Research Centre in Applied Sports, Technology, Exercise and Medicine (A-STEM), Swansea University, Swansea SA1 8EN, UK.
Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Oct 29;16(21):4178. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214178.
It is important to understand the correlates of children's physical activity (PA) and sitting at home, where children spend significant time. The home social environment has an important influence; however, much less is known about the home physical environment. Therefore, the study aimed to assess relationships between the physical environment and children's sitting and PA at home. In total, 235 child-parent dyads were included in the analyses. Children spent 67% of their time at home sitting. Linear regression analyses examined associations between physical home environmental factors obtained via an audit and children's (55% girl, 10.2 ± 0.7) objective PA and sitting at home. Following adjustment for socio-demographics and social environmental factors, an open plan living area (OPLA), musical instrument accessibility and availability, and perceived house size were negatively and positively associated, whereas media equipment accessibility and availability was positively and negatively associated with sitting and standing, respectively. Additionally, an OPLA was positively associated with total and moderate-to-vigorous PA. Furthermore, sitting breaks were positively associated with objective garden size and negatively associated with digital TV. The physical home environment may have an important influence on children's sitting, standing and PA at home; therefore, interventions that target this environment are needed.
了解儿童在家中（他们花费大量时间的地方）的身体活动（PA）和坐姿的相关因素很重要。家庭的社会环境有重要影响，但对家庭的物质环境却知之甚少。因此，本研究旨在评估家庭物质环境与儿童在家中坐姿和 PA 的关系。共有 235 对儿童-家长参与了分析。儿童在家中 67%的时间都在坐着。线性回归分析检验了通过审核获得的家庭物质环境因素与儿童（55%为女孩，10.2±0.7）客观 PA 和在家中坐姿之间的关联。在调整了社会人口统计学和社会环境因素后，开放式起居区（OPLA）、乐器的可及性和可用性，以及感知的房屋面积与坐姿和站立呈负相关和正相关，而媒体设备的可及性和可用性与坐姿和站立呈正相关和负相关。此外，开放式起居区与总 PA 和中高强度 PA 呈正相关。此外，坐姿休息与客观花园面积呈正相关，与数字电视呈负相关。家庭物质环境可能对儿童在家中的坐姿、站立和 PA 有重要影响；因此，需要针对这一环境开展干预措施。
