Social correlates of leisure-time sedentary behaviours in Canadian adults

Abstract

Research on the correlates of sedentary behaviour among adults is needed to design health interventions to modify this behaviour. This study explored the associations of social correlates with leisure-time sedentary behaviour of Canadian adults, and whether these associations differ between different types of sedentary behaviour. A sample of 12,021 Canadian adults was drawn from the 2012 Canadian Community Health Survey, and analyzed using binary logistic regression to model the relationships that marital status, the presence of children in the household, and social support have with overall time spent sitting, using a computer, playing video games, watching television, and reading during leisure time. Covariates included gender, age, education, income, employment status, perceived health, physical activity level, body mass index (BMI), and province or territory of residence. Extensive computer time was primarily negatively related to being in a common law relationship, and primarily positively related to being single/never married. Being single/never married was positively associated with extensive sitting time in men only. Having children under 12 in the household was protective against extensive video game and reading times. Increasing social support was negatively associated with extensive computer time in men and women, while among men increasing social support was positively associated with extensive sitting time. Computer, video game, television, and reading time have unique correlates among Canadian adults. Marital status, the presence of children in the household, and social support should be considered in future analyses of sedentary activities in adults.

The Role of Recreational Online Activities in School-Based Screen Time Sedentary Behaviour Interventions for Adolescents: A Systematic and Critical Literature Review

“…Following evidence concerning the increase in prevalence of problematic/addictive use (Kuss et al 2014), an interdisciplinary integration of research evidence (Colder Carras et al 2017;Tremblay et al 2011) is required. This should examine (i) the way these separate activities interact (Presseau et al 2015), (ii) the way they contribute uniquely to the physical and psycho-emotional impacts experienced by adolescents, (iii) understand the motivations that potentially lead to an increase of sedentary lifestyles (Griffiths 2010), (iv) apply longitudinal research and updated assessment tools per activity (Altenburg et al 2016;Brug et al 2010), (v) assess the contribution of the different intervention components in effecting change (Smith et al 2014a(Smith et al , 2014b, and targeting attitude and breaking habit strength (Chinapaw et al 2008), and (vi) reflect on normative developmental tasks facilitated by online affordances (Huffman and Szafron 2017). Primarily, the construct of ST requires re-definition because the time investment refers and addresses only part of the problematic use involved in obesity and other noncommunicable diseases, which in order to address effectively in interventions needs to target the content, the context, the motivations driving excessive involvement, and the provision of alternative screen-free sources of satisfaction holistically (Griffiths et al 2018;Throuvala et al 2019a).…”

“…The aforementioned concerns and other negative health outcomes (Moreno et al 2011) (i.e. cardiovascular disease, type two diabetes), crucial health indicators (Chinapaw et al 2011;Tremblay et al 2011), and shorter sleep duration particularly for portable devices (Hysing et al 2015;Twenge et al 2019) require interventions that attend to ST correlates, whether social, physical or emotional (Huffman and Szafron 2017). This, in turn, has led to a growing number of intervention studies that aim to reduce ST and SBs either as a primary or a secondary outcome (Cong et al 2012) along with other health-compromising behaviours (i.e.…”

Determinantes do comportamento sedentário ao longo da vida

“…Outro estudo verificou que o tempo extenso de uso do computador estava relacionado negativamente a estar em união estável e positivamente a estar solteiro ou nunca ter sido casado; ter crianças com menos de 12 anos na casa diminuía o tempo gasto em jogos de videogame e de leitura 40 .…”

Factors associated with sedentary behavior among ELSA-Brasil participants: ecological model

“…Low LPL activity levels were associated with a substantial decrease in plasma triglyceride absorption by skeletal muscles, and, thus, fat is deposited in the vessels or adipose tissue 9. To successfully develop interventions to reduce this unhealthy behavior the factors associated with SB need to be identified. Recent research in Canada has shown that there are different determinants of SB, including marital status, presence of children in the household and social support 10 . Another study conducted in Japan showed that SB is more prevalent among the elderly, single and unemployed 11 .…”