Socio-economic determinants of physical activity across the life course: A "DEterminants of DIet and Physical ACtivity" (DEDIPAC) umbrella literature review

To date, the scientific literature on socioeconomic correlates and determinants of physical activity behaviours has been dispersed throughout a number of systematic reviews, often focusing on one factor (e.g. education or parental income) in one specific age group (e.g. pre-school children or adults...

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Published in:PloS one Vol. 13; no. 1; p. e0190737
Main Authors: O’Donoghue, Grainne, Kennedy, Aileen, Puggina, Anna, Aleksovska, Katina, Buck, Christoph, Burns, Con, Cardon, Greet, Carlin, Angela, Ciarapica, Donatella, Colotto, Marco, Condello, Giancarlo, Coppinger, Tara, Cortis, Cristina, D’Haese, Sara, De Craemer, Marieke, Di Blasio, Andrea, Hansen, Sylvia, Iacoviello, Licia, Issartel, Johann, Izzicupo, Pascal, Jaeschke, Lina, Kanning, Martina, Ling, Fiona, Luzak, Agnes, Napolitano, Giorgio, Nazare, Julie-Anne, Perchoux, Camille, Pesce, Caterina, Pischon, Tobias, Polito, Angela, Sannella, Alessandra, Schulz, Holger, Simon, Chantal, Sohun, Rhoda, Steinbrecher, Astrid, Schlicht, Wolfgang, MacDonncha, Ciaran, Capranica, Laura, Boccia, Stefania
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.01.2018
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:
Adolescents
Adults
Aging
Agricultural research
Analysis
Biology and Life Sciences
Children
Diet
Economic aspects
Engineering and Technology
Environmental health
Epidemiology
Exercise
Health behavior
Health sciences
Human performance
Hygiene
Kennedy, Anna
Laboratories
Life Sciences
Literature reviews
Medicine
Medicine and Health Sciences
Nutrition research
Observational studies
People and Places
Physical activity
Physical education
Physical fitness
Public health
Social aspects
Social Sciences
Socioeconomic factors
Socioeconomics
Sport science
Teenagers
Youth
Belgium
Italy
Ireland
France
Germany
follow-up
children
adolescents
adults
mortality
Science & Technology - Other Topics
health behaviors
youth
women
ISSN:1932-6203, 1932-6203
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Summary:To date, the scientific literature on socioeconomic correlates and determinants of physical activity behaviours has been dispersed throughout a number of systematic reviews, often focusing on one factor (e.g. education or parental income) in one specific age group (e.g. pre-school children or adults). The aim of this umbrella review is to provide a comprehensive and systematic overview of the scientific literature from previously conducted research by summarising and synthesising the importance and strength of the evidence related to socioeconomic correlates and determinants of PA behaviours across the life course. Medline, Embase, ISI Web of Science, Scopus and SPORTDiscus were searched for systematic literature reviews and meta-analyses of observational studies investigating the association between socioeconomic determinants of PA and PA itself (from January 2004 to September 2017). Data extraction evaluated the importance of determinants, strength of evidence, and methodological quality of the selected papers. The full protocol is available from PROSPERO (PROSPERO2014:CRD42015010616). Nineteen reviews were included. Moderate methodological quality emerged. For adults, convincing evidence supports a relationship between PA and socioeconomic status (SES), especially in relation to leisure time (positive relationship) and occupational PA (negative relationship). Conversely, no association between PA and SES or parental SES was found for pre-school, school-aged children and adolescents. Available evidence on the socioeconomic determinants of PA behaviour across the life course is probable (shows fairly consistent associations) at best. While some evidence is available for adults, less was available for youth. This is mainly due to a limited quantity of primary studies, weak research designs and lack of accuracy in the PA and SES assessment methods employed. Further PA domain specific studies using longitudinal design and clear measures of SES and PA assessment are required.
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PMCID: PMC5774703
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0190737