The effects of individual, family and environmental factors on physical activity levels in children: a cross-sectional study

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dc.contributor.authorCadogan, Sharon L.
dc.contributor.authorKeane, Eimear
dc.contributor.authorKearney, Patricia M.
dc.contributor.funderHealth Research Boarden
dc.contributor.funderNational Children’s Research Centre, Irelanden
dc.contributor.funderDepartment of Children and Youth Affairs, Ireland
dc.contributor.funderDepartment of Social Protection, Ireland
dc.contributor.funderCentral Statistics Office, Ireland
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-25T15:21:41Z
dc.date.available2016-01-25T15:21:41Z
dc.date.issued2014-04-21
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: Physical activity plays an important role in optimising physical and mental health during childhood, adolescence, and throughout adult life. This study aims to identify individual, family and environmental factors that determine physical activity levels in a population sample of children in Ireland. METHODS: Cross-sectional analysis of the first wave (2008) of the nationally representative Growing Up in Ireland study. A two-stage clustered sampling method was used where national schools served as the primary sampling unit (response rate: 82%) and age eligible children from participating schools were the secondary units (response rate: 57%). Parent reported child physical activity levels and potential covariates (parent and child reported) include favourite hobby, total screen time, sports participation and child body mass index (measured by trained researcher). Univariate and multivariate multinomial logistic regression (forward block entry) examined the association between individual, family and environmental level factors and physical activity levels. RESULTS: The children (N = 8,568) were classified as achieving low (25%), moderate (20%) or high (55%) physical activity levels. In the fully adjusted model, male gender (OR 1.64 [95% CI: 1.34-2.01]), having an active favourite hobby (OR 1.65 [95% CI: 1.31-2.08]) and membership of sports or fitness team (OR 1.90 [95% CI: 1.48-2.45]) were significantly associated with being in the high physical activity group. Exceeding two hours total screen time (OR 0.66 [95% CI: 0.52-0.85]), being overweight (OR 0.41 [95% CI: 0.27-0.61]; or obese (OR 0.68 [95% CI: 0.54-0.86]) were significantly associated with decreased odds of being in the high physical activity group. CONCLUSIONS: Individual level factors appear to predict PA levels when considered in the multiple domains. Future research should aim to use more robust objective measures to explore the usefulness of the interconnect that exists across these domains. In particular how the family and environmental settings could be useful facilitators for consistent individual level factors such as sports participation.en
dc.description.sponsorshipGovernment of Ireland (Growing Up in Ireland Study: Department of Children and Youth Affairs; Department of Social Protection; Central Statistics Office); Health Research Board (HRB Centre for Health and Diet Research); National Children's Research Centre, Crumlin.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.articleid107
dc.identifier.citationCADOGAN, S. L., KEANE, E. & KEARNEY, P. M. 2014. The effects of individual, family and environmental factors on physical activity levels in children: a cross-sectional study. BMC Pediatrics, 14, 1-13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-14-107en
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/1471-2431-14-107
dc.identifier.endpage13en
dc.identifier.issn1471-2431
dc.identifier.journaltitleBMC Pediatricsen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/2213
dc.identifier.volume14en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherBiomed Central Ltd.en
dc.rights© 2014 Cadogan et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd., 2014. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/en
dc.subjectPhysical activity levelsen
dc.subjectActiveen
dc.subjectChildrenen
dc.subjectDeterminantsen
dc.subjectPredictorsen
dc.subjectIndividualen
dc.subjectFamilyen
dc.subjectEnvironmentalen
dc.subjectSchoolen
dc.subjectSedentary behavioursen
dc.subjectObesityen
dc.subjectAdolescentsen
dc.subjectTelevisionen
dc.subjectChildhooden
dc.subjectYouthen
dc.subjectOverweighten
dc.subjectAdulthooden
dc.subjectGrowing Up in Ireland studyen
dc.subject.lcshFamilyen
dc.titleThe effects of individual, family and environmental factors on physical activity levels in children: a cross-sectional studyen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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