Health Analysis Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0T6.
Health Rep. 2012 Mar;23(1):17-29.
A better understanding of factors associated with adopting leisure-time physical activity among people with chronic vascular conditions can help policy-makers and health care professionals develop strategies to promote secondary prevention among older Canadians.
Cross-sectional data from the 1994/1995 National Population Health Survey (NPHS), household component, and the 2007/2008 Canadian Community Health Survey were used to estimate the prevalence of inactivity. Longitudinal data from eight cycles (1994/1995 through 2008/2009) of the NPHS, household component, were used to examine the adoption of leisure-time physical activity, intentions to change health risk behaviours, and barriers to change.
Over half (54%) of the population aged 40 or older were inactive during their leisure time in 2007/2008. A new vascular diagnosis was not associated with initiating leisure-time physical activity. Among the newly diagnosed, those with no disability or a mild disability had higher odds of undertaking leisure-time physical activity.
The majority of Canadians in mid- to late life are inactive. They tend to remain so when diagnosed with a vascular condition.
更好地了解与患有慢性血管疾病的人从事休闲时间体育活动相关的因素,可以帮助政策制定者和医疗保健专业人员制定策略,促进加拿大老年人的二级预防。
使用 1994/1995 年全国人口健康调查(NPHS)、家庭部分和 2007/2008 年加拿大社区健康调查的横断面数据来估计不活动的流行率。使用 NPHS 家庭部分的八个周期(1994/1995 年至 2008/2009 年)的纵向数据来检查休闲时间体育活动的采用、改变健康风险行为的意愿和改变的障碍。
2007/2008 年,40 岁及以上的人口中超过一半(54%)在休闲时间不活动。新的血管诊断与开始休闲时间体育活动无关。在新诊断的患者中,无残疾或轻度残疾的患者从事休闲时间体育活动的可能性更高。
中年到晚年的大多数加拿大人都不活跃。当被诊断出患有血管疾病时,他们往往仍然如此。