Changes in physical activity after joining a bikeshare program: a cohort of new bikeshare users.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are hundreds of bikeshare programs worldwide, yet few health-related evaluations have been conducted. We enrolled a cohort of new bikeshare members in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, USA) to assess whether within-person moderate and vigorous physical activity (MVPA) increased with higher use of the program and whether effects differed for vulnerable sub-groups.

Methods

During 2015-2018, 1031 new members completed baseline and one-year follow-up online surveys regarding their personal characteristics and past 7-day MVPA minutes per week (minutes per week with- and without walking). Participants were linked to their bikeshare trips to objectively assess program use. Negative binomial (for continuous outcomes) and multinomial (for categorical outcomes) regression a

SUBMITTER: Auchincloss AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9533574 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature