Sedentary behaviour in Swiss children and adolescents

Bringolf-Isler, Bettina; De Hoogh, Kees; Schindler, Christian; Kayser, Bengt; Suggs, L. Suzanne; Dössegger, Alain; Probst-Hensch, Nicole; The SOPHYA Study Group

doi:10.3390/ijerph15050918

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Sedentary behaviour in Swiss children and adolescents : disentangling associations with the perceived and objectively measured environment

Bringolf-Isler, Bettina Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Socinstrasse 57, 4051 Basel, Switzerland - University of Basel, Petersplatz 1, 4051 Basel, Switzerland
De Hoogh, Kees Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Socinstrasse 57, 4051 Basel, Switzerland - University of Basel, Petersplatz 1, 4051 Basel, Switzerland
Schindler, Christian Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Socinstrasse 57, 4051 Basel, Switzerland - University of Basel, Petersplatz 1, 4051 Basel, Switzerland
Kayser, Bengt Institute of Sport Sciences, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Suggs, L. Suzanne Istituto di comunicazione pubblica (ICP), Facoltà di scienze della comunicazione, Università della Svizzera italiana, Svizzera
Dössegger, Alain Swiss Federal Institute of Sport Magglingen SFISM, 2532 Magglingen, Switzerland
Probst-Hensch, Nicole Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Socinstrasse 57, 4051 Basel, Switzerland - University of Basel, Petersplatz 1, 4051 Basel, Switzerland
The SOPHYA Study Group Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Socinstrasse 57, 4051 Basel, Switzerland

04.05.2018

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International journal of environmental research and public health. - 2018, vol. 15, no. 5, p. 918

English Identifying correlates of sedentary behaviour across all levels of the ecological model and understanding their interrelations is a promising method to plan effective interventions. The present study examined whether the objectively assessed and the perceived neighbourhood are associated with children’s sedentary behaviour time (SBT). A comprehensive set of factors at different levels of influence across the ecological model were taken into account and analysed for mediating and modifying effects. Analyses were based on 1306 children and adolescents (6–16 years) participating in the population-based SOPHYA-study. Accelerometers were used to assess SBT, the perceived environment was examined by a validated parental questionnaire, and objective environmental data were allocated using GIS (ArcMap 10.2, Esri, Redlands, CA, USA) for each family’s residential address. A high perceived safety was associated with less SBT. Boys, those whose residential neighbourhood was characterized by dead ends in urban areas, a low main street density in the neighbourhood of children and greenness were less likely to exhibit SBT. The association of the objective environment with the respective parental perceptions was low and no significant mediating effect was found for the perceived environment. We conclude for land-use planning to reduce sedentary behaviour objective environments should be complemented with efforts to increase parental sense of security.

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