Physical activity patterns among South-Asian adults: a systematic review

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Anoop Misra³  Ranil Jayawardena¹  Priyanga Ranasinghe²  Chathuranga D Ranasinghe⁴ 

[1] Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia;Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka;Fortis-C-DOC Centre of Excellence for Diabetes, Metabolic Diseases and Endocrinology, Chirag Enclave, New Delhi, India;Allied Health Sciences Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka

关键词: Adults;    South Asia;    Inactivity;    Physical activity;   

Others  :  806287
DOI  :  10.1186/1479-5868-10-116

 received in 2013-04-07, accepted in 2013-10-09,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Physical activity (PA) has many beneficial physical and mental health effects. Physical inactivity is considered the fourth leading risk factor for global mortality. At present there are no systematic reviews on PA patterns among South Asian adults residing in the region. The present study aims to systematically evaluate studies on PA patterns in South Asian countries. A five-staged comprehensive search of the literature was conducted in Medline, Web of Science and SciVerse Scopus using keywords ‘Exercise’, ‘Walking’, ‘Physical activity’, ‘Inactivity’, ‘Physical Activity Questionnaire’, ‘International Physical Activity Questionnaire’, ‘IPAQ’, ‘Global Physical Activity Questionnaire’ and ‘GPAQ’, combined with individual country names. The search was restricted to English language articles conducted in humans and published before 31st December 2012. To obtain additional data a manual search of the reference lists of articles was performed. Data were also retrieved from the search of relevant web sites and online resources. The total number of hits obtained from the initial search was 1,771. The total number of research articles included in the present review is eleven (India-8, Sri Lanka-2, Pakistan-1). In addition, eleven country reports (Nepal-3, Bangladesh-2, India-2, Sri Lanka-2, Bhutan-1, Maldives-1) of World Health Organization STEPS survey from the South-Asian countries were retrieved online. In the research articles the overall prevalence of inactivity was as follows; India (18.5%-88.4%), Pakistan (60.1%) and Sri Lanka (11.0%-31.8%). STEPS survey reports were available from all countries except Pakistan. Overall in majority of STEPS surveys females were more inactive compared to males. Furthermore, leisure related inactivity was >75% in studies reporting inactivity in this domain and people were more active in transport domain when compared with the other domains. In conclusion, our results show that there is a wide variation in the prevalence of physical inactivity among South-Asian adults within and between countries. Furthermore, physical inactivity in South Asian adults was associated with several socio-demographic characteristics. Majority of South Asian adults were inactive during their leisure time. These Factors need to be considered when planning future interventions and research aimed at improving PA in the region.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Ranasinghe et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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