Jaroslava Kopcakova1,2, Zuzana Dankulincova Veselska3,4, Andrea Madarasova Geckova3,4,5, Daniel Klein6, Jitse P van Dijk4,5,7, Sijmen A Reijneveld7. 1. Department of Health Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, P. J. Safarik University in Kosice, Tr. SNP 1, 040 11, Kosice, Slovak Republic. jaroslava.kopcakova@upjs.sk. 2. Graduate School Kosice Institute for Society and Health, P. J. Safarik University in Kosice, Tr. SNP 1, 040 11, Kosice, Slovak Republic. jaroslava.kopcakova@upjs.sk. 3. Department of Health Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, P. J. Safarik University in Kosice, Tr. SNP 1, 040 11, Kosice, Slovak Republic. 4. Graduate School Kosice Institute for Society and Health, P. J. Safarik University in Kosice, Tr. SNP 1, 040 11, Kosice, Slovak Republic. 5. Olomouc University Social Health Institute, Palacky University in Olomouc, Univerzitní 22, 771 11, Olomouc, Czech Republic. 6. Institute of Mathematics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, P. J. Safarik University in Kosice, Jesenná 5, 040 01, Kosice, Slovak Republic. 7. Department of Community and Occupational Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, A. Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The aim was to assess the association between physical activity and screen-based activities in adolescents and selected school factors and urbanization and whether these associations were modified by degree of urbanization. METHODS: We obtained data regarding the fifth-ninth grade students from 130 schools in 2014 via the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children cross-sectional study in Slovakia (n = 9743, mean age = 13.5, 50.3% boys). We explored the associations using multilevel logistic regression. RESULTS: We found significant associations between physical activity and the accessibility of an area for skating/tennis court [odds ratio (OR) = 1.20 and 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.01-1.42], and between physical activity and active breaks (OR = 0.83 and 95% CI 0.69-0.99). The rates of screen-based activities were higher in small towns (OR = 1.63, 95% CI 1.29-2.06), towns (OR = 1.30, 95% CI 1.08-1.57), and cities (OR = 1.40, 95% CI 1.04-1.87) than in villages. CONCLUSIONS: School environment and degree of urbanization are associated with adolescents' physical activity and screen-based activities. This holds positively for access to an area for skating/tennis court and negatively for active breaks regarding physical activity and for living in villages regarding less use of screens.
OBJECTIVES: The aim was to assess the association between physical activity and screen-based activities in adolescents and selected school factors and urbanization and whether these associations were modified by degree of urbanization. METHODS: We obtained data regarding the fifth-ninth grade students from 130 schools in 2014 via the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children cross-sectional study in Slovakia (n = 9743, mean age = 13.5, 50.3% boys). We explored the associations using multilevel logistic regression. RESULTS: We found significant associations between physical activity and the accessibility of an area for skating/tennis court [odds ratio (OR) = 1.20 and 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.01-1.42], and between physical activity and active breaks (OR = 0.83 and 95% CI 0.69-0.99). The rates of screen-based activities were higher in small towns (OR = 1.63, 95% CI 1.29-2.06), towns (OR = 1.30, 95% CI 1.08-1.57), and cities (OR = 1.40, 95% CI 1.04-1.87) than in villages. CONCLUSIONS: School environment and degree of urbanization are associated with adolescents' physical activity and screen-based activities. This holds positively for access to an area for skating/tennis court and negatively for active breaks regarding physical activity and for living in villages regarding less use of screens.
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Accessibility of sports facilities at school; Active breaks; Adolescence; Degree of urbanization; Physical activity; Screen-based activities
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