The physical activity paradox revisited: a prospective study on compositional accelerometer data and long-term sickness absence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The 'physical activity paradox' advocates that leisure physical activity (PA) promotes health while high occupational PA impairs health. However, this paradox can be explained by methodological limitations of the previous studies-self-reported PA measures, insufficient adjustment for socioeconomic confounding or not addressing the compositional nature of PA. Therefore, this study investigated if we still observe the PA paradox in relation to long-term sick absence (LTSA) after adjusting for the abovementioned limitations.

Methods

Time spent on moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and remaining physical behaviors (sedentary behavior, standing, light PA and time in bed) at work and in leisure was measured for 929 workers using thigh accelerometry and expres

SUBMITTER: Gupta N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7370435 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature