Author:

• Cristina Borges Cafruni - Cafruni, C.B - <ccafruni@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3568-0785

Co-author(s):

• Maria Teresa Anselmo Olinto - Olinto M.T.A - <mtolinto@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3950-4594
• Juvenal Soares Dias da Costa - Dias da Costa, J.S.D - Pelotas, - <jcosta@unisinos.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3160-6075
• Fernanda Souza de Bairros - Bairros, F.S - <fernandabairros@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8611-058X
• Ruth Liane Henn - Henn, R.L - <ruthenn@unisinos.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5056-4934

Abstract:

The aim of this study was to describe sedentary behaviour (SB) in the leisure, occupational and transport domains and to determine the factors associated with excess of this behavior (ESB). A cross-sectional survey, with a representative sample of 1.126 women, 20-69 years old,São Leopoldo/RS. SB and demographic, socioeconomic, behavioural and health-related variables was obtained using an interview questionnaire. Values above the median were considered ESB. It was used Poisson regression with robust error variance. The mean and interquartile intervals (min/day), for leisure, occupational and transport were 163.9 (86.6-2710.5); 54.1 (0-257.1) and 17.1 (5.7-37.3), respectively. The probability of ESB in the leisure increased with the education level and was higher among women who were not employed, who had no children in the household and who were smokers. In other domains, probabilities increased inversely with age and were higher among white women, and also increased with economic class, education level and income. The probability of ESB in transport also increased with the number of cars per household and was 30% lower among women who were not employed. The longest time spent in SB was observed in the leisure domain. The associations differed according to the domain, indicating different interventions.

Keywords:

sedentary lifestyle, women´s health, epidemiology.

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