Pilot study on the application of the NQLS questionnaire in a study of physical activity in inhabitants of villages and towns

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Result on the web

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Pilot study on the application of the NQLS questionnaire in a study of physical activity in inhabitants of villages and towns

Original language description

BACKGROUND: The environment of a neighborhood (the availability of sports facilities, services, and transportation) can infl uence physical activity (henceforth PA), however the infl uence of diff erent environments on PA have not been clearly describedin the Czech Republic yet. OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study is to identify the relationships between obesity and PA in Olomouc and the surrounding countryside depending on diff erences in the neighborhood environment. A further aim of the study is to formrecommendations concerning physical activity enhancement and lifestyle. METHODS: PA was quantifi ed on the basis of the NQLS (Neighborhood Quality of Life Study) questionnaire, which includes the internationally standardized IPAQ long questionnaire in its second part. The study involved 241 valid questionnaires from the respondents from Olomouc (capital of Olomouc region, 100,000 inhabitants) and Prakšice (village close to Olomouc, less than 1,000 inhabitants) aged 15?60 (102 men and 13

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AK - Sport and leisure time activities

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)

Publication year

2009

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Acta Universitatis Palackianae Olomucensis. Gymnica

ISSN

1212-1185

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Volume of the periodical

39

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

8

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