is survey development research. Through a survey of no sport’s major university students from five universities in Guangzhou (Guangzhou University, Guangdong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangdong University of Technology, and South China University of Technology). 5 experts were interviewed, 7 members of the expert focus group discussed, and 19 Delphi experts conducted two rounds of validation. The Delphi technique and the Analytic Hierarchy Process were combined to calculate indicator weights using a qualitative and quantitative approach. In the Delphi expert correspondence, the importance scores of indicators are scored using the Likert 5-point scale, and the Analytic Hierarchy Process uses the difference in the average importance scores of each indicator to determine the Saaty scale value.

Results: Based on the TPB theory, the development of indicators and a physical health evaluation system for university students in Guangzhou City was constructed. The first level indicators, including physical shape, physical function, and psychological and behavioral health, were unanimously confirmed by 9 expert appraisal team members. There are 13 secondary indicators, including BMI value, body fat content, body shape, lung capacity, pull-ups, sit-ups, 50m, 800m, 1000m, standing long jump, skipping rope, sitting forward bend, and campus health running body shape.

Conclusion: The evaluation system of the physical health tests of college students in Guangzhou is confirmed by TPB theory to be a total of 30 three-level indicators. There are 3 primary indexes, which are physical quality, mental health, and health behavior management. There are 10 secondary indexes, which are body shape, body function, athletic ability, physical quality, etc. Tertiary indicators are 30, respectively, height, weight, BMI, cardiopulmonary function, and so on.