摘要：The frequen cy of different level and types of psychiatric disorders is about 20%.Exercise activities are recommended in addition to their medical treatment.The objective of this study is to determine the physical activity level o f psychiatric patients under treatment.A total o f 110 female and male patients (age 32.6 ± 8.5) were evaluated by a physical activity questionnaire.Results were compared with the results of 94 sedantery female and male individuals (age 36.5 ± 10.1).Determinative Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal-Vallis statistics have been utilized (Alpha = 0.05).There was a significant difference between transport,home,sports and total indices of both populations (p<0∙05).The difference of work,transport,home and total indices (met∕h) between disorder groups (schizophrenia,depression,trait anxiety) was significant (p<0.05)∙ Daily physical activity levels of patients with mental disorders are generally low.To avoid the hazards of sedantery life-style and to benefit from exercise activity (especially in affective disorders),recommendation of physica l activity to th ese patients is necessary.
