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: Received: 25 October 2022 / Approved: 26 October 2022 / Online: 26 October 2022 (09:51:36 CEST)
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Liang, C.; Zheng, Z.; Wu, Y.; Li, Z.; Wang, P.; Wang, Y.; Lin, B.; Fang, J. Physical Activity Among Rural Residents in Eastern, Central and Western Provinces of China: A Cross-Sectional Survey. Preprints2022, 2022100407. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202210.0407.v1
Liang, C.; Zheng, Z.; Wu, Y.; Li, Z.; Wang, P.; Wang, Y.; Lin, B.; Fang, J. Physical Activity Among Rural Residents in Eastern, Central and Western Provinces of China: A Cross-Sectional Survey. Preprints 2022, 2022100407. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202210.0407.v1
Liang, C.; Zheng, Z.; Wu, Y.; Li, Z.; Wang, P.; Wang, Y.; Lin, B.; Fang, J. Physical Activity Among Rural Residents in Eastern, Central and Western Provinces of China: A Cross-Sectional Survey. Preprints2022, 2022100407. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202210.0407.v1
APA Style
Liang, C., Zheng, Z., Wu, Y., Li, Z., Wang, P., Wang, Y., Lin, B., & Fang, J. (2022). Physical Activity Among Rural Residents in Eastern, Central and Western Provinces of China: A Cross-Sectional Survey. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202210.0407.v1
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Liang, C., Bai-Xue Lin and Jing Fang. 2022 "Physical Activity Among Rural Residents in Eastern, Central and Western Provinces of China: A Cross-Sectional Survey" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202210.0407.v1
Abstract
Physical inactivity is a well-known risk factor for various non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Sufficient physical activity (PA) is essential for the prevention of NCDs and thus it is imperative to study the current status of PA and its influencing factors among rural residents in China. A population-based survey was conducted in rural areas of Shandong, Shanxi and Yunnan Provinces using a stratified random sampling method. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short Form (IPAQ-S) was used to collect the data on PA. A total of 3780 rural residents participated in the survey. The result showed that 22.2% of rural residents were physical inactivity. The proportion of rural residents reporting practice of physical exercise was 54.4%. The most frequently performed physical exercise was walking/brisk walking(78.3%).Binary logistic regression analyses showed that being female, people at age between 15 to 34 years or 60 years old and above, employees of governmental departments/retirees, school students, the unemployed, people with NCDs were risk factors of PA and ethnic minority groups,smoking and alcohol consumption were risk factors of physical exercise. Health promotion programme aiming at increasing people’s PA in rural China is needed and it should focus on the populations groups of the female, people at age 60 years and above ,school students, the unemployed, and people with NCDs.
Keywords
public health; physical activity; rural resident; physical exercise; epidemiology
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Public Health and Health Services
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