Allied Health Sciences Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2013 Oct 12;10:116. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-10-116.
Physical activity (PA) has many beneficial physical and mental health effects. Physical inactivity is considered the fourth leading risk factor for global mortality. At present there are no systematic reviews on PA patterns among South Asian adults residing in the region. The present study aims to systematically evaluate studies on PA patterns in South Asian countries. A five-staged comprehensive search of the literature was conducted in Medline, Web of Science and SciVerse Scopus using keywords 'Exercise', 'Walking', 'Physical activity', 'Inactivity', 'Physical Activity Questionnaire', 'International Physical Activity Questionnaire', 'IPAQ', 'Global Physical Activity Questionnaire' and 'GPAQ', combined with individual country names. The search was restricted to English language articles conducted in humans and published before 31st December 2012. To obtain additional data a manual search of the reference lists of articles was performed. Data were also retrieved from the search of relevant web sites and online resources. The total number of hits obtained from the initial search was 1,771. The total number of research articles included in the present review is eleven (India-8, Sri Lanka-2, Pakistan-1). In addition, eleven country reports (Nepal-3, Bangladesh-2, India-2, Sri Lanka-2, Bhutan-1, Maldives-1) of World Health Organization STEPS survey from the South-Asian countries were retrieved online. In the research articles the overall prevalence of inactivity was as follows; India (18.5%-88.4%), Pakistan (60.1%) and Sri Lanka (11.0%-31.8%). STEPS survey reports were available from all countries except Pakistan. Overall in majority of STEPS surveys females were more inactive compared to males. Furthermore, leisure related inactivity was >75% in studies reporting inactivity in this domain and people were more active in transport domain when compared with the other domains. In conclusion, our results show that there is a wide variation in the prevalence of physical inactivity among South-Asian adults within and between countries. Furthermore, physical inactivity in South Asian adults was associated with several socio-demographic characteristics. Majority of South Asian adults were inactive during their leisure time. These Factors need to be considered when planning future interventions and research aimed at improving PA in the region.
身体活动（PA）对身心健康有许多有益影响。身体活动不足被认为是全球第四大死亡风险因素。目前，还没有关于居住在该地区的南亚成年人身体活动模式的系统评价。本研究旨在系统评估南亚国家的身体活动模式研究。通过使用关键词“Exercise”、“Walking”、“Physical activity”、“Inactivity”、“Physical Activity Questionnaire”、“International Physical Activity Questionnaire”、“IPAQ”、“Global Physical Activity Questionnaire”和“GPAQ”，在 Medline、Web of Science 和 SciVerse Scopus 中进行了五个阶段的全面文献搜索，并结合个别国家的名称。搜索仅限于英语文献，针对人类进行，发表时间在 2012 年 12 月 31 日之前。为了获取更多数据，对文章的参考文献进行了手工搜索。还从相关网站和在线资源的搜索中检索了数据。初始搜索获得的总点击数为 1771。本综述共纳入 11 篇研究文章（印度 8 篇，斯里兰卡 2 篇，巴基斯坦 1 篇）。此外，还从网上检索到了来自南亚国家的世界卫生组织 STEPS 调查的 11 份国家报告（尼泊尔 3 份，孟加拉国 2 份，印度 2 份，斯里兰卡 2 份，不丹 1 份，马尔代夫 1 份）。在研究文章中，不活动的总体患病率如下：印度（18.5%-88.4%），巴基斯坦（60.1%）和斯里兰卡（11.0%-31.8%）。除巴基斯坦外，所有国家都有 STEPS 调查报告。总体而言，在报告不活动的领域中，女性的不活动率高于男性。此外，与其他领域相比，在报告不活动的领域中，与休闲相关的不活动率>75%，人们在交通领域的活动更多。总之，我们的研究结果表明，南亚成年人的身体活动不足率在国家内部和国家之间存在很大差异。此外，南亚成年人的身体活动不足与几个社会人口学特征有关。大多数南亚成年人在闲暇时间不活跃。在规划旨在改善该地区身体活动的未来干预和研究时，需要考虑这些因素。
