Department of Psychology, Stress Research Institute, Stockholm University, 106 91, Stockholm, Sweden.
Research Unit of Population Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 8000, 90014, Oulu, Finland.
BMC Public Health. 2022 Nov 7;22(1):2036. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-14444-7.
Little research has investigated the associations between proximity to physical activity facilities and behavior-related health and the majority have focused on proximity from home address. We add to the literature by examining proximity of these facilities to work and home address and including a wide range of physical activity facilities. We assess the associations for proximity of physical activity facilities from home and work address with self-reported frequency of exercise and obesity.
Our analytical sample of 7358 participants was from the 2018 wave of the Swedish Longitudinal Occupational Survey of Health. We used logistic binomial regression adjusting for age, sex, education, civil status, individual socioeconomic status, neighborhood socioeconomic status, number of children under 12 years of age, work strain, and chronic disease.
Longer distance from home to paid outdoor and paid indoor physical activity facilities was associated with low frequency of exercise (fully adjusted Relative Risk for both 1.01, 95% CI 1.01-1.02). Associations of any or free outdoor facility with low frequency of exercise were not robust. Findings also indicated associations between long distance from workplace to any and paid outdoor facility and low frequency of exercise. Results for obesity were in the similar direction, however, these were not statistically significant.
Increased distance of paid outdoor and paid indoor physical activity facilities from home and of paid outdoor facilities from work was associated with low frequency of exercise. Longitudinal and larger studies are needed to confirm our findings, particularly regarding obesity.
很少有研究调查过接近体育设施与行为相关的健康之间的关系，而且大多数研究都集中在离家住址的接近程度上。我们通过检查这些设施离家和工作地址的接近程度，并包括广泛的体育活动设施，为文献增添了新内容。我们评估了家与工作地址附近的体育设施与自我报告的锻炼频率和肥胖之间的关联。
我们的分析样本包括来自 2018 年瑞典职业健康纵向调查的 7358 名参与者。我们使用逻辑二项式回归调整了年龄、性别、教育、婚姻状况、个体社会经济地位、邻里社会经济地位、12 岁以下儿童人数、工作压力和慢性疾病。
离家到付费户外和付费室内体育活动设施的距离较远与运动频率较低相关（完全调整后的相对风险均为 1.01，95%CI 1.01-1.02）。任何或免费户外设施与运动频率较低之间的关联并不稳健。研究结果还表明，工作场所到任何付费户外设施和付费户外设施的距离较长与运动频率较低有关。肥胖的结果也朝着相同的方向，但没有统计学意义。
付费户外和付费室内体育活动设施离家以及付费户外设施离工作地点的距离增加与运动频率较低有关。需要进行纵向和更大规模的研究来证实我们的发现，特别是关于肥胖的发现。
