| Literature DB >> 19656362 |
Bettina Bringolf-Isler1, Leticia Grize, Urs Mäder, Nicole Ruch, Felix H Sennhauser, Charlotte Braun-Fahrländer.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Appropriately measuring habitual physical activity (PA) in children is a major challenge. Questionnaires and accelerometers are the most widely used instruments but both have well-known limitations. The aims of this study were to determine activity type/mode and to quantify intensity and duration of children's everyday PA by combining information of a time activity diary with accelerometer measurements and to assess differences by gender and age.Entities:
Year: 2009 PMID: 19656362 PMCID: PMC2728706 DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-6-50
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act ISSN: 1479-5868 Impact factor: 6.457
Figure 1Schematic of the study design.
Socioeconomic and environmental characteristics and their association with accelerometer counts/min
| Grade (Age) | ||
| 1st (6/7 years) (reference group = ref.) | 47 (28) | 751 (712–790) |
| 4th (9/10 years) | 60 (36) | 662 (626–698)** |
| 8th (13/14 years) | 62 (38) | 546 (508–583)*** |
| Sex | ||
| Boys (ref.) | 81 (48) | 737 (706–767) |
| Girls | 88 (52) | 569 (539–599)*** |
| Education Mother | ||
| Low (ref.) | 22 (14) | 636 (584–717) |
| Middle | 80 (49) | 672 (638–698) |
| High | 61 (37) | 633 (599–668) |
| Nationality | ||
| Swiss (ref.) | 129 (78) | 649 (624–675) |
| Non Swiss | 37 (22) | 661 (602–720) |
| Day of the week | ||
| Weekend (ref.) | 414 (44) | 631 (603–659) |
| Weekday | 532 (56) | 670 (645–696)* |
| Season | ||
| Winter (ref.) | 502 (53) | 638 (604–671) |
| Summer | 444 (47) | 670 (634–706) |
§ Mutually adjusted estimates based on multivariate regression models including all variables presented in the table as well as mean daily temperature, sum of precipitation, and a random effect for subject
* p ≤ 0.05, **p ≤ 0.01, *** p ≤ 0.001; compared to reference group
Figure 2Age adjusted intensities for specific activities by gender. (* p < 0.05; §only assessed in 8th graders; $only assessed in the two younger age groups; £cycling not appropriately measured by accelerometer). Some inaccuracy estimating the intensity of each activity may have occurred because the start and end of the activities were based on the activity log.
Figure 3Gender adjusted intensities for specific activities by age group. Screen recreation: watching television andsitting at a computer. Quiet activities: playing a music instrument, reading, in class, homework, eating, playing quietly and travelling by car. Moderately intense play: moderately intense play indoors and moderately intense play outdoors. Vigorously intense play: vigorously intense play indoors and vigorously intense play outdoors. Sport training: indoors sports training andoutdoors sports training. Cycling was excluded, as it can't be measured by accelerometer in an appropriate mode.
Adjusted§ mean duration of specific activities by age group
| Mean§ (95% CI) | Mean§ (95% CI) | Mean§ (95% CI) | Mean§ (95% CI) | |||
| Screen recreation | 104.4 (98.8–110.1) | 71.0 (62.3–79.7) | 105.9 (96.9–115.0) | 135.8 (123.2–148.5) | < 0.001 | |
| Television | 76.2 (71.2–81.0) | 56.8 (49.1–64.5) | 77.0 (68.5–85.5) | 94.3 (83.1–105.5) | < 0.001 | |
| Computer | 28.2 (25.3–31.1) | 14.2 (10.7–17.6) | 28.8 (24.2–33.4) | 41.4 (35.0–47.7) | < 0.001 | |
| Any other quiet activity | 391.7 (384.0–399.3) | 364.1 (350.3–378.0) | 391.6 (378.9–404.2) | 418.9 (403.9–434.0) | 0.002 | |
| Leisure time activities£ | 238.4 (231.2–245.7) | 249.9 (237.1–262.7) | 247.3 (235.6–259.1) | 216.9 (203.9–230.0) | < 0.001 | |
| Attending school/homework# | 261.2 (254.0–268.5) | 200.2 (189.3–211.1) | 256.1 (244.9–267.2) | 327.5 (313.7–341.3) | < 0.001 | |
| Active Transportation | 56.0 (52.3–59.7) | 54.9 (48.7–61.1) | 51.1 (45.4–56.7) | 62.52 (54.8–70.3) | 0.029& | |
| Walking | 40.6 (37.3–42.8) | 41.9 (36.5–47.4) | 33.5 (28.6–38.4) | 47.2 (40.1–54.4) | 0.198 | |
| Cycling/inline skating | 15.4 (13.3–17.6) | 13.0 (9.6–16.4) | 17.6 (13.6–21.5) | 15.4 (11.4–19.3) | 0.394 | |
| Recess# | 25.1 (22.6–27.7) | 9.9 (7.2–12.7) | 27.5 (23.6–31.4) | 37.6 (31.0–44.3) | < 0.001 | |
| Vigorously intense unstructured play | 42.9 (38.0–47.8) | 42.7 (34.7–50.7) | 49.6 (41.4–57.7) | 35.7 (27.4–44.0) | 0.035$ | |
| Indoors | 9.7 (7.5–11.8) | 14.1 (9.7–18.6) | 7.1 (3.7–10.4) | 8.1 (4.5–11.8 | 0.037 | |
| Outdoors | 33.3 (28.9–37.7) | 28.5 (21.6–35.5) | 42.5 (34.4–50.6) | 27.6 (19.5–35.7) | 0.853 | |
| Attending PE° classes# | 27.4 (23.1–31.7) | 21.2 (13.2–29.2) | 24.8 (19.3–30.2) | 36.3 (28.5–44.2) | 0.008 | |
| Sports training | 10.7 (8.3–13.0) | 4.7 (2.3–7.1) | 10.8 (6.7–15.0) | 16.5 (11.3–21.7) | < 0.001 | |
§ Estimates adjusted for sex, maternal education, season, day of the week, mean daily temperature, sum of precipitation and subject (as random effect)
$ Test for trend
£ Leisure time activities: playing a music instrument, reading, quietly playing and riding a car
# Duration calculated excluding weekends
&8th graders compared to kindergarten/1st graders and 4th graders
° Physical education