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Physical activity patterns among South-Asian adults: a systematic review

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, October 2013
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Title
Physical activity patterns among South-Asian adults: a systematic review
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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, October 2013
DOI 10.1186/1479-5868-10-116
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Chathuranga D Ranasinghe, Priyanga Ranasinghe, Ranil Jayawardena, Anoop Misra

Abstract

Physical activity (PA) has many beneficial physical and mental health effects. Physical inactivity is considered the fourth leading risk factor for global mortality. At present there are no systematic reviews on PA patterns among South Asian adults residing in the region. The present study aims to systematically evaluate studies on PA patterns in South Asian countries. A five-staged comprehensive search of the literature was conducted in Medline, Web of Science and SciVerse Scopus using keywords 'Exercise', 'Walking', 'Physical activity', 'Inactivity', 'Physical Activity Questionnaire', 'International Physical Activity Questionnaire', 'IPAQ', 'Global Physical Activity Questionnaire' and 'GPAQ', combined with individual country names. The search was restricted to English language articles conducted in humans and published before 31st December 2012. To obtain additional data a manual search of the reference lists of articles was performed. Data were also retrieved from the search of relevant web sites and online resources. The total number of hits obtained from the initial search was 1,771. The total number of research articles included in the present review is eleven (India-8, Sri Lanka-2, Pakistan-1). In addition, eleven country reports (Nepal-3, Bangladesh-2, India-2, Sri Lanka-2, Bhutan-1, Maldives-1) of World Health Organization STEPS survey from the South-Asian countries were retrieved online. In the research articles the overall prevalence of inactivity was as follows; India (18.5%-88.4%), Pakistan (60.1%) and Sri Lanka (11.0%-31.8%). STEPS survey reports were available from all countries except Pakistan. Overall in majority of STEPS surveys females were more inactive compared to males. Furthermore, leisure related inactivity was >75% in studies reporting inactivity in this domain and people were more active in transport domain when compared with the other domains. In conclusion, our results show that there is a wide variation in the prevalence of physical inactivity among South-Asian adults within and between countries. Furthermore, physical inactivity in South Asian adults was associated with several socio-demographic characteristics. Majority of South Asian adults were inactive during their leisure time. These Factors need to be considered when planning future interventions and research aimed at improving PA in the region.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Japan 1 <1%
Malaysia 1 <1%
Netherlands 1 <1%
Unknown 286 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 46 16%
Student > Master 43 15%
Student > Postgraduate 30 10%
Researcher 29 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 26 9%
Other 49 17%
Unknown 66 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 76 26%
Nursing and Health Professions 32 11%
Sports and Recreations 28 10%
Social Sciences 23 8%
Psychology 15 5%
Other 40 14%
Unknown 75 26%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 15. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 November 2019.
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#2,413,984
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#854
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#21,789
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Outputs of similar age from International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
#5
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