Changes in leisure time and occupational physical activity over 8 years: the Cornelle Health Interview Survey Follow-Up Study

Abstract

Aim: To describe changes in leisure time and occupational physical activity status in an urban Mediterranean population-based cohort, and to evaluate sociodemographic, health-related and lifestyle correlates of such changes.

Predictors of Physical Activity Change Among Adults Using Observational Designs

“…Seventeen [49, 51, 53-55, 61-63, 65-73] of the 20 studies found no significant and meaningful relationship between sex and change in PA, while one study showed men had a larger decline in PA than women [52]. Of the seven studies focused specifically on adoption of PA, six also showed null or not clinically meaningful relationships between sex and PA [49,54,61,63,66,73], while Cornelio et al [60] identified men as more likely to adopt PA over time than women. Similar findings were present in studies designed to examine PA maintenance, where five [49,54,61,63,66] of six showed null findings, yet Weiss et al [58] reported a larger relapse in PA for women than men.…”

“…Thirteen studies evaluated an income variable (defined as a household currency earned) in relation to PA change [41,49,50,52,54,58,60,64,66,75,[77][78][79]. The best study designs were from Boone-Heinonen et al [79] and Brown et al [50], who used a change in income variable in order to correlate this with change in PA.…”

“…Nineteen independent samples were present to appraise chronological age as a predictor of PA change [41,[49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66]. Age was a delimited variable in this review, and ranged from a mean of 18 to 64 years.…”

Domínios de atividade física e escolaridade em São Paulo, Brasil: estudo transversal seriado, 2003 e 2008

“…A literatura internacional sobre tendências temporais de atividade física é, em grande parte, exclusiva de países de alta renda, cujos resultados apresentam diminuição dos níveis de atividade física realizada no trabalho 39 e aumento de atividade física no lazer 40 40 .…”

Incidence of overweight and obesity in a Mediterranean population-based cohort: The Cornellà Health Interview Survey Follow-up Study (CHIS.FU)

“…The independent variables included sociodemographic characteristics as collected in the 1994 baseline interview: sex (men/ women), age (continuous, and lower or higher than 45 years), marital status (single/married or living together/divorced or widowed), maximum educational level achieved (illiterate or primary studies/secondary or university studies), working status (active worker/no active worker), social class according to occupation (manual/non-manual) (Álvarez-Dardet et al, 1995), and health and lifestyle variables: self-perceived health categorized as optimal (very good or good) and suboptimal (fair, bad, very bad), alcohol consumption (no consumption: 0 g/day; moderate consumption: ≤ 40 g/day in males and ≤ 24 g/day in females; and risk consumption: N 40 g/day in males and N 24 g/day in females), and physical activity (sedentary/active) (Welsh Heart Health Survey, 1989;Cornelio et al 2008), smoking behavior (smoker, former smoker, non smoker), presence of tobacco-related diseases (yes/no).…”