Primary Care Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh 47000, Malaysia.
Primary Care Medicine Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Defence Health, National Defence University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 57000, Malaysia.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Dec 15;19(24):16888. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192416888.
Physical activity (PA) in the form of structured or unstructured exercise is beneficial for health. This paper aims to study PA levels across four domains according to the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) and its associated factors. A total of 7479 Malaysian adult participants between 18 to 90 years old from the REDISCOVER study who completed the IPAQ were analyzed. PA was calculated as MET-min per week and were categorized according to insufficiently active, sufficiently active and very active. Multinomial regression was used to determine the association between sociodemographic, clinical factors and the level of PA. The mean age of the participants was 51.68 (±9.5 SD). The total reported physical activity in median (IQR) was 1584.0 (0-5637.3) MET-min per week. The highest total for PA was in the domestic domain which is 490 (0-2400) MET-min per week. Factors associated with sufficiently active or very active PA include Malay ethnicity, no formal education, elementary occupation, current smokers and high HDL. Whereas low income, male and normal BMI are less likely to participate in sufficiently active or very active PA. Intervention to encourage higher PA levels in all domains is important to achieve recommended PA targets.
身体活动（PA）以有组织或无组织的运动形式对健康有益。本文旨在根据国际身体活动问卷（IPAQ）及其相关因素研究四个领域的 PA 水平及其相关因素。共有 7479 名来自 REDISCOVER 研究的 18 至 90 岁的马来西亚成年参与者完成了 IPAQ，对其进行了分析。PA 以代谢当量-分钟/周计算，并根据活动不足、活动充足和活动非常充足进行分类。使用多项回归来确定社会人口统计学、临床因素与 PA 水平之间的关联。参与者的平均年龄为 51.68（±9.5SD）。中位数（IQR）报告的总体力活动为 1584.0（0-5637.3）MET-min/周。PA 的最高总量在国内领域，为 490（0-2400）MET-min/周。与活动充足或非常充足的 PA 相关的因素包括马来族裔、没有正规教育、初级职业、当前吸烟者和高 HDL。而低收入、男性和正常 BMI 不太可能参与活动充足或非常充足的 PA。鼓励所有领域更高水平的 PA 是实现推荐的 PA 目标的重要因素。
