Using accelerometers and global positioning system devices to assess gender and age differences in children’s school, transport, leisure and home based physical activity

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Jens Troelsen¹  Annette K Ersbøll²  Jacqueline Kerr⁴  Hayley Christian³  Jasper Schipperijn¹  Charlotte D Klinker¹ 

[1]Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark

[2]National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Øster Farimagsgade 5A, 1353 Copenhagen K, Denmark

[3]Centre for the Built Environment and Health, School of Population Health, and Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia

[4]Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA

关键词: Physical activity patterns;    Context-specific;    Spatial behaviour;    Global positioning system (GPS);    Accelerometer;    Physical activity;    Adolescent;    Children;   

Others  :  805615
DOI  :  10.1186/1479-5868-11-8

 received in 2013-09-10, accepted in 2014-01-21,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Knowledge on domain-specific physical activity (PA) has the potential to advance public health interventions and inform new policies promoting children’s PA. The purpose of this study is to identify and assess domains (leisure, school, transport, home) and subdomains (e.g., recess, playgrounds, and urban green space) for week day moderate to vigorous PA (MVPA) using objective measures and investigate gender and age differences.

Methods

Participants included 367 Danish children and adolescents (11–16 years, 52% girls) with combined accelerometer and Global Positioning System (GPS) data (mean 2.5 days, 12.7 hrs/day). The Personal Activity and Location Measurement System and a purpose-built database assessed data in 15-second epochs to determine PA and assign epochs to 4 domains and 11 subdomains. Frequencies and proportions of time spent in MVPA were determined and differences assessed using multi-level modeling.

Results

More than 90% of MVPA was objectively assigned to domains/subdomains. Boys accumulated more MVPA overall, in leisure, school and transport (all p < 0.05). Children compared with adolescents accumulated more MVPA, primarily through more school MVPA (p < 0.05). Boys spent a large proportion of time accumulating MVPA in playgrounds, active transport, Physical Education, sports facilities, urban green space and school grounds. Girls spent a significant proportion of time accumulating MVPA in active transport and playgrounds. No gender or age differences were found in the home domain.

Conclusions

Large variations were found in PA frequency and intensity across domains/subdomains. Significant gender differences were found, with girls being less active in almost all domains and subdomains. Objectively measured patterns of PA across domains/subdomains can be used to better tailor PA interventions and inform future policies for promoting child PA.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Klinker et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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