Physical activity behaviours of adults in the Greater Green Triangle region of rural Australia Vaughan, Clare, Kilkkinen, Annamari, Philpot, Benjamin, Brooks, Joanne, Schoo, Adrian, Laatikainen, Tiina, Chapman, Anna, Janus, Edward D. and Dunbar, James A. 2008, Physical activity behaviours of adults in the Greater Green Triangle region of rural Australia, Australian journal of rural health, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 92-99, doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2008.00957.x. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Physical activity behaviours of adults in the Greater Green Triangle region of rural Australia Author(s) Vaughan, Clare Kilkkinen, Annamari Philpot, Benjamin Brooks, Joanne Schoo, Adrian Laatikainen, Tiina Chapman, Anna orcid.org/0000-0001-7965-4098 Janus, Edward D. Dunbar, James A. orcid.org/0000-0003-0866-4365 Journal name Australian journal of rural health Volume number 16 Issue number 2 Start page 92 End page 99 Publisher Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia Place of publication Carlton, Vic. Publication date 2008-04 ISSN 1038-5282 1440-1584 Keyword(s) health-enhancing physical activity leisure-time physical activity moderate-to-vigorous physical activity population survey rurality Summary Objective: To assess physical activity (PA) behaviours of adults in rural Australia. Design and setting: Three cross-sectional surveys in the Greater Green Triangle area covering the south-east of South Australia (Limestone Coast), and south-west (Corangamite Shire) and north-west (Wimmera) of Victoria during 2004–2006. Participants: A total of 1546 persons, aged 25– 74 years, randomly selected from the electoral roll. Main outcome measures: Overall PA, leisure-time PA, occupational PA, active commuting and moderate-to-vigorous PA. Results: Approximately 80% of participants, more women than men, engaged in 30 minutes or more of daily PA. Only 30% (95% CI 26.3, 33.0) of men and 21% (95% CI 18.3, 23.9) of women did moderate-to-vigorous PA for at least 20–30 minutes four or more times a week. In leisure time, most participants were moderately active; almost one-fifth were inactive and another fifth highly active. Two-thirds of men engaged in high-level occupational PA, compared with one-sixth of women. Only 30% of participants actively commuted to work. There was a tendency for a positive association between income level and leisure-time PA. Conclusions: One-fifth of adults in rural Australia were inactive. While there was a high prevalence of participants who engaged in daily PA, few did so at moderate-to-vigorous intensity to achieve health benefits. As occupational PA is difficult to change, improvements in levels of PA are more likely during leisure-time and for some people by engaging in commuting PA. Notes Published Online: 4 Mar 2008 Language eng DOI 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2008.00957.x Field of Research 111717 Primary Health Care Socio Economic Objective 970111 Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2008, The Authors & National Rural Health Alliance Inc. (Journal Compilation) Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30017857 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Medicine Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 14 Aug 2009, 13:58:00 EST Tue, 15 Dec 2009, 10:15:26 EST Tue, 15 Dec 2009, 10:16:27 EST Thu, 22 Apr 2010, 11:49:38 EST Tue, 10 Jan 2012, 10:24:03 EST Tue, 10 Jan 2012, 10:25:26 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 12:17:48 EST Mon, 19 Jan 2015, 10:51:32 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 8 times in TR Web of Science Cited 9 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 942 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 14 Aug 2009, 13:58:00 EST