Academic Medical Center, Dept, of Public Health, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam.
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2010 Nov 29;7:85. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-7-85.
The level of recommended physical activity (PA) is met less frequently by people from some ethnic minorities than others. We explored whether these differences in recommended PA between ethnic minority groups and the general population varied by domain and type of culturally-specific activity.
Participants were sampled from the population based SUNSET study and were from ethnic Dutch (n = 567), Hindustani-Surinamese (n = 370) and African-Surinamese (n = 689) descent. The validated SQUASH-questionnaire measured PA for the following domains: commuting, occupation, household, leisure time. Culturally-specific activities were added as extra question within the leisure time domain. The effect of each domain on ethnic differences in recommended PA prevalence was examined by odds-ratio (OR) analysis through recalculating recommended PA, while, in turn, excluding the contribution of each domain.
In the ethnic Dutch population, more vigorous PA in commuting and leisure time was reported compared to the Surinamese groups. The Hindustani-Surinamese and African-Surinamese reported more walking as commuting activity, while the Dutch group reported cycling more frequently. Ethnic differences in recommended PA became smaller in both Surinamese groups compared with the Dutch after removing commuting activity, for example, in Hindustani-Surinamese men (OR = 0.92, 95%CI: 0.62-1.37 vs. OR = 1.33, 0.89-2.00) and women (OR = 1.61, 1.12-2.32 vs. OR = 2.03, 1.41-2.92). Removing occupational activity resulted in larger ethnic differences in both groups compared with the Dutch. Smaller effects were found for yoga and dancing, leisure time and household activities.
This study shows that differences in PA between ethnic minority groups and the general population vary according to the activity domain. The results indicate that including all relevant domains and activities is essential for assessment of ethnic differences in recommended PA.
与其他人群相比，某些少数族裔人群达到推荐体力活动（PA）水平的频率较低。我们探讨了这些少数族裔群体与一般人群之间在推荐 PA 方面的差异是否因领域和特定文化活动的类型而异。
参与者是基于人群的 SUNSET 研究的抽样，他们分别来自荷兰裔（n=567）、印度裔苏里南人（n=370）和非洲裔苏里南人（n=689）。经过验证的 SQUASH 问卷测量了以下领域的 PA：通勤、职业、家务、休闲时间。特定文化的活动作为休闲时间领域的额外问题添加。通过重新计算推荐 PA，同时依次排除每个领域的贡献，通过比值比（OR）分析来检查每个领域对推荐 PA 流行率的种族差异的影响。
在荷兰裔人群中，与苏里南人群相比，通勤和休闲时间的剧烈 PA 活动更多。印度裔苏里南人和非洲裔苏里南人更多地报告将通勤活动作为步行，而荷兰人则更多地报告骑自行车。与荷兰人相比，在去除通勤活动后，无论是印度裔苏里南男性（OR=0.92，95%CI：0.62-1.37 vs. OR=1.33，0.89-2.00）还是女性（OR=1.61，1.12-2.32 vs. OR=2.03，1.41-2.92），苏里南裔人群中推荐 PA 的种族差异都较小。去除职业活动后，与荷兰人相比，两个群体之间的种族差异更大。瑜伽和舞蹈、休闲时间和家务活动的影响较小。
本研究表明，少数族裔群体与一般人群之间在 PA 方面的差异因活动领域而异。结果表明，评估推荐 PA 方面的种族差异，必须包括所有相关领域和活动。
