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Abstract
Background and objectives
Prolonged sitting time (ST) has negative consequences on health. Changing this behavior is paramount in overweight/obese individuals because they are more sedentary than those with normal weight. The aim of the study was to establish the pattern of sedentary behavior and its relationship to health, socio-demographics, occupation, and education level in Catalan overweight/obese individuals.
Methods
A descriptive study was performed at 25 healthcare centers in Catalonia (Spain) with 464 overweight/moderately obese patients, aged25 to 65 years. Exclusion criteria were chronic diseases which contraindicated physical activity and language barriers. Face-to-face interviews were conducted to collect data on age, gender, educational level, social class, and marital status. Main outcome was ‘sitting time’ (collected by the Marshall questionnaire); chronic diseases and anthropometric measurements were registered.
Results
464 patients, 58.4% women, mean age 51.9 years (SD 10.1), 76.1% married, 60% manual workers, and 48.7% had finished secondary education. Daily sitting time was 6.2 hours on working days (374 minutes/day, SD: 190), and about 6 hours on non-working ones (357 minutes/day, SD: 170). 50% of participants were sedentary ≥6 hours. The most frequent sedentary activities were: working/academic activities around 2 hours (128 minutes, SD: 183), followed by watching television, computer use, and commuting. Men sat longer than women (64 minutes more on working days and 54 minutes on non-working days), and individuals with office jobs (91 minutes),those with higher levels of education (42 minutes), and younger subjects (25 to 35 years) spent more time sitting.
Conclusions
In our study performed in overweight/moderately obese patients the mean sitting time was around 6 hours which was mainly spent doing work/academic activities and watching television. Men, office workers, individuals with higher education, and younger subjects had longer sitting time. Our results may help design interventions targeted at these sedentary patients to decrease sitting time.
Citation: Martínez-Ramos E, Beltran A-M, Martín-Borràs C, Lasaosa-Medina L, Real J, Trujillo J-M, et al. (2018) Patterns of sedentary behavior in overweight and moderately obese users of the Catalan primary-health care system. PLoS ONE 13(1): e0190750. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190750
Editor: Shigeho Tanaka, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, JAPAN
Received: July 31, 2016; Accepted: December 15, 2017; Published: January 25, 2018
Copyright: © 2018 Martínez-Ramos et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Data Availability: The database of the study includes identification of the participants and their access is restricted exclusively to the researchers of the SEDESTACTIV project, according to our ethical committee "Jordi Gol Clinical Research Ethics Committee of the University Institute for Primary Care Research (IDIAP)". Requests for data may be sent to: idiap@idiapjgol.org".
Funding: The study was supported by research grants from Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (PI11/01082) and VI Catedra of the European University of Madrid, Sociedad Española de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria-semFYC and IDIAP Jordi Gol. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Competing interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Introduction
Obesity is a major public health problem that in 2008 already affected half a billion adults worldwide. Defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a body mass index (BMI) of ≥30 kg/m2 (a BMI of 25–34.9 kg/m2 is considered overweight) [1], it is one of the leading causes of mortality. According to the WHO, more than 2.8 million adults die each year because of obesity/overweight and worldwide percentages have significantly risen over the past years [2].
Overweight/obese individuals perform less physical activity and spend more time each day sitting [3;4]. Most daily life activities that are spent sitting are considered sedentary behavior. Sedentary behavior is defined as any waking behavior characterized by low energy expenditure (≤1.5 Metabolic Equivalent Units, METs) while in a sitting or reclining posture [5].It is becoming increasingly prevalent in our society and could even come to occupy more than 50% of adults’ waking time [6;7]. Among the pursuits carried out whilst sitting, television viewing, computer use (especially at work), and motorized journeys stand out [8–10].Such behavior has negative health consequences, and time spent sitting (>6 vs. <3 hours/day) is associated with mortality in both women and men [11]. In some studies such as that of Patel et al. [11] it has been independently associated with total mortality, regardless of physical activity level, however, the literature about this topic is inconclusive.
