Bowles Heather R, Rissel Chris, Bauman Adrian
Centre for Physical Activity and Health, University of Sydney Medical Foundation Building (K25) Level 2, 94 Parramatta Road, Camperdown NSW 2050, Australia.
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2006 Nov 7;3:39. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-3-39.
Participation in mass physical activity events may be a novel approach for encouraging inactive or low active adults to trial an active behaviour. The public health applicability of this strategy has not been investigated thoroughly. The purpose of this study to was describe participants in a mass cycling event and examine the subsequent effect on cycling behaviour.
A sample of men and women aged 16 years and older (n = 918) who registered online for a mass cycling event reported cycling ability and number of times they rode a bicycle during the month before the event. One month after the event participants completed an online follow-up questionnaire and reported cycling ability, lifestyle physical activity, and number of times they rode a bicycle during the month after the event. McNemar's test was used to examine changes in self-rated cycling ability, and repeated measures mixed linear modeling was used to determine whether average number of monthly bicycle rides changed between pre-event and post-event assessment.
Participants in the cycling event were predominantly male (72%), 83% rated themselves as competent or regular cyclists, and 68% rated themselves as more active than others of the same sex and age. Half of the survey respondents that rated their cycling ability as low before the event subsequently rated themselves as high one month after the event. Respondents with low pre-event self-rated cycling ability reported an average 4 sessions of bicycle riding the month before the event and an average 6.8 sessions of bicycle riding a month after the event. This increase in average sessions of bicycle riding was significant (p < .0001). Similarly, first-time participants in this particular cycling event significantly increased average sessions of cycling from 7.2 pre-event to 8.9 sessions one month after the event.
Participants who were novice riders or first time participants significantly increased their number of bicycle rides in the month after the event. Further knowledge about the public health applicability of mass events is needed, and methods for attracting less active and novice individuals to participate remain to be developed.
参与群众性体育活动可能是鼓励不活跃或低活跃度成年人尝试积极行为的一种新方法。该策略在公共卫生方面的适用性尚未得到充分研究。本研究的目的是描述一次群众性自行车活动的参与者，并考察其对骑行行为的后续影响。
年龄在16岁及以上的男性和女性样本（n = 918），他们通过在线方式报名参加了一次群众性自行车活动，报告了骑行能力以及活动前一个月骑自行车的次数。活动结束一个月后，参与者完成了一份在线后续调查问卷，报告了骑行能力、生活方式中的体育活动以及活动后一个月骑自行车的次数。使用麦克尼马尔检验来考察自我评定骑行能力的变化，并使用重复测量混合线性模型来确定活动前和活动后评估之间每月平均骑行次数是否发生了变化。
自行车活动的参与者主要为男性（72%），83%的人将自己评定为有能力或经常骑自行车的人，68%的人认为自己比同性别和年龄的其他人更活跃。在活动前将骑行能力评定为低的调查受访者中，有一半在活动后一个月将自己评定为高。活动前自我评定骑行能力低的受访者在活动前一个月平均骑行4次，活动后一个月平均骑行6.8次。骑行次数的平均增加具有显著性（p <.0001）。同样，参加此次特定自行车活动的首次参与者平均骑行次数从活动前的7.2次显著增加到活动后一个月的8.9次。
新手骑手或首次参与者在活动后的一个月内显著增加了骑自行车的次数。需要进一步了解群众性活动在公共卫生方面的适用性，并且仍有待开发吸引活跃度较低和新手个体参与的方法。
