Associations of park access, park use and physical activity in parks with wellbeing in an Asian urban environment: a cross-sectional study

Autor: Nicholas A. Petrunoff, Ng Xian Yi, Borame Dickens, Angelia Sia, Joel Koo, Alex R. Cook, Wee Hwee Lin, Lu Ying, Ann W. Hsing, Rob M. van Dam, Falk Müller-Riemenschneider
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1479-5868
DOI: 10.1186/s12966-021-01147-2
Popis: Abstract Background Relationships between park access, park use, and wellbeing remain poorly understood. The objectives of this study were to investigate: (1) perceived and objective park access in relation to park use and physical activity in parks; and; (2) perceived and objective park access, park use and physical activity in parks and their associations with wellbeing. Methods An interviewer-assisted survey collected data on perceived time to walk to parks, park use time, park physical activity time and wellbeing (using a scale containing nine domains) amongst adult participants of the Singapore Multi-Ethnic Cohort. Geospatial maps of parks and the “walkable” street networks were created for the city-state of Singapore to objectively determine distances to accessible points on park boundaries. Multiple linear regression models estimated the importance of park access to park use and associations of park access and park use with wellbeing, adjusting for potential confounders. Results Participants’ (n = 3435) average age was 48.8 years (SD, 12.8), 44.8% were male and 72.6% were of Chinese ethnicity. Better perceived but not true park access was significantly associated with greater park use. Park access (perceived or true) was not associated with physical activity time in parks. Greater participant park time and physical activity time in parks were associated with higher wellbeing scores (p
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