CAPAS-City (Centre for the Promotion of PA and Health), University of Zaragoza, 22001 Huesca, Spain.
Faculty of Human Sciences and Education, University of Zaragoza, 22003 Huesca, Spain.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Oct 9;16(20):3796. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16203796.
Active commuting to school has health implications for young people. Previous research has shown the need to consistently define the concept of "active commuter", given that assessment as well as comparison between studies may be hindered by current discrepancies in frequency criteria. Using a sample of 158 Spanish students (12th-13th grade, 60.8% girls), the current study aimed to compare several cut-off criteria to rigorously identify the frequency of weekly active trips to school in order to categorize adolescents as active or passive commuters, and to analyze whether the threshold living distance to school is associated with the different trip cut-off criteria. Percentages of active commuters ranged from 75% to 88.6%, varying significantly depending on the cut-off criteria (5-10 active trips/week) used. The results also support the need to be stricter in the selection of a cut-off criterion when the distance to the school becomes shorter. Our findings highlight the importance of following a standard criterion to classify individuals as active or passive commuters, considering the characteristics of the context in which each study is conducted.
积极上学对年轻人的健康有影响。先前的研究表明，需要始终如一地定义“积极上学者”的概念，因为目前在频率标准上存在差异，可能会阻碍评估以及研究之间的比较。本研究使用了 158 名西班牙学生（12-13 年级，60.8%为女生）的样本，旨在比较几种截止标准，以严格确定每周上学的积极出行频率，以便将青少年归类为积极或被动上学者，并分析上学距离的门槛是否与不同的出行截止标准相关。积极上学者的比例从 75%到 88.6%不等，具体取决于使用的截止标准（每周 5-10 次积极出行）。结果还支持在学校距离较短时，更严格地选择截止标准的必要性。我们的研究结果强调了在将个体归类为积极或被动上学者时，需要遵循标准标准，同时考虑到每个研究进行的背景特征。
