WHO recommendations on physical activity versus compliance rate within a specific urban population as assessed through IPAQ survey: a cross-sectional cohort study

ObjectiveThe study was designed to address the following three key areas, that is, (1) evaluate overall level of physical activity in the residents of a mid-sized, Central-European city, (2) compliance level with WHO’s recommendations on physical activity in leisure time and (3) actual impact of sel...

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Published in:BMJ open 2019-06, Vol.9 (6), p.e028334-e028334
Main Authors: Macek, Pawel, Terek-Derszniak, Malgorzata, Zak, Marek, Biskup, Malgorzata, Ciepiela, Przemyslaw, Krol, Halina, Smok-Kalwat, Jolanta, Gozdz, Stanislaw
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Language:English
Subjects:
Chronic illnesses
Cohort analysis
Epidemiology
Exercise
Health care
Leisure
Lifestyles
Mortality
Population
Public Health
Questionnaires
Sociodemographics
Womens health
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Summary:ObjectiveThe study was designed to address the following three key areas, that is, (1) evaluate overall level of physical activity in the residents of a mid-sized, Central-European city, (2) compliance level with WHO’s recommendations on physical activity in leisure time and (3) actual impact of select socioeconomic factors on the physical activity level within the study population.MethodsAssessment of the source data collected for 4619 participants (1532 men and 3087 women, aged 45–65 years; mean age 56.41±5.31 years) was completed. Three levels of physical activity, and compliance level with pertinent WHO recommendations was evaluated, based on International Physical Activity Questionnaire (long form). Multilevel logistic regression models of socioeconomic factors associated with moderate-level, high-level physical activity, and WHO recommendations were developed.ResultsData analyses revealed that 6.19% of the study participants (n=286) engaged in low-level physical activity, 48.86%—in moderate-level activity, while high-level activity was reported in 44.94% of them. Compliance with pertinent WHO recommendations was higher in men aged 44–55 years, boasting upper-level education, living without a partner and in the persons with a net income over €1140 per household.ConclusionsOverall level of physical activity in the residents of a mid-sized, Central-European city was established as moderate. Pertinent WHO recommendations on physical activity were met by 4.2% of the subjects only.
ISSN:2044-6055
2044-6055
DOI:10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028334