König Laura M, Betz Constanze, Al Masri Mirna, Bartelmeß Tina
Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Faculty of Life Sciences: Food, Nutrition and Health, University of Bayreuth, Kulmbach, Germany.
Health Psychol Behav Med. 2024 Dec 23;13(1):2444244. doi: 10.1080/21642850.2024.2444244. eCollection 2025.
Individuals living in rural areas report poorer health outcomes, including obesity, compared to individuals living in urban areas. Amongst others, this is due to restricted access to opportunities for healthy eating and physical activity. Interventions are urgently needed to address this gap. It is yet unclear whether digital interventions are suited for this purpose. The present dataset provides information on adults residing in rural Germany regarding their health status, perceived access to opportunities for healthy eating and physical activity, and digital device ownership and intervention use. A pen-and-paper survey was conducted in winter 2022/2023 among patients of five general practitioners' practices in rural Bavaria. Materials and data are openly available for future use. The dataset contains responses from = 273 individuals (54.9% women, 44.8% men, 0.4% diverse; age = 51.3, = 16.7; BMI = 29.1, = 15.9). On average, 30.6 participants failed to respond to any given item ( = 33.0; range 1-136). Eighty-four percent had access to the internet and a computer and 91.4% owned a smartphone, but the majority (58.5%/ 84.2%) had no prior experience with mobile physical activity or dietary interventions, respectively. This dataset provides insights into barriers and facilitators to healthy eating and physical activity in rural populations and digital (health) technology use. It provides starting points for behavioural weight management interventions in rural areas.
与城市地区的居民相比，农村地区的居民健康状况较差，包括肥胖问题。其中一个原因是，农村地区居民获得健康饮食和体育活动机会的途径有限。迫切需要采取干预措施来缩小这一差距。目前尚不清楚数字干预措施是否适用于此目的。本数据集提供了居住在德国农村地区成年人的健康状况、对健康饮食和体育活动机会的感知、数字设备拥有情况以及干预措施使用情况等信息。2022年冬季至2023年冬季，对巴伐利亚农村地区五家全科医生诊所的患者进行了纸笔调查。材料和数据可公开获取以供未来使用。该数据集包含273名个体的回复（女性占54.9%，男性占44.8%，其他占0.4%；年龄=51.3，标准差=16.7；体重指数=29.1，标准差=15.9）。平均而言，30.6名参与者对任何给定项目都未做出回应（标准差=33.0；范围为1-136）。84%的人可以上网并拥有电脑，91.4%的人拥有智能手机，但大多数人（分别为58.5%/84.2%）此前没有移动体育活动或饮食干预的经验。该数据集提供了有关农村人口健康饮食和体育活动的障碍与促进因素以及数字（健康）技术使用情况的见解。它为农村地区的行为体重管理干预提供了切入点。
