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Physical Activity Pattern Characterized by Domains and Dimensions of the Roma Population in Comparison with That of the General Population in Northeast Hungary

Our study focuses on examining physical activity, as one of the most influential health determinants by domains and dimensions among Roma, the largest vulnerable ethnic minority in Europe. The study was carried out on a sample representative of the Hungarian Roma (HR) population (n = 350) living in...

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Autores principales: Bácsné Bába, Éva, Pikó, Péter, Müller, Anetta, Ráthonyi, Gergely, Balogh, Péter, Kósa, Zsigmond, Kovács, Nóra, Sándor, János, Ádány, Róza, Bács, Zoltán
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8948787/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35329230
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063545
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author Bácsné Bába, Éva
Pikó, Péter
Müller, Anetta
Ráthonyi, Gergely
Balogh, Péter
Kósa, Zsigmond
Kovács, Nóra
Sándor, János
Ádány, Róza
Bács, Zoltán
author_facet Bácsné Bába, Éva
Pikó, Péter
Müller, Anetta
Ráthonyi, Gergely
Balogh, Péter
Kósa, Zsigmond
Kovács, Nóra
Sándor, János
Ádány, Róza
Bács, Zoltán
author_sort Bácsné Bába, Éva
collection PubMed
description Our study focuses on examining physical activity, as one of the most influential health determinants by domains and dimensions among Roma, the largest vulnerable ethnic minority in Europe. The study was carried out on a sample representative of the Hungarian Roma (HR) population (n = 350) living in segregated colonies in Northeast Hungary in comparison with the Hungarian general (HG) population sample (n = 343) from the same region. Data were collected using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) long-form and physical activity was quantified as MET-min/week. Scores were calculated for walking, moderate and vigorous-intensity activities for each domain (work, transport, domestic and gardening, leisure) and as an overall total. The HR population—similarly to the HG—is characterized by moderate or high physical activity; however, this level is achieved by work and housework/gardening instead of leisure time activities, which is worryingly low among HR females, but its prevalence is significantly (p < 0.001) lower in both sexes than among the HG population in the vigorous activity category. HR men move (walk and cycle) significantly more during transport than HG men. Our results may direct the attention of decision-makers to improve the health of Roma by increasing leisure-time physical activity.
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spelling pubmed-89487872022-03-26 Physical Activity Pattern Characterized by Domains and Dimensions of the Roma Population in Comparison with That of the General Population in Northeast Hungary Bácsné Bába, Éva Pikó, Péter Müller, Anetta Ráthonyi, Gergely Balogh, Péter Kósa, Zsigmond Kovács, Nóra Sándor, János Ádány, Róza Bács, Zoltán Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Our study focuses on examining physical activity, as one of the most influential health determinants by domains and dimensions among Roma, the largest vulnerable ethnic minority in Europe. The study was carried out on a sample representative of the Hungarian Roma (HR) population (n = 350) living in segregated colonies in Northeast Hungary in comparison with the Hungarian general (HG) population sample (n = 343) from the same region. Data were collected using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) long-form and physical activity was quantified as MET-min/week. Scores were calculated for walking, moderate and vigorous-intensity activities for each domain (work, transport, domestic and gardening, leisure) and as an overall total. The HR population—similarly to the HG—is characterized by moderate or high physical activity; however, this level is achieved by work and housework/gardening instead of leisure time activities, which is worryingly low among HR females, but its prevalence is significantly (p < 0.001) lower in both sexes than among the HG population in the vigorous activity category. HR men move (walk and cycle) significantly more during transport than HG men. Our results may direct the attention of decision-makers to improve the health of Roma by increasing leisure-time physical activity. MDPI 2022-03-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8948787/ /pubmed/35329230 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063545 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Bácsné Bába, Éva
Pikó, Péter
Müller, Anetta
Ráthonyi, Gergely
Balogh, Péter
Kósa, Zsigmond
Kovács, Nóra
Sándor, János
Ádány, Róza
Bács, Zoltán
Physical Activity Pattern Characterized by Domains and Dimensions of the Roma Population in Comparison with That of the General Population in Northeast Hungary
title Physical Activity Pattern Characterized by Domains and Dimensions of the Roma Population in Comparison with That of the General Population in Northeast Hungary
title_full Physical Activity Pattern Characterized by Domains and Dimensions of the Roma Population in Comparison with That of the General Population in Northeast Hungary
title_fullStr Physical Activity Pattern Characterized by Domains and Dimensions of the Roma Population in Comparison with That of the General Population in Northeast Hungary
title_full_unstemmed Physical Activity Pattern Characterized by Domains and Dimensions of the Roma Population in Comparison with That of the General Population in Northeast Hungary
title_short Physical Activity Pattern Characterized by Domains and Dimensions of the Roma Population in Comparison with That of the General Population in Northeast Hungary
title_sort physical activity pattern characterized by domains and dimensions of the roma population in comparison with that of the general population in northeast hungary
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8948787/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35329230
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063545
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