TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevalence of Total and Domain-Specific Physical Activity and Associated Factors Among Nepalese Adults
T2 - A Quantile Regression Analysis
AU - Paudel, Susan
AU - Owen, Alice J.
AU - Heritier, Stephane
AU - Smith, Ben J.
PY - 2020/5/1
Y1 - 2020/5/1
N2 - AIM: To analyze the data from the World Health Organization Nepal STEPS survey 2013 to determine the prevalence of total and domain-specific physical activity (PA) and associated factors among Nepalese adults. METHODS: A multistage cluster sampling technique was used to proportionately select participants from the 3 ecological zones (Mountain, Hill, and Terai) in Nepal. The Global PA Questionnaire was used to assess PA. The data were analyzed using quantile and ordinary least square regression. RESULTS: Only 4% of the adults did not meet the World Health Organization PA guidelines. Age had a negative monotonic association with total PA and occupational PA, with the highest difference at the upper tails of the PA distribution. Lower total PA and occupational PA were associated with secondary or higher education, being retired or in unpaid employment, living in Terai or urban areas, and nonsmoking. Age, higher education, unpaid employment, and Terai or urban residence were negatively associated, while being currently married was positively associated with transport-related PA. CONCLUSION: Increasing age, higher education, unpaid employment, unemployment or retirement, and urban residence were associated with lower PA, with the stronger association at the upper tails of the distribution. The correlates had dissimilar associations across the quantiles of PA distribution.
AB - AIM: To analyze the data from the World Health Organization Nepal STEPS survey 2013 to determine the prevalence of total and domain-specific physical activity (PA) and associated factors among Nepalese adults. METHODS: A multistage cluster sampling technique was used to proportionately select participants from the 3 ecological zones (Mountain, Hill, and Terai) in Nepal. The Global PA Questionnaire was used to assess PA. The data were analyzed using quantile and ordinary least square regression. RESULTS: Only 4% of the adults did not meet the World Health Organization PA guidelines. Age had a negative monotonic association with total PA and occupational PA, with the highest difference at the upper tails of the PA distribution. Lower total PA and occupational PA were associated with secondary or higher education, being retired or in unpaid employment, living in Terai or urban areas, and nonsmoking. Age, higher education, unpaid employment, and Terai or urban residence were negatively associated, while being currently married was positively associated with transport-related PA. CONCLUSION: Increasing age, higher education, unpaid employment, unemployment or retirement, and urban residence were associated with lower PA, with the stronger association at the upper tails of the distribution. The correlates had dissimilar associations across the quantiles of PA distribution.
KW - Nepal
KW - physical activity domains
KW - secondary analysis
KW - sociodemographic correlates
KW - STEPS survey
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U2 - 10.1123/jpah.2019-0441
DO - 10.1123/jpah.2019-0441
M3 - Article
C2 - 32217789
AN - SCOPUS:85084379521
SN - 1543-3080
VL - 17
SP - 501
EP - 511
JO - Journal of Physical Activity and Health
JF - Journal of Physical Activity and Health
IS - 5
ER -