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Physical activity levels of allied health professionals working in a large Australian metropolitan health district – an observational study

PURPOSE: The aim of this observational cross-sectional study was to determine if allied health professionals working in a large metropolitan health district were meeting the minimal physical activity (PA) recommendations and the proportion that occupational PA contributed to the recommended PA level...

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Autores principales: Zafiropoulos, Bill, Alison, Jennifer A, Heard, Robert
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6322493/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30655673
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S189513
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Heard, Robert
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description PURPOSE: The aim of this observational cross-sectional study was to determine if allied health professionals working in a large metropolitan health district were meeting the minimal physical activity (PA) recommendations and the proportion that occupational PA contributed to the recommended PA levels. A secondary aim was to determine possible relationships between self-report questionnaire measures of PA and PA measured by accelerometry. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Allied health professionals, working in the Sydney Local Health District (SLHD) in 2016–2017, completed the Active Australia Survey (AAS), Occupational Sitting and Physical Activity Questionnaire (OSPAQ), International Physical Activity Questionnaire Long form (IPAQ-L), and wore the ActiGraph GT1M accelerometer for 7 days consecutively. RESULTS: Based on accelerometry results, allied health professionals (N=126) spent a mean (SD) of 51 (23) minutes in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA)/day, representing 171% of the total recommended MVPA/day, with work contributing 76% to this recommendation. Participants walked a mean of 10,077 (2,766) steps/day, meeting 100% of the recommended 10,000 steps/day, with work contributing 54% to this recommendation. Sedentary behaviors were predominant throughout the entire day and work day. Compared with the ActiGraph MVPA time measurements, AAS MVPA time showed a fair level of agreement [intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC)=0.44, P<0.01], while OSPAQ and IPAQ-L MVPA time showed no agreement (ICC=0.05, P=0.27; ICC=0.13, P=0.10, respectively). CONCLUSION: Allied health professionals working in a large metropolitan health district met the daily PA recommendations based on accelerometry measures but tended to overreport their MVPA on self-report questionnaires.
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spelling pubmed-63224932019-01-17 Physical activity levels of allied health professionals working in a large Australian metropolitan health district – an observational study Zafiropoulos, Bill Alison, Jennifer A Heard, Robert J Multidiscip Healthc Original Research PURPOSE: The aim of this observational cross-sectional study was to determine if allied health professionals working in a large metropolitan health district were meeting the minimal physical activity (PA) recommendations and the proportion that occupational PA contributed to the recommended PA levels. A secondary aim was to determine possible relationships between self-report questionnaire measures of PA and PA measured by accelerometry. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Allied health professionals, working in the Sydney Local Health District (SLHD) in 2016–2017, completed the Active Australia Survey (AAS), Occupational Sitting and Physical Activity Questionnaire (OSPAQ), International Physical Activity Questionnaire Long form (IPAQ-L), and wore the ActiGraph GT1M accelerometer for 7 days consecutively. RESULTS: Based on accelerometry results, allied health professionals (N=126) spent a mean (SD) of 51 (23) minutes in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA)/day, representing 171% of the total recommended MVPA/day, with work contributing 76% to this recommendation. Participants walked a mean of 10,077 (2,766) steps/day, meeting 100% of the recommended 10,000 steps/day, with work contributing 54% to this recommendation. Sedentary behaviors were predominant throughout the entire day and work day. Compared with the ActiGraph MVPA time measurements, AAS MVPA time showed a fair level of agreement [intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC)=0.44, P<0.01], while OSPAQ and IPAQ-L MVPA time showed no agreement (ICC=0.05, P=0.27; ICC=0.13, P=0.10, respectively). CONCLUSION: Allied health professionals working in a large metropolitan health district met the daily PA recommendations based on accelerometry measures but tended to overreport their MVPA on self-report questionnaires. Dove Medical Press 2019-01-03 /pmc/articles/PMC6322493/ /pubmed/30655673 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S189513 Text en © 2019 Zafiropoulos et al. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed.
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Physical activity levels of allied health professionals working in a large Australian metropolitan health district – an observational study
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title_full Physical activity levels of allied health professionals working in a large Australian metropolitan health district – an observational study
title_fullStr Physical activity levels of allied health professionals working in a large Australian metropolitan health district – an observational study
title_full_unstemmed Physical activity levels of allied health professionals working in a large Australian metropolitan health district – an observational study
title_short Physical activity levels of allied health professionals working in a large Australian metropolitan health district – an observational study
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topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6322493/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30655673
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S189513
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