Afrin Sabiha, Mullens Amy B, Chakrabarty Sayan, Bhowmik Lupa, Biddle Stuart J H
University of Southern Queensland, Centre for Health Research, Springfield, Australia.
Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
Prev Med Rep. 2021 Oct 22;24:101607. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101607. eCollection 2021 Dec.
Since approximately 40% of the global workforce are women, a comprehensive understanding of association of maternal employment with child dietary patterns, physical activity and sedentary behaviour needs more focus. This systematic review aims to identify the association between maternal employment and dietary patterns (DP), physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviour (SB) of children and adolescents (6 to 18 years). Searches were performed using electronic databases and manual searches. Peer reviewed journal articles, conference papers, theses at masters/doctoral levels in English were included. A total 42 studies met selection criteria, which indicated associations between maternal employment and at least one of the domains of interest: DP, PA and/or SB. Using individual samples of analysis, it was found that, 9 samples of DP, 11 samples of PA and 12 samples of SB were positively correlated with maternal employment, whereas 25 samples of DP, 5 samples of PA and 5 samples of SB showed an opposite association. Results suggest that PA and SB were positively related with maternal employment, whereas DP had an inverse relationship. Findings from this review provide evidence that children of employed mothers had poorer DP and greater prevalence of SB, however, their children are more physically active. Future interventions need to create a positive environment at the workplace and for families to support employed mothers and improve children's dietary patterns and decrease sedentary behaviours. Future studies should prioritise the domains of DP, PA and SB that have been studied inadequately and have inconsistent results.
由于全球约40%的劳动力为女性，因此需要更多地关注对母亲就业与儿童饮食模式、身体活动和久坐行为之间关联的全面理解。本系统综述旨在确定母亲就业与儿童和青少年（6至18岁）的饮食模式（DP）、身体活动（PA）和久坐行为（SB）之间的关联。通过电子数据库搜索和手动搜索进行检索。纳入了英文的同行评审期刊文章、会议论文、硕士/博士水平的论文。共有42项研究符合入选标准，这些研究表明母亲就业与至少一个感兴趣的领域之间存在关联：DP、PA和/或SB。通过个体样本分析发现，9个DP样本、11个PA样本和12个SB样本与母亲就业呈正相关，而25个DP样本、5个PA样本和5个SB样本呈现相反的关联。结果表明，PA和SB与母亲就业呈正相关，而DP呈负相关。本综述的结果提供了证据，表明就业母亲的孩子饮食模式较差，久坐行为的发生率较高，然而，她们的孩子身体活动更多。未来的干预措施需要在工作场所和家庭中营造积极的环境，以支持就业母亲，改善儿童的饮食模式并减少久坐行为。未来的研究应优先关注那些研究不足且结果不一致的DP、PA和SB领域。
