Cutt Hayley, Giles-Corti Billie, Knuiman Matthew, Timperio Anna, Bull Fiona
The RESIDE Project, School of Population Health (M707), The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
Am J Public Health. 2008 Jan;98(1):66-9. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.103499. Epub 2007 Nov 29.
We examined the influence of dog ownership on physical activity, independent of demographic, intrapersonal, and perceived environmental factors, in a cross-sectional survey of 1813 adults. Although only 23% of the dog owners walked their dogs 5 or more times per week, the adjusted odds of achieving sufficient physical activity and walking were 57% to 77% higher among dog owners compared with those not owning dogs (P< .05). Dog ownership was independently associated with physical activity and walking. Actively encouraging more dog walking may increase community physical activity levels.
在一项针对1813名成年人的横断面调查中,我们研究了养狗对身体活动的影响,该影响独立于人口统计学、个人内在因素以及感知环境因素。尽管只有23%的狗主人每周遛狗5次或更多次,但与未养狗者相比,养狗者达到足够身体活动量和步行量的校正比值比高57%至77%(P<0.05)。养狗与身体活动和步行独立相关。积极鼓励更多的遛狗行为可能会提高社区的身体活动水平。