Jaana I Halonen1, Sari Stenholm2, Mika Kivimäki3, Jaana Pentti4, S V Subramanian5, Ichiro Kawachi6, Jussi Vahtera7. 1. Finnish Institute Occupational Health, Kuopio, Finland. Electronic address: jaana.halonen@ttl.fi. 2. Department of Public Health, University of Turku, Finland; Department of Health, Functional Capacity and Welfare, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland. 3. Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland; Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London Medical School, London, UK. 4. Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Turku, Finland. 5. Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA. 6. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London Medical School, London, UK. 7. Department of Public Health, University of Turku, Finland; Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Turku, Finland; Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: We examined whether change in distance to or number of sports facilities is related to change in metabolic equivalent task (MET) hours/week. METHOD: 25,834 Finnish Public Sector study cohort participants reported their weekly physical activity in 2000 and 2008. Distances from each participant's home to the nearest facility and number of facilities within 500m from home were calculated from geographic coordinates. We assessed changes in weekly MET hours of physical activity between the baseline and the follow-up in relation to change in distance to the nearest facility (remained close, decreased, remained distant, increased) and number of facilities <500m from home (remained high, increased, remained low, decreased). RESULTS: The average decrease in MET hours was greater for those whose distance to a sports facility increased (-1.4 (95% CI -3.8--0.96)) (vs. remained close). The same was observed for those for whom the number of facilities near home decreased (-2.35 (95% CI -4.84-0.14)) (vs. remained high). Increase in availability was not related to increase in MET hours. CONCLUSIONS: An increase in distance to and decrease in number of sports facilities were associated with a decrease in physical activity suggesting that changes in availability of facilities may affect physical activity levels.
OBJECTIVE: We examined whether change in distance to or number of sports facilities is related to change in metabolic equivalent task (MET) hours/week. METHOD: 25,834 Finnish Public Sector study cohort participants reported their weekly physical activity in 2000 and 2008. Distances from each participant's home to the nearest facility and number of facilities within 500m from home were calculated from geographic coordinates. We assessed changes in weekly MET hours of physical activity between the baseline and the follow-up in relation to change in distance to the nearest facility (remained close, decreased, remained distant, increased) and number of facilities <500m from home (remained high, increased, remained low, decreased). RESULTS: The average decrease in MET hours was greater for those whose distance to a sports facility increased (-1.4 (95% CI -3.8--0.96)) (vs. remained close). The same was observed for those for whom the number of facilities near home decreased (-2.35 (95% CI -4.84-0.14)) (vs. remained high). Increase in availability was not related to increase in MET hours. CONCLUSIONS: An increase in distance to and decrease in number of sports facilities were associated with a decrease in physical activity suggesting that changes in availability of facilities may affect physical activity levels.
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