搬到一个活动友好的社区可以增加身体活动
Chanam Lee1,2, Minjie Xu1,3, Xuemei Zhu1,4
1Center for Health Systems & Design, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX,USA.
Journal of physical activity & health
|August 19, 2023
概括
转移到一个活动友好的社区 (AFC) 显著增加了每天超过10分钟的中度至剧烈的体力活动 (PA). 这为AFC作为有效的PA推广策略提供了因果关系证据.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 城市规划 城市规划
- 行为科学 行为科学
背景情况:
- 活动友好型社区 (AFC) 被认为是促进体育活动 (PA).
- 社区环境和PA水平之间的因果关系需要进一步调查.
- 现有的研究主要依赖于横截面数据.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定是否迁移到AFC导致成年人增加PA.
- 为量化转移到AFC后的PA水平的变化.
- 为了比较AFC与非AFC居民的PA变化.
主要方法:
- 采用了一个前后,案例比较研究设计.
- 从115名成年人中收集了加速计和调查数据 (37个案例,78个比较).
- 差异差异和固定效应模型,包括倾向性得分匹配,用于分析.
主要成果:
- 转移到AFC导致每日中度至强度PA (MVPA) 的平均增加10.88分钟.
- 固定效应模型证实,搬迁后每天的MVPA显著增加.
- 基线活动较低,收入较高的个人显示MVPPA增加较大.
结论:
- 迁移到AFC显著提高了居民的PA水平.
- 这项研究提供了支持AFC作为有效的PA促进干预措施的因果证据.
- AFC显示出作为增加人口水平PA的可持续策略的潜力.
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