Berry Narelle M, Nolan Rebecca, Dollman James
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Flinders University, Australia; School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Australia.
Office of the Chief Public Health Officer, South Australian Department for Health and Ageing, Australia.
J Sci Med Sport. 2016 Oct;19(10):837-42. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2015.12.521. Epub 2016 Jan 28.
Despite widespread media campaigns to encourage physical activity (PA), participation is poor among Australian adults. This study aimed to explore the prevalence of and relationships between awareness of PA recommendations and PA participation.
Cross-sectional study of n=2402 South Australian adults (aged≥18 years) via a computer-assisted telephone interview.
PA recommendation awareness was determined by asking for the number of minutes of PA recommended for health benefits and whether PA is needed to make you 'puff and pant' to confer a health benefit. Respondents were defined as sufficiently active if they reported ≥150min/week of PA as measured by the Active Australia Survey.
A total of 43.0% correctly identified that 30min of PA is recommended per day (Recommendation 1) and 43.3% correctly disagreed/strongly disagreed that PA is needed to make you 'puff and pant' (Recommendation 2). Overall, 60.6% of respondents were sufficiently active. Of those who correctly identified Recommendation 1, 53.2% reported participating in sufficient PA, significantly fewer than those who did not know Recommendation 1 (69.6%) (χ(2)=64.74 (4), p<0.001). There was no difference in levels of sufficient PA between those who correctly identified Recommendation 2 and those who did not.
There was relatively low awareness of PA recommendations among South Australian adults. More research is needed in how recommendations are promoted and how they impact PA behaviours. PA recommendations are based on the best available epidemiological evidence but largely fail to guide the choices people currently make about PA.
尽管媒体广泛开展鼓励体育活动（PA）的宣传运动，但澳大利亚成年人的参与率仍然很低。本研究旨在探讨体育活动建议的知晓率及其与体育活动参与之间的关系。
通过计算机辅助电话访谈对2402名南澳大利亚成年人（年龄≥18岁）进行横断面研究。
通过询问为获得健康益处而建议的体育活动分钟数以及是否需要通过体育活动让自己“气喘吁吁”才能获得健康益处来确定对体育活动建议的知晓情况。根据“活跃澳大利亚调查”的测量结果，如果受访者报告每周进行体育活动≥150分钟，则被定义为体育活动充足。
共有43.0%的人正确识别出建议每天进行30分钟体育活动（建议1），43.3%的人正确不同意/强烈不同意需要通过体育活动让自己“气喘吁吁”才能获得健康益处（建议2）。总体而言，60.6%的受访者体育活动充足。在正确识别建议1的人中，53.2%的人报告参与了充足的体育活动，显著少于不知道建议1的人（69.6%）（χ(2)=64.74（4），p<0.001）。在正确识别建议2的人和未正确识别建议2的人之间，体育活动充足的水平没有差异。
南澳大利亚成年人对体育活动建议的知晓率相对较低。需要更多关于如何推广这些建议以及它们如何影响体育活动行为的研究。体育活动建议基于现有的最佳流行病学证据，但在很大程度上未能指导人们目前对体育活动的选择。
