Cross-sectional interactions between quality of the physical and social environment and self-reported physical activity in adults living in income-deprived communities

Alexia D M Sawyer, Russell Jones, Marcella Ucci, Lee Smith, Ade Kearns and Abi Fisher

PLOS ONE, 2017, vol. 12, issue 12, 1-17

Abstract: Background: Understanding the environmental determinants of physical activity in populations at high risk of inactivity could contribute to the development of effective interventions. Socioecological models of activity propose that environmental factors have independent and interactive effects of physical activity but there is a lack of research into interactive effects. Objectives: This study aimed to explore independent and interactive effects of social and physical environmental factors on self-reported physical activity in income-deprived communities. Methods: Participants were 5,923 adults in Glasgow, United Kingdom. Features of the social environment were self-reported. Quality of the physical environment was objectively-measured. Neighbourhood walking and participation in moderate physical activity [MPA] on ≥5 days/week was self-reported. Multilevel multivariate logistic regression models tested independent and interactive effects of environmental factors on activity. Results: ‘Social support’ (walking: OR:1.22,95%CI = 1.06–1.41,p

Date: 2017
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