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Self-reported physical activity behavior of a multi-ethnic adult population within the urban and rural setting in Suriname

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Public Health, May 2015
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Title
Self-reported physical activity behavior of a multi-ethnic adult population within the urban and rural setting in Suriname
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BMC Public Health, May 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12889-015-1807-1
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Se-Sergio M Baldew, Ingrid SK Krishnadath, Christel CF Smits, Jerry R Toelsie, Luc Vanhees, Veronique Cornelissen

Abstract

Physical activity (PA) plays an important role in the combat against noncommunicable diseases including cardiovascular diseases. In order to develop appropriate PA intervention programs, there is a need to evaluate PA behavior. So far, there are no published data on PA available for Suriname. Therefore, we aim to describe PA behavior among the multi-ethnic population living in urban and rural areas of Suriname. The World Health Organization (WHO) STEPwise approach to chronic disease risk factor surveillance (STEPS) was conducted in a national representative sample (N = 5751; 48.6% men) aged 15-64 years between March and September 2013. Physical activity data were assessed using the Global physical activity questionnaire (GPAQ) and analyzed according to the GPAQ guidelines. The prevalence of meeting the recommended PA level and prevalence ratios (PR) were computed. Only 55.5% of the overall population met the WHO recommended PA levels (urban coastal area: 55.7%, rural coastal area: 57.9%, rural interior area: 49.1%). Women were less likely to meet the recommended PA level (49% vs 62.4%; p < 0.0001) and with increasing age the PR for recommended level of PA decreased (p < 0.0001). Compared to the Hindustani's, the largest ethnic group, the Javanese reported the lowest percentage of people meeting recommended PA level (PR = 0.92; p = 0.07). Around half of the population meets the recommended PA level. Future lifestyle interventions aiming at increasing PA should especially focus on women and older individuals as they are less likely to meet the recommended levels of PA.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Indonesia 1 1%
Unknown 67 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 13 19%
Student > Bachelor 9 13%
Researcher 7 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 10%
Lecturer 5 7%
Other 13 19%
Unknown 14 21%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 15 22%
Sports and Recreations 8 12%
Nursing and Health Professions 7 10%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 9%
Psychology 4 6%
Other 10 15%
Unknown 18 26%
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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 21 May 2015.
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