Identifying the sociodemographic and work-related factors related to workers' daily physical activity using a decision tree approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The social and behavioural factors related to physical activity among adults are well known. Despite the overlapping nature of these factors, few studies have examined how multiple predictors of physical activity interact. This study aimed to identify the relative importance of multiple interacting sociodemographic and work-related factors associated with the daily physical activity patterns of a population-based sample of workers.

Methods

Sociodemographic, work, screen time, and health variables were obtained from five, repeated cross-sectional cohorts of workers from the Canadian Health Measures Survey (2007 to 2017). Classification and Regression Tree (CART) modelling was used to identify the discriminators associated with six daily physical activity patterns.

SUBMITTER: Biswas A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10517528 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature