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Perceived Environmental and Personal Factors Associated with Walking and Cycling for Transportation in Taiwanese Adults
This study examined perceived environmental and personal factors associated with walking and cycling as means of transportation for Taiwanese adults. A random-digit-dialing telephone-based cross-sectional survey was conducted with Taiwanese adults aged 20 to 64 years. Data on time spent walking and...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4344714/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25689349 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120202105 |
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author | Liao, Yung Wang, I-Ting Hsu, Hsiu-Hua Chang, Shao-Hsi |
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description | This study examined perceived environmental and personal factors associated with walking and cycling as means of transportation for Taiwanese adults. A random-digit-dialing telephone-based cross-sectional survey was conducted with Taiwanese adults aged 20 to 64 years. Data on time spent walking and cycling for transportation and perceptions of neighborhood environment and personal characteristics were obtained from 1065 adults by using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire-long version and its environmental module. Adjusted binary logistic regression was performed. The results showed that, after adjusting potential confounders, common and different personal and perceived environmental factors were associated with walking and cycling for transportation. For common personal factors, adults who had employment were less likely to engage in 150 min of walking per week (odds ratio [OR] = 0.41; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.27–0.62) and to use cycling as a means of transportation (OR = 0.51; 95% CI: 0.32–0.79). For common perceived environmental factors, adults who perceived good connectivity of streets were more likely to walk (OR = 1.95; 95% CI: 1.20–3.16) and cycle (OR = 2.02; 95% CI: 1.16–3.54) for transportation. Targeting employed adults and improving the connectivity of streets should be a priority for developing transport policies and intervention strategies to promote active transportation. |
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spelling | pubmed-43447142015-03-18 Perceived Environmental and Personal Factors Associated with Walking and Cycling for Transportation in Taiwanese Adults Liao, Yung Wang, I-Ting Hsu, Hsiu-Hua Chang, Shao-Hsi Int J Environ Res Public Health Article This study examined perceived environmental and personal factors associated with walking and cycling as means of transportation for Taiwanese adults. A random-digit-dialing telephone-based cross-sectional survey was conducted with Taiwanese adults aged 20 to 64 years. Data on time spent walking and cycling for transportation and perceptions of neighborhood environment and personal characteristics were obtained from 1065 adults by using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire-long version and its environmental module. Adjusted binary logistic regression was performed. The results showed that, after adjusting potential confounders, common and different personal and perceived environmental factors were associated with walking and cycling for transportation. For common personal factors, adults who had employment were less likely to engage in 150 min of walking per week (odds ratio [OR] = 0.41; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.27–0.62) and to use cycling as a means of transportation (OR = 0.51; 95% CI: 0.32–0.79). For common perceived environmental factors, adults who perceived good connectivity of streets were more likely to walk (OR = 1.95; 95% CI: 1.20–3.16) and cycle (OR = 2.02; 95% CI: 1.16–3.54) for transportation. Targeting employed adults and improving the connectivity of streets should be a priority for developing transport policies and intervention strategies to promote active transportation. MDPI 2015-02-13 2015-02 /pmc/articles/PMC4344714/ /pubmed/25689349 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120202105 Text en © 2015 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Liao, Yung Wang, I-Ting Hsu, Hsiu-Hua Chang, Shao-Hsi Perceived Environmental and Personal Factors Associated with Walking and Cycling for Transportation in Taiwanese Adults |
title | Perceived Environmental and Personal Factors Associated with Walking and Cycling for Transportation in Taiwanese Adults |
title_full | Perceived Environmental and Personal Factors Associated with Walking and Cycling for Transportation in Taiwanese Adults |
title_fullStr | Perceived Environmental and Personal Factors Associated with Walking and Cycling for Transportation in Taiwanese Adults |
title_full_unstemmed | Perceived Environmental and Personal Factors Associated with Walking and Cycling for Transportation in Taiwanese Adults |
title_short | Perceived Environmental and Personal Factors Associated with Walking and Cycling for Transportation in Taiwanese Adults |
title_sort | perceived environmental and personal factors associated with walking and cycling for transportation in taiwanese adults |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4344714/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25689349 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120202105 |
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