Ten-Year Changes in the Prevalence and Socio-Demographic Determinants of Physical Activity among Polish Adults Aged 20 to 74 Years. Results of the National Multicenter Health Surveys WOBASZ (2003-2005) and WOBASZ II (2013-2014)

Magdalena Kwaśniewska, Małgorzata Pikala, Wojciech Bielecki, Elżbieta Dziankowska-Zaborszczyk, Ewa Rębowska, Krystyna Kozakiewicz, Andrzej Pająk, Jerzy Piwoński, Andrzej Tykarski, Tomasz Zdrojewski and Wojciech Drygas

PLOS ONE, 2016, vol. 11, issue 6, 1-14

Abstract: Introduction: The aim of the study was to estimate ten-year changes in physical activity (PA) patterns and sociodemographic determinants among adult residents of Poland. Methods: The study comprised two independent samples of randomly selected adults aged 20–74 years participating in the National Multicentre Health Survey WOBASZ (2003–2005; n = 14572) and WOBASZ II (2013–2014; n = 5694). In both surveys the measurements were performed by six academic centers in all 16 voivodships of Poland (108 measurement points in each survey). Sociodemographic data were collected by an interviewer-administered questionnaire in both surveys. Physical activity was assessed in three domains: leisure-time, occupational and commuting physical activity. Results: Leisure-time PA changed substantially between the surveys (p

Date: 2016
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