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| Title |
Playground activities and gender variation in objectively measured physical activity intensity in Australian primary school children: a repeated measures study
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| Published in |
BMC Public Health, September 2018
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12889-018-6005-5 |
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| Authors |
Dean A. Dudley, Wayne G. Cotton, Louisa R. Peralta, Matthew Winslade |
| Abstract |
Recent studies have sought to address the limited time for physical activity by focusing on increasing physical activity intensity among students during non-curricula periods and specifically school break times. We objectively measured the intensity of student physical activity (PA) during recess and lunch breaks at primary schools in the Western Sydney region of New South Wales (NSW), Australia using a 12-month repeated measures observation design study. Systematic direct observation of recess and lunch breaks over a ten-week period in 2014 and 2015. 120 recess and lunch breaks across twenty schools (2014) with 839 periodic observations and across 15 schools with 587 periodic observations in 2015. Both observation periods were conducted over 10-weeks in Term 4 (September - December). The mean proportion of vigorous physical activity reported as a percentage (%VPA) across both time points was 16.6% (SD = 23.4). 36.8% (SD = 26.0) of time was spent walking and the remaining time (46.6%; SD = 30.4) was spent in sedentary activities. There was a significant decline in %VPA and increase in sedentary activity (p < 0.01) between the two time periods of measurement. In 2014, boys spent twice as much time in %VPA than girls during breaks in the school day and in 2015 this increased to nearly three times as much time in %VPA. %VPA also varied on the type of surface PA took place and the types of activities the children were allowed to undertake during breaks. Recess and lunch breaks potentially offer an opportunity for children to participate in unstructured PA during the school day. Substantial variations in the %VPA during these periods exist. Addressing playground gender participation disparities and space usability/accessibility may be a necessary first step in promoting higher PA intensities during breaks. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 8 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 2 | 25% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 13% |
| United States | 1 | 13% |
| Ireland | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 3 | 38% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 7 | 88% |
| Scientists | 1 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 105 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 105 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 17 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 8 | 8% |
| Researcher | 6 | 6% |
| Lecturer | 5 | 5% |
| Other | 20 | 19% |
| Unknown | 39 | 37% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Sports and Recreations | 19 | 18% |
| Social Sciences | 12 | 11% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 11 | 10% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 5% |
| Psychology | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 9 | 9% |
| Unknown | 46 | 44% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. 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 16 May 2022.
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#6,680,529
of 24,820,264 outputs
Outputs from BMC Public Health
#6,958
of 16,466 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#109,485
of 342,559 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#174
of 251 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 24,820,264 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 72nd percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 16,466 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 14.4. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 57% of its peers.
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