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World J Psychiatry. May 19, 2023; 13(5): 191-202
Published online May 19, 2023. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v13.i5.191
Effect of exercise prescription teaching on exercise quality and mental health status of college students
Xing-Long Zhong, Da-Li Sheng, Tong-Zhou Cheng, Zhe-Wei Zhang
Xing-Long Zhong, Da-Li Sheng, Tong-Zhou Cheng, Zhe-Wei Zhang, Police Command and Tactics Department, Zhejiang Police College, Hangzhou 310053, Zhejiang Province, China
Author contributions: Zhong XL conceptualized and designed the study, and collected and compiled the data; Sheng DL provided administrative support; Chen TZ provided the research materials and patients; Zhang ZW and Chen TZ analyzed and interpreted the data; and all authors wrote and approved the final version of the manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: The study was approved by the Institutional Review Committee of Zhejiang Police Academy.
Informed consent statement: All study participants provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors disclosed no relevant relationships.
Data sharing statement: Relevant raw data for this test are available upon reasonable request.
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Corresponding author: Xing-Long Zhong, LLB, Lecturer, Police Command and Tactics Department, Zhejiang Police College, No. 555 Binwen Road, Binjiang District, Hangzhou 310053, Zhejiang Province, China. zhongxinglong2023@163.com
Received: March 6, 2023
Peer-review started: March 6, 2023
First decision: March 15, 2023
Revised: March 21, 2023
Accepted: April 19, 2023
Article in press: April 19, 2023
Published online: May 19, 2023
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Abstract
BACKGROUND

The teaching mode of fitness exercise prescriptions for college students in physical education conforms to the scientific principles and rules of fitness, which can adapt to the characteristics of students' individual physiological functions and stimulate their interest in learning.

AIM

To analyze the effect of prescribed exercise teaching on the sports quality and mental health of college students.

METHODS

The participants of the study were 240 students in our class of 2021, of which 142 were men and 98 were women. The 240 students were randomly divided into an experimental group using the exercise prescription teaching model and a control group using the conventional teaching model. The experimental and control groups were divided into four classes of 30 students each. The teaching activities of the two teaching mode groups were strictly controlled, and the same tests were used before and after the experiment to test the subjects' exercise quality (in-cluding standing long jump, 50 m race, 800 m race, sit-ups, sit-and-reach), physical form (including height, weight, Ketorolai index), cardiopulmonary function (including heart rate, blood pressure, spirometry, 12-min running distance, maximum oxygen intake) and mental health (SCL-90, including somatization, obsessive-compulsive, interpersonal, depression, anxiety, hostility, phobia, paranoia, psychotic symptoms) to understand the effects of the exercise prescription teaching mode on students' physical and mental health status.

RESULTS

There were differences in the exercise scores of standing long jump, 50 m, 800 m/1000 m running, sit-ups, and sit-and-reach in the experimental group after the experiment compared with those before the experiment, and the above indices of the experimental group were different from those of the control group after the experiment (P < 0.05). There were differences in body weight and Ketorolai index in the experimental group after the experiment compared to those before the experiment, and the indices of the experimental group were also different from those of the control group after the experiment (P < 0.05). After the experiment, there were differences in spirometry, 12-min running distance, and maximum oxygen intake in the experimental group compared to those before the experiment, and the indices of the experimental group were also different from those of the control group after the experiment (P < 0.05). After the experiment, the indicators of somatization, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, and hostility in the experimental group were different from those in the pre-experimental group, and the indexes of the experimental group were also different from those of the control group after the experiment (P < 0.05).

CONCLUSION

Exercise prescription teaching can mobilize college students' consciousness, enthusiasm, and initiative; expand personalities; enhance physical fitness and improve their mental health more than the conventional fitness exercise prescription teaching method.

Keywords: Exercise prescription teaching; College students; Exercise quality; Mental health status

Core Tip: In order to better create a positive and optimistic outlook on life for college students and increase their interest in physical exercise, it is necessary to apply the physical health prescription course in the process of school physical education teaching. By using sports prescription teaching, teachers develop targeted teaching contents and methods in the teaching class according to the physical quality and health status of students, combine the teaching materials with students' self-learning, self-exercise, self-control, self-regulation and self-evaluation, give full play to students' main role, mobilize students' subjective initiative, realize the transformation from exam-oriented education to quality education, and promote students' all-round development. In view of the continuous decline in the physical and mental health of college students, based on the perspective of special teaching of physical education in colleges and universities, this study starts with the diagnosis of students' physique, provides students with personalized sports prescription teaching experiments with the main purpose of promoting physique, and provides scientific basis for improving students' current physical and mental health, guiding students to conduct scientific and reasonable physical exercise, and improving the effectiveness of school physical education.