Cheah Y K, Azahadi M, Phang S N, Hazilah N
School of Economics, Finance and Banking, College of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia, UUM Sintok, 06010 Kedah Darul Aman, Malaysia.
Centre for Burden of Disease Research, Institute for Public Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Jalan Bangsar, 50590 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Public Health. 2017 May;146:84-91. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2017.01.009. Epub 2017 Feb 8.
The rapid rise in the prevalence of physical inactivity-related diseases has become a serious public health issue worldwide. The objective of the present study is to examine the factors affecting participation in physical activity among urban dwellers in Malaysia.
This cross-sectional study measures physical activity using a rigorous regression model.
Data are obtained from the National Health and Morbidity Survey 2011 (NHMS 2011). A lognormal hurdle model is used to analyse the participation decision and the amount decision of physical activity.
The results show that income, gender, ethnicity, marital status and employment status are significantly associated with participation decision and amount decision. However, age, insurance and self-rated health only affect participation decision, whereas family size, education and smoking only affect amount decision.
It can, thus, be concluded that sociodemographic, insurance, lifestyle and health factors play an important role in determining physical activity behaviour among urban dwellers. When formulating policies, special attention must be paid to these factors.
缺乏身体活动相关疾病的患病率迅速上升已成为全球严重的公共卫生问题。本研究的目的是调查影响马来西亚城市居民参与体育活动的因素。
本横断面研究使用严格的回归模型测量体育活动。
数据来自2011年全国健康与发病率调查（NHMS 2011）。采用对数正态障碍模型分析体育活动的参与决策和运动量决策。
结果表明，收入、性别、种族、婚姻状况和就业状况与参与决策和运动量决策显著相关。然而，年龄、保险和自评健康仅影响参与决策，而家庭规模、教育程度和吸烟仅影响运动量决策。
因此，可以得出结论，社会人口统计学、保险、生活方式和健康因素在决定城市居民的体育活动行为方面起着重要作用。制定政策时必须特别关注这些因素。
