Environmental factors associated with adults' participation in physical activity - A review
Environmental factors associated with adults' participation in physical activity - A review
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DOI：
10.1016/s0749-3797(01)00426-3
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发表时间：
2002-04-01
影响因子：
5.5
通讯作者：
Leslie, E
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作者：
Humpel, N;Owen, N;Leslie, E
背景：促进身体活动是一项公共卫生优先事项，成年人活动选择的环境背景的改变被认为是至关重要的。然而，在与体育活动相关的因素中，环境影响是最不为人所知的。方法：通过期刊扫描和计算机文献数据库检索，我们确定了19项定量研究，评估了感知和客观确定的物理环境属性与体育活动行为的关系。调查结果被分为五类：设施的可达性、活动机会、天气、安全和审美属性。结果：可达性、机会和审美属性与体育活动有显著的联系，天气和安全的关系不那么强。当研究汇集了不同的类别来创建复合变量时，这些关联不太可能具有统计学意义。结论：物理环境因素与身体活动行为具有一致的相关性。生态和环境模型的进一步发展，以及特定行为和特定环境的测量策略，应有助于进一步了解这些关联。需要前瞻性研究来确定可能的因果关系。
Background: Promoting physical activity is a public health priority, and changes in the environmental Contexts of adults' activity choices are believed to be crucial. However, of the factors associated with physical activity, environmental influences are among the least understood.Method: Using journal scans and computerized literature database searches, we identified 19 quantitative studies that assessed the relationships With physical activity behavior of perceived and objectively determined physical environment attributes. Findings were categorized into those examining five categories: accessibility of facilities, opportunities for activity, weather, safety, and aesthetic attributes.Results: Accessibility, opportunities, and aesthetic attributes had significant associations with physical activity, Weather and safety showed less-strong relationships. Where Studies pooled different categories to create composite variables, the associations were less likely to be statistically significant.Conclusions: Physical environment factors have consistent associations with physical activity behavior. Further development of ecologic and environmental models, together with behavior-specific and context-specific measurement strategies, should help in further understanding of these associations. Prospective Studies are required to identify possible causal relationships.