Croatian Institute of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia.
University of Zagreb School of Medicine, School of Public Health Andrija Štampar, Zagreb, Croatia.
Arh Hig Rada Toksikol. 2024 Mar 29;75(1):32-40. doi: 10.2478/aiht-2024-75-3808. eCollection 2024 Mar 1.
The aim of this study was to determine the share of Croatian adults who walk 210 min or more a week and to explore the relationship between regular walking and demographic factors, health-related behaviours, and chronic non-communicable diseases/conditions. To this end, we used the EHIS-PAQ questionnaire and collected self-reported data on minutes spent walking during a typical week from a total of 3,496 respondents. The data were additionally analysed by gender, age, education, residence (urban/rural), counties and regions, smoking, other types of physical activity, and diseases/chronic conditions. The results show that, overall, 40.9 % of the adult Croatian population walks 210 or more minutes a week, with the largest share found among those from the Lika-Senj County (76.8 %), those who spend 300 min or more weekly on health-enhancing (non-work-related) aerobic physical activity (57.6 %), those who reported having diabetes (49.3 %), and those aged 65-74 years (44.7 %). Despite its limitations, our study gives a valuable insight into the frequency and factors determining healthy walking habits in a representative sample of Croatian adults and provides grounds for further research.
本研究旨在确定克罗地亚成年人每周步行 210 分钟或以上的比例，并探讨定期步行与人口统计学因素、与健康相关的行为以及慢性非传染性疾病/状况之间的关系。为此，我们使用了 EHIS-PAQ 问卷，并从总共 3496 名受访者中收集了每周典型步行时间的自我报告数据。这些数据还按性别、年龄、教育、居住地（城市/农村）、县和地区、吸烟、其他类型的身体活动以及疾病/慢性状况进行了分析。结果表明，总体而言，40.9%的克罗地亚成年人口每周步行 210 分钟或以上，其中利卡-塞尼县（76.8%）的比例最高，每周花费 300 分钟或以上进行有益健康（与工作无关）的有氧运动的人群（57.6%）、报告患有糖尿病的人群（49.3%）以及 65-74 岁的人群（44.7%）的比例最高。尽管存在局限性，但本研究深入了解了克罗地亚成年人中健康步行习惯的频率和决定因素，为进一步研究提供了依据。
