Cent Eur J Public Health 2015, 23(Supplement):S83-S90 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a4181

Relationship between Czech Parent and Child Pedometer-assessed Weekday and Weekend Physical Activity and Screen Time

Erik Sigmund, Dagmar Sigmundová, Petr Baïura, Jaroslava Voráèová
Institute of Active Lifestyle, Faculty of Physical Culture, Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic

Aim: Uncovering the influences of parents' behaviour on their children's physical activity provides an insight into the lifestyle of families and development of effective family-based interventions. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between parents' behaviour (step count (SC) and screen time (ST)) and children's SC on weekdays and at weekends.

Methods: The participants (388 parents aged 35-45 and their 485 children aged 9-12) were randomly recruited from 21 Czech governmentfunded primary schools. The participants recorded SC and ST duration for seven consecutive days (≥10 h/day) during April-May and September-October 2013. The associations between parents' behaviour (SC and ST) and children's SC were estimated using general linear regression separately for weekdays and weekends. Each 1,000 SC increase in mothers' (fathers') SC/weekday was associated with an extra 261 SC/day in their daughters and 413 (244) SC/day in their sons.

Results: Each 1,000 SC increase in mothers' (fathers') SC/weekend day was associated with an extra 523 (386) SC/day in their daughters and 508 (435) SC/day in their sons. A reduction in mothers' ST by 30 minutes per weekend day was associated with an extra 494 SC/day in their daughters and 467 SC/day in their sons.

Conclusions: This study reveals a quantifiable relationship between parent-child SC/day and mothers' ST and children's SC at weekends. Weekend days are more suitable for the implementation of family-based interventions.

Keywords: step count, screen time, Yamax pedometer, daughters and sons, weekdays and weekends

Received: November 13, 2014; Revised: September 16, 2015; Accepted: September 16, 2015; Published: November 1, 2015  Show citation

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Sigmund E, Sigmundová D, Baïura P, Voráèová J. Relationship between Czech Parent and Child Pedometer-assessed Weekday and Weekend Physical Activity and Screen Time. Cent Eur J Public Health. 2015;23(Supplement):S83-90. doi: 10.21101/cejph.a4181. PubMed PMID: 26849550.
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