1 Menzies Institute for Medical Research, Hobart Tasmania, Australia.
2 School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart Tasmania, Australia.
Am J Health Promot. 2019 Jan;33(1):13-23. doi: 10.1177/0890117118770106. Epub 2018 Apr 23.
" parkrun" is a free and increasingly popular weekly 5-km walk/run international community event, representing a novel setting for physical activity (PA) promotion. However, little is known about who participates or why. This study aimed to identify sociodemographic, health, behavioral, individual, social, and environmental factors associated with higher levels of participation.
Cross-sectional.
Tasmania, Australia; June 2016.
Three hundred seventy two adult parkrun participants.
Online survey measuring sociodemographic, health, individual, social and environmental factors, parkrun participation, and PA.
Descriptive statistics, zero-truncated Poisson regression models.
Respondents (n = 371) were more commonly women (58%), aged 35 to 53 years (54%), and occasional or nonwalkers/runners (53%) at registration. A total of 44% had overweight/obesity. Half had non-adult children, most spoke English at home, and 7% reported PA-limiting illness/injury/disability. Average run/walk time was 30.2 ± 7.4 minutes. Compared to regular walkers/runners at registration, nonwalkers/runners were less commonly partnered, more commonly had overweight/obesity, less physically active, and had poorer self-rated health. Multivariate analyses revealed relative parkrun participation was inversely associated with education level and positively associated with interstate parkrun participation, perceived social benefits, self-efficacy for parkrun, and intentions to participate.
parkrun attracts nonwalkers/runners and population groups hard to engage in physical activity. Individual- and social-level factors were associated with higher relative parkrun participation. parkrun's scalability, accessibility, and wide appeal confers a research imperative to investigate its potential for public health gain.
“parkrun”是一项免费且日益流行的每周 5 公里步行/跑步国际社区活动，代表了促进身体活动（PA）的新环境。然而，对于参与者的身份或动机知之甚少。本研究旨在确定与更高参与度相关的社会人口统计学、健康、行为、个体、社会和环境因素。
横断面研究。
澳大利亚塔斯马尼亚州；2016 年 6 月。
372 名成年 parkrun 参与者。
在线调查测量社会人口统计学、健康、个体、社会和环境因素、parkrun 参与度和 PA。
描述性统计、零截断泊松回归模型。
受访者（n=371）在注册时更常见为女性（58%）、年龄在 35 至 53 岁之间（54%）、偶尔或非步行/跑步者（53%）。44%的人超重/肥胖。一半人有未成年子女，大多数在家说英语，7%的人报告有 PA 受限的疾病/伤害/残疾。平均跑步/步行时间为 30.2±7.4 分钟。与注册时的常规步行/跑步者相比，非步行/跑步者较少为伴侣，更常见超重/肥胖，身体活动较少，自我报告的健康状况较差。多变量分析显示，相对 parkrun 参与度与教育程度呈负相关，与州际 parkrun 参与度、感知的社会收益、对 parkrun 的自我效能感和参与意向呈正相关。
parkrun 吸引了非步行/跑步者和难以参与体育活动的人群。个体和社会层面的因素与更高的相对 parkrun 参与度相关。parkrun 的可扩展性、可及性和广泛吸引力赋予了研究其对公共卫生增益潜力的必要性。
