Neighborhood safety and physical inactivity in adults from Curitiba, Brazil

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Research

Pedro Curi Hallal¹  Ciro Romélio Rodriguez-Añez²  Adriano Akira Ferreira Hino³  Rogério Cesar Fermino³  Rodrigo Siqueira Reis³  Priscila Bezerra Gonçalves³  Cassiano Ricardo Rech⁴ 

[1] Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil;School of Health and Biosciences, Physical Activity and Quality of Life Research Group (GPAQ), Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil;Federal Technological University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil;School of Health and Biosciences, Physical Activity and Quality of Life Research Group (GPAQ), Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil;Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil;School of Health and Biosciences, Physical Activity and Quality of Life Research Group (GPAQ), Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil;State University of Ponta Grossa, Ponta Grossa, Brazil;

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

DOI  :  10.1186/1479-5868-9-72

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

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundNeighborhood 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.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted with 1,261 adults (62% women), age 18–69 years from Curitiba, Brazil.ResultsThe 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 CI95% = 1.02–1.22; men PR = 0.82 CI95% = 0.64–1.05; interaction term PR = 1.38 CI95% = 1.03–1.83) and safe perception was associated with PI, just in the highest SES group (PR = 1.09; CI95% = 1.00–1.19; p trend = 0.032) when compared with their counterparts (low SES PR = 0.99; CI95% = 0.90–1.04; p trend = 0.785; interaction term PR = 1.09; CI95% = 1.03–1.15; p trend = 0.007).ConclusionThe perception of safety in the neighborhood was associated with PI in transport, but this association varies across of sociodemographic variables.

【 授权许可】

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