Introduction: Physical activity as a lifestyle factor has many positive effects, both for healthy and for sick people. It has been proven to prevent the occurrence or maintain internist diseases with a healthy lifestyle, including regular physical activity. Nevertheless, the number of physically active people is not at such an enviable level. Purpose: The purpose of the study is to determine the influence of the physical activity of hospitalized patients with internist diseases on their lifestyle and health. Methods: The used method is descriptive. Performed study was quantitative retrospective. From 228 individual care plans of patients with internistic diseases, data on their level of physical activity and socio-demographic data are obtained. Physical activity information is entered and processed in Microsoft Excel. Results: The study included 135 women and 93 male patients with internistic diseases. The majority of patients are older than 60 (66.4%) and retired (76.8%). Most of them have normal body weight (60%), and most patients are also not regularly physically active (59.5%). From 40% of patients who are regularly active, most of them (30%) do exercise three times a week. Discussion and conclusion: It has been shown that patients with chronic internistic illness who were involved in the study are not as physically active as described in the professional literature. There is a large variety of evidence that shows positive effects of regular physical activity: it can reduce pain and increase the patient's autonomy, thereby improving the quality of life. Patients should be engaged in regular physical activity as much as possible, so health professionals are teach patients and advise them how to live as healthy as possible despite the illness.
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