Neighborhood safety and physical inactivity in adults from Curitiba, Brazil

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Pedro Curi Hallal³  Priscila Bezerra Gonçalves⁴  Rogério Cesar Fermino⁴  Ciro Romélio Rodriguez-Añez¹  Adriano Akira Ferreira Hino⁴  Rodrigo Siqueira Reis⁴  Cassiano Ricardo Rech² 

[1] Federal Technological University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil;State University of Ponta Grossa, Ponta Grossa, Brazil;Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil;Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil

关键词: Environment;    Adults;    Physical activity;    Safety;   

Others  :  824805
DOI  :  10.1186/1479-5868-9-72

 received in 2011-12-03, accepted in 2012-05-30,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

Background

Neighborhood safety is one of the environmental aspects that can influence physical activity. We analyzed the association between perceived neighborhood safety and physical inactivity (PI) in adults and examined effect modification according to sociodemographic variables.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted with 1,261 adults (62% women), age 18–69 years from Curitiba, Brazil.

Results

The perception of unsafe neighborhood was higher among women, older participants, those classified in the high socioeconomic (SES) group, overweighed and also among those reporting to have PA equipments and children. The association between perception safety of walking during the day and walking for leisure (women PR = 1.12 CI_95% = 1.02–1.22; men PR = 0.82 CI_95% = 0.64–1.05; interaction term PR = 1.38 CI_95% = 1.03–1.83) and safe perception was associated with PI, just in the highest SES group (PR = 1.09; CI_95% = 1.00–1.19; p trend = 0.032) when compared with their counterparts (low SES PR = 0.99; CI_95% = 0.90–1.04; p trend = 0.785; interaction term PR = 1.09; CI_95% = 1.03–1.15; p trend = 0.007).

Conclusion

The perception of safety in the neighborhood was associated with PI in transport, but this association varies across of sociodemographic variables.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Rech et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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