Active or Passive Commuter? Discrepancies in Cut-off Criteria among Adolescents

Zaragoza, Javier; Corral, Ana; Estrada, Sergio; Abós, Ángel; Solana, Alberto Aibar

doi:10.3390/ijerph16203796

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“…This limitation could lead to bias in the classification of adolescents attaining the physical activity recommendations. There is still no consensus regarding the optimal cut-off criteria for dichotomizing active commuting [26]. In this study, a cut-off value of 1 day was used as the aim of the study was to compare those who did not actively commute to school (i.e., 0 days of active commuting) and those who did, even if only on 1 day.…”

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Active Commuting to School and Physical Activity Levels among 11 to 16 Year-Old Adolescents from 63 Low- and Middle-Income Countries

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Background: Global physical activity levels are low. Active commuting to school is a low-cost and sustainable behaviour that promotes adolescents’ physical activity levels. Despite its importance, data on low- and middle-income countries is scarce. This study aimed to assess the relationship between active commuting to school and physical activity (PA) levels among 11–16 years-old adolescents from 63 low- and middle-income countries and six world regions. Methods: Data were from the GSHS database. Participants were 187,934 adolescents (89,550 boys), aged 11–16 years-old, from 63 low- and middle-income countries. Active commuting to school and PA were self-reported as the number of days adolescents walked or cycled to school and engaged in physical activity for at least 60 min in the past 7 days. Results: Boys and girls who actively commuted to school presented higher prevalence of attaining the PA recommendations, but only for the 13–14 (boys: 16.6% versus 22.0%; girls: 9.8% versus 14.6%) and 15–16 (boys: 16.3% versus 21.6%; girls: 8.0% versus 14.0%) year-old age groups. Only for Oceania, Central Asian, Middle Eastern, and North African girls and Sub-Saharan African boys no difference was found in the prevalence of attaining the PA recommendations between those who actively commuted to school and those who did not. Boys who actively commuted to school were 42% (95% CI: 1.37, 1.46) more likely to achieve the PA recommendations, while girls were 66% (95% CI: 1.59, 1.73) more likely to achieve the PA recommendations. Conclusions: Active commuting to school is associated with the adolescents’ physical activity levels. However, it may have a lesser influence in helping younger adolescents attaining physical activity recommendations. Public health authorities should promote active commuting to school among adolescents in order to improve the PA levels and promote health.

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Active Commuting to School and Physical Activity Levels among 11 to 16 Year-Old Adolescents from 63 Low- and Middle-Income Countries

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“…En relación con la primera hipótesis, el estudio muestra que el 68 % de los adolescentes acude al centro educativo de forma activa, y además no se han encontrado diferencias en función del género. Ambos resultados están en consonancia con otros estudios desarrollados en el contexto español (Zaragoza et al, 2019). Estos resultados reafirman que el tipo de desplazamiento al centro escolar de los adolescentes españoles es mayoritariamente activo y no está relacionado con el género, en contraposición a lo que ocurre con la AF (Faulkner, Builung, Flora, & Fusco, 2009).…”

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“…En España, aproximadamente un 60-70 % de los adolescentes se desplaza de forma activa al colegio (Villa-González et al, 2012;Zaragoza, Corral, Estrada, Abós, & Aibar, 2019). De igual modo, en otros contextos también hay un amplio porcentaje que se desplaza andando o en bicicleta (Ikeda et al, 2018).…”

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“…Según señalan los mismos autores, está ampliamente comprobado que los chicos realizan más AF que las chicas, así como que la AF desciende con la edad en ambos géneros. En cambio, en los patrones de desplazamiento activo hasta ahora analizados, no se han encontrado diferencias por género, pues muestran patrones similares (Kallio, Turpeinen, Hakonen, & Tammelin, 2016;Zaragoza et al, 2019. En relación con la edad, los resultados encontrados muestran una mayor contribución del desplazamiento activo a la práctica de AF en alumnado de secundaria (36 %) que en alumnado de educación primaria (23 %) (Martin, Boyle, Corlett, Kelly, & Reilly, 2016).…”

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¿Difieren las influencias personales, sociales, ambientales y psicológicas en la actividad física en base al tipo desplazamiento al centro escolar?

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El objetivo del estudio es conocer el papel de un desplazamiento activo o pasivo en un modelo con influencias económicas, como la ocupación del padre y de la madre, psicológicas, como la percepción individual de salud, y variables demográficas sobre la actividad física. 1618 adolescentes (734 chicas) de primero a cuarto curso de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria (Medad = 14.46; DT = 1.28), muestra representativa de Aragón (3 %), contestaron cuestionarios sobre las variables estudiadas. El modelo de ecuaciones estructurales mixto multigrupo para clases conocidas muestra que en aquellos adolescentes que se desplazan activamente al centro escolar, su salud percibida está muy relacionada con su actividad física, y con el nivel socioeconómico parental, mientras que la influencia de género y edad permanece constante entre subpoblaciones.

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“…For adolescents to be included in the study, the inclusion criteria were: (a) being in the 3rd grade of secondary school, (b) returning the signed consent form before the start of the study, (c) being present on the day of data collection (d) having complete data of the variables used in this study and (e) living at a distance less than 4500 m from the school [20]. The initial sample consisted of 549 adolescents in the 3rd level of secondary school.…”

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Lifestyle Behaviours Profile of Spanish Adolescents Who Actively Commute to School

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The aim of this study was to study different ‘healthy profiles’ through the impact of multiple lifestyle behaviours (sleep patterns, screen time and quality diet) on active commuting to school (ACS) in adolescents. Sixteen secondary schools from four Spanish cities were randomly selected. All participants filled in an “Ad-Hoc” questionnaire to measure their mode of commuting and distance from home to school and their lifestyle behaviours. A multivariate logistic regression model was performed to analyse the main predictor variables of ACS. The final sample was 301 adolescents (50.2% girls; mean age ± SD: 14.9 ± 0.48 years). The percentage of ACS was 64.5%. Multiple logistic regressions showed: boys were more active commuters than girls [OR = 2.28 (CI 95%: 1.12–4.64); p = 0.02]; adolescents who lived farther had lower probability to ACS [OR = 0.74 (CI 95%: 0.69–0.80); p < 0.001]; adolescents who met sleep duration recommendations were more likely to ACS [OR = 3.05 (CI 95%: 1.07–8.69); p = 0.04], while with each hour of sleep, the odds of ACS was reduced [OR = 0.51 (CI 95%: 0.30–0.89); p = 0.02]; higher odds were shown to ACS in adolescents who have more adherence to MD [OR = 1.16(CI 95%: 1.00–1.33); p = 0.05]; and habitual breakfast consumption was inversely associated with ACS [OR = 0.41 (CI: 95%: 0.18–0.96); p = 0.04]. ACS was associated with being a boy, living at a shorter distance to school, a daily sleep time ≥ 8 h and presented a higher adherence to MD.

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Active or Passive Commuter? Discrepancies in Cut-off Criteria among Adolescents

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Active Commuting to School and Physical Activity Levels among 11 to 16 Year-Old Adolescents from 63 Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Active Commuting to School and Physical Activity Levels among 11 to 16 Year-Old Adolescents from 63 Low- and Middle-Income Countries

¿Difieren las influencias personales, sociales, ambientales y psicológicas en la actividad física en base al tipo desplazamiento al centro escolar?

Lifestyle Behaviours Profile of Spanish Adolescents Who Actively Commute to School

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