Hillier Amy, Tappe Karyn, Cannuscio Carolyn, Karpyn Allison, Glanz Karen
a Department of City and Regional Planning, School of Design , University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA.
Women Health. 2014;54(3):194-211. doi: 10.1080/03630242.2014.883659.
Previous research has shown differences in adult physical activity (PA) levels within urban population, in what types of activities they participated, and where they were active. A sample of 514 urban Philadelphia adult residents was surveyed about level and location of PA. A majority (55.6%) of survey participants reported being vigorously or moderately active or walking enough to meet PA guidelines. A significantly higher proportion of men (vs. women), younger (vs. older) adults and people who were employed (vs. unemployed) met the PA guidelines. Most participants (87.5%) reported walking at least once within the previous week, while 79.3% reported engaging in moderate or vigorous activity. Of the participants who reported being moderately or vigorously active, 64.0% were physically active in indoors only, 22.6% were active in outdoors only, and 13.4% were active in both indoors and outdoors. Significantly fewer black women were active outdoors, compared to all other race/sex combinations (odds ratio = 0.43, p-value < 0.01). In this diverse sample of urban residents, outdoor PA was significantly less frequently reported than indoor PA, particularly for Black women. These findings could help inform urban PA interventions.
先前的研究表明，城市人口在成人身体活动（PA）水平、参与的活动类型以及活动地点方面存在差异。对514名费城城市成年居民进行了关于身体活动水平和地点的调查。大多数（55.6%）调查参与者报告称，他们进行了剧烈或适度的活动，或者步行量足以达到身体活动指南的要求。达到身体活动指南要求的男性（与女性相比）、年轻人（与年长者相比）以及就业者（与失业者相比）的比例显著更高。大多数参与者（87.5%）报告称在前一周至少步行了一次，而79.3%的参与者报告参与了适度或剧烈的活动。在报告进行适度或剧烈活动的参与者中，64.0%仅在室内进行身体活动，22.6%仅在室外进行活动，13.4%在室内和室外都进行活动。与所有其他种族/性别组合相比，黑人女性在室外活动的比例显著更低（优势比 = 0.43，p值 < 0.01）。在这个多样化的城市居民样本中，与室内身体活动相比，室外身体活动的报告频率显著更低，尤其是对于黑人女性。这些发现可为城市身体活动干预提供参考。
