Factors influencing sedentary behaviour: A system based analysis using Bayesian networks within DEDIPAC.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Decreasing sedentary behaviour (SB) has emerged as a public health priority since prolonged sitting increases the risk of non-communicable diseases. Mostly, the independent association of factors with SB has been investigated, although lifestyle behaviours are conditioned by interdependent factors. Within the DEDIPAC Knowledge Hub, a system of sedentary behaviours (SOS)-framework was created to take interdependency among multiple factors into account. The SOS framework is based on a system approach and was developed by combining evidence synthesis and expert consensus. The present study conducted a Bayesian network analysis to investigate and map the interdependencies between factors associated with SB through the life-course from large scale empirical data.

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SUBMITTER: Buck C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6353197 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature