Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Centre on Behavioral Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 Mar 25;15(4):590. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15040590.
(1) Background: An outdoor gym (OG) is environmental infrastructure built in a public open space to promote structured physical activity. The provision of OGs is increasingly seen as an important strategy to realize public health agendas promoting habitual physical activity. A systematic review was conducted to synthesize characteristics of OG and OG users' experiences and perceptions in different cultural contexts; (2) Methods: Online searches of multidisciplinary databases were conducted in health, sport and recreation, and urban planning disciplines. Characteristics of OGs were synthesized by integrating evidence from quantitative, qualitative, and mix-methods studies. The experiences and perceptions of OG users from both qualitative data and survey responses were synthesized through framework analysis; (3) Results: Nine studies met the inclusion criteria (three quantitative studies, four mixed-methods studies, and two pure qualitative studies). None were excluded on the basis of quality. OGs mainly serve adult and older adult population groups. Their size, design, and instructional support vary across studies. The inclusion of functional types of equipment did not have a unified standard. Regarding experiences and perceptions of OGs, five major themes emerged: "health", "social connectedness", "affordable", "support", and "design and promotion"; (4) Conclusions: The OG characteristics synthesis guides the direction in further studies regarding exploration of design parameters. The qualitative and quantitative synthesis revealed that health was a central theme of users' experiences. OGs are also spaces where community-dwellers can find social connectedness while participating in structured physical activity at no cost. Findings from this review create knowledge support for OG as environmental infrastructure for further research and facilitate the understanding of users' experiences and perceptions of OGs in different cultural contexts.
(1) 背景：户外健身器材（OG）是在公共开放空间中建造的环境基础设施，旨在促进有组织的身体活动。OG 的提供越来越被视为实现促进习惯性身体活动的公共卫生议程的重要策略。进行了一项系统评价，以综合不同文化背景下 OG 的特征以及 OG 用户的经验和看法；(2) 方法：在健康、运动和娱乐以及城市规划学科的多学科数据库中进行了在线搜索。通过整合来自定量、定性和混合方法研究的证据，综合了 OG 的特征。通过框架分析综合了 OG 用户的经验和看法（来自定性数据和调查回复）；(3) 结果：符合纳入标准的有九项研究（三项定量研究、四项混合方法研究和两项纯定性研究）。没有基于质量将其排除在外。OG 主要服务于成年和老年人群体。它们的大小、设计和教学支持在不同的研究中有所不同。功能性设备类型的纳入没有统一的标准。关于 OG 的经验和看法，出现了五个主要主题：“健康”、“社交联系”、“负担得起”、“支持”和“设计和推广”；(4) 结论：OG 特征综合为进一步研究探索设计参数指明了方向。定性和定量综合表明，健康是用户体验的核心主题。OG 也是社区居民在不花钱的情况下参加有组织的身体活动时可以找到社交联系的空间。本综述的结果为 OG 作为环境基础设施提供了知识支持，以进一步研究，并促进了对不同文化背景下 OG 用户经验和看法的理解。
