Silva Pedro, Andrade Maria Teresa, Carvalho Pedro, Mota Jorge
CIAFEL, Faculty of Sports, University of Porto, 4200-450 Porto, Portugal.
INESC Porto, University of Porto, 4200-450 Porto, Portugal.
J Sports Med (Hindawi Publ Corp). 2013;2013:420916. doi: 10.1155/2013/420916. Epub 2013 Sep 25.
Developing more accurate assessments of physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior (SB) is an important public health research priority. Assessing PA and SB is challenging in all segments of the population, but it is especially difficult in children due to cognitive limitations and more sporadic and intermittent activity patterns. Moreover, they are influenced by several factors including temporal-spatial constraints and social conditions. To accurately assess PA and SB, it is essential to clearly define methods for describing all these factors. The goal of this paper is to potentiate advances in the field by proposing a base ontology for characterizing physical activity, sedentary behavior, and the context in which it occurs. The ontology would establish a flexible base language to facilitate standardized descriptions of these behaviors for researchers and public health professionals.
开发对身体活动(PA)和久坐行为(SB)更准确的评估方法是公共卫生研究的一个重要优先事项。在所有人群中评估PA和SB都具有挑战性,但在儿童中尤其困难,因为他们存在认知限制以及活动模式更加零散和间歇性。此外,它们还受到包括时空限制和社会条件在内的多种因素影响。为了准确评估PA和SB,明确界定描述所有这些因素的方法至关重要。本文的目标是通过提出一个用于描述身体活动、久坐行为及其发生背景的基础本体,推动该领域的进展。该本体将建立一种灵活的基础语言,以便于研究人员和公共卫生专业人员对这些行为进行标准化描述。