| Summary: | 碩士 === 亞洲大學 === 健康管理研究所 === 96 === Background and purpose. Adults in lower status occupational groups are at higher risk of cardiovascular disease, for which physical inactivity is the major risk factor. Moderate and high levels of leisure time, occupational and commuting physical activity have been shown to be associated with a reduced CVD and all-cause mortality among both sexes. The purpose of the study is to examine occupational, commuting, leisure time and total physical activity and explore which occupational category in Estonia would be more likely sufficiently active or inactive for cardio-respiratory fitness.
Method. The secondary data was obtained from the study Health Behavior among Estonian Adult Population 2006. The self-completion questionnaire was used to examine both self-reported occupational, commuting, leisure time, and total physical activity of adult professional, associate, machine operators and craftsman category for males (n=767) and professional, office clerks, service/sales worker, craftswomen, homemakers and elementary workers category for females (n=1097). Chi square analysis and logistic regression analysis were used to examine the associations between occupational category membership in different physical activity domain separately for male and female.
Results. After adjustment for age, education, body mass index, marital status, nationality, smoking and income, this study has found that total physical activity is distinct among different occupational category; the higher risk groups of total physical inactivity are machine operators [OR=2.05 (0.94-4.49)] and professional workers [OR=1.67 (0.82-3.43)] category among male respondents and office clerks [OR=8.46 (3.26-21.94)], craftswomen [OR=4.90 (1.71-14.05)] and professional [OR=4.24 (1.56-11.57)] category among female respondents.
Discussion. The findings are partially consistent with other studies, which have found lower status occupational workers to have higher total physical activity. But the exceptions of this study are the machine operators’ category for the male and craftswomen category for the female, who being also relatively lower occupational status, report higher total physical inactivity.
Conclusion. Machine operators and professional category among male and office clerks, craftswomen and professional occupational category workers have higher total physical inactivity.
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