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portion of Slovenian police officers meeting daily activity fizioterapevtske in kineziološke priložnosti ... | opportunities in physiotherapy and kinesiology ...
behaviours guidelines
Kaja Kastelic1,3, Nastja Podrekar3,2, Jure Žitnik3,2, Nejc Šarabon2,3
1 University of Primorska, Andrej Marušič Institute, Muzejski trg 2, 6000 Koper,
Slovenia
2 University of Primorska, Faculty of Health Sciences, Polje 42, 6310 Izola, Slovenia
3 InnoRenew Coe, Human Health in the Built Environment, Livade 6, 6310 Izola,
Slovenia
Introduction: A recent shift to the 24-hour movement paradigm is being widely
accepted by the researchers and (inter)national authorities who develop phys-
ical activity guidelines. The new paradigm is based on the fact, that time spent
in physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep add up to 24-hour day and
that for the optimal health all day matters. The aim of this study was to exam-
ine the proportion of Slovenian police officers that meet each of the individual
(issued/proposed) guidelines or combination of guidelines.
Methods: The study was a part of a regional PROZ-SIPO project. Participants
were Slovenian police officers (n = 461, 42.6 ± 7.5 years, 75 % males). They
were recruited via e-mail invitation to fulfil web based Daily activity behaviours
questionnaire (DAB-Q) to assess time spent in moderate to vigorous physical
activity (MVPA), sedentary behaviour (SB) and sleep. Descriptive statistics and
frequency analysis were performed to examine the prevalence of each behav-
iour and the proportion of participants meeting individual and combination of
the guidelines.
Results: On average, police officers engaged in 320 ± 323 minutes of MVPA per
week. Average time spent in SB was 9.7 ± 3.5 hours and average sleep time
was 7.1 ± 1.2 hours per day. The proportion of participants who met MVPA
(>150 minutes per week; WHO recommendation), SB (<7 hours per day; a
threshold according to Patterson et al., 2018) and sleep (7-9 hours per day; Na-
tional Sleep Foundation recommendation) guideline were 63 %, 22 % and 53 %,
respectively. Only 9 % of participants met all three guidelines, while 16 % did
not meet any of the guidelines. A combination of two guidelines was met by 36
% and a single guideline was met by 39 % of participants.
Discussion and conclusion: In recent years, the 24-hour movement guidelines
have been published for younger age people, while guidelines for adults and
older adults are yet underway. In this study, we examined the proportion of
police officers that met well established guidelines for MVPA and sleep. Since
for SB there is currently no quantitative guideline issued, we set up a threshold
based on the best available evidence. We found that only a small proportion of
police officers met all three guidelines, revealing a great opportunity for healthy
time-use (sleep-sedentary behaviour-physical activity) promotion.
Key words: physical activity, sedentary behaviour, sleep, epidemiology,
recommendations
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behaviours guidelines
Kaja Kastelic1,3, Nastja Podrekar3,2, Jure Žitnik3,2, Nejc Šarabon2,3
1 University of Primorska, Andrej Marušič Institute, Muzejski trg 2, 6000 Koper,
Slovenia
2 University of Primorska, Faculty of Health Sciences, Polje 42, 6310 Izola, Slovenia
3 InnoRenew Coe, Human Health in the Built Environment, Livade 6, 6310 Izola,
Slovenia
Introduction: A recent shift to the 24-hour movement paradigm is being widely
accepted by the researchers and (inter)national authorities who develop phys-
ical activity guidelines. The new paradigm is based on the fact, that time spent
in physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep add up to 24-hour day and
that for the optimal health all day matters. The aim of this study was to exam-
ine the proportion of Slovenian police officers that meet each of the individual
(issued/proposed) guidelines or combination of guidelines.
Methods: The study was a part of a regional PROZ-SIPO project. Participants
were Slovenian police officers (n = 461, 42.6 ± 7.5 years, 75 % males). They
were recruited via e-mail invitation to fulfil web based Daily activity behaviours
questionnaire (DAB-Q) to assess time spent in moderate to vigorous physical
activity (MVPA), sedentary behaviour (SB) and sleep. Descriptive statistics and
frequency analysis were performed to examine the prevalence of each behav-
iour and the proportion of participants meeting individual and combination of
the guidelines.
Results: On average, police officers engaged in 320 ± 323 minutes of MVPA per
week. Average time spent in SB was 9.7 ± 3.5 hours and average sleep time
was 7.1 ± 1.2 hours per day. The proportion of participants who met MVPA
(>150 minutes per week; WHO recommendation), SB (<7 hours per day; a
threshold according to Patterson et al., 2018) and sleep (7-9 hours per day; Na-
tional Sleep Foundation recommendation) guideline were 63 %, 22 % and 53 %,
respectively. Only 9 % of participants met all three guidelines, while 16 % did
not meet any of the guidelines. A combination of two guidelines was met by 36
% and a single guideline was met by 39 % of participants.
Discussion and conclusion: In recent years, the 24-hour movement guidelines
have been published for younger age people, while guidelines for adults and
older adults are yet underway. In this study, we examined the proportion of
police officers that met well established guidelines for MVPA and sleep. Since
for SB there is currently no quantitative guideline issued, we set up a threshold
based on the best available evidence. We found that only a small proportion of
police officers met all three guidelines, revealing a great opportunity for healthy
time-use (sleep-sedentary behaviour-physical activity) promotion.
Key words: physical activity, sedentary behaviour, sleep, epidemiology,
recommendations
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