Both conditions, overweight/obesity and prolonged sitting time are associated with increased mortality [2;8;12] and chronic diseases such as diabetes mellitus type II, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, and some cancers [11;13;14].Nevertheless, in many cases patients who are obese/overweight are unaware of their sitting time and its consequences [9].
Any increase in physical activity is potentially useful to reduce weight [15]. Current interventions are based on diet, exercise, and psychological support, however, they have limited long-term efficacy because of low adherence to moderate to vigorous physical activity programs [4;16]. Nevertheless, a reduction in prolonged sitting time can improve health, and reduce obesity consequences, irrespective of the level of the individual’s physical activity [17]. Another approach to help the overweight/obese become more active could be to encourage reduced sitting and increased light intensity physical activity levels [18]. In addition, identifying motivation to change sedentary behavior and the actual stages involved [19;20] may aid primary healthcare professionals design targeted interventions to reduce sedentary behavior for these patients.
To date, there is limited evidence regarding sedentary behavior in overweight/obese individuals in the Catalan population. Previous studies have assessed sitting time in general populations [21;22] with a wide variation amongst countries. The characteristics most related to longer sitting have been reported to be age and a higher level of education [6;22;23]. To the best of our knowledge, however, none of the studies has examined the profile of sedentary behavior in overweight/obese individuals and its association with health outcomes.
This descriptive study was conducted to ascertain sitting time, the profile of sedentary behavior in overweight and moderately obese adults attending primary care visits in Catalonia and their association with health, socio-demographics, occupation, and education level.
The study forms part of a clinical trial, Sedestactiv, the protocol of which has been previously published [24]. It aims to assess the effectiveness of a primary healthcare education-based intervention among the overweight and moderately obese in terms of reducing sitting time.
Prior to designing the clinical trial intervention it was necessary to ascertain sitting time, the sedentary profile of this population, and their association with some key aspects: health, socio-demographic status, occupation, and level of education. For this reason, an observational study was designed. Moreover, in order to understand better the motivation required to decrease this population’s sitting time a qualitative study was performed to identify both barriers and enabling factors to decrease such behavior [9].
Materials and methods
Study design
A descriptive, multicenter study was performed in 25 primary healthcare centers (PHC) from different regions of Catalonia (Spain) between July and December 2012. One hundred and thirty health professionals voluntarily took part. All the researchers were physicians and nurses from the PHCs which helped participation in the study given the healthcare professionals’ proximity and knowledge of the patients. All the researchers received an email inviting them to join the study and they were sent a procedure manual with information on how to select the participants.
Inclusion criteria of participants included: (a) men and women aged 25–65 years who attended at the PHC for any reason; and (b) a diagnosis of overweight or moderate obesity (BMI: 25–34.9 kg/m2). Exclusion criteria included: certain medical conditions which could contraindicate physical activity, patients who did not speak Catalan or Spanish, and those residing outside the study area.
Ethics statement
The study protocol was reviewed and approved by the Health Care Ethics Committee and the Clinical Research Ethics Committee of the Primary Health Care University Research Institute-IDIAP Jordi Gol located in Barcelona, Spain. Written informed consent was obtained from all patients prior to participation.
Sample size calculation
Sample size was calculated according to the aim of the project: to assess the prevalence of sitting time in the overweight/moderately obese. Accepting a confidence interval of 0.95 for an accuracy of +/- 0.05 units (p = q = 0.5), a population-based random sample minimum of 452 subjects was required. A 15% restock (calculated according Granmo Online program,http://www.imim.es/ofertadeserveis/software-public/granmo/) was estimated to obtain this sample size. The final sample included 464 participants.
Outcome measures
The following information was obtained by healthcare professionals through face-to-face interviews: age, sex, educational level, occupational social class, and civil status. The main outcome (sitting time) was collected by the Marshall specific questionnaire [25]. This is a tool that assesses time spent sitting (hours and minutes) on weekdays and weekends in the following domains: (a) while traveling to and from places (e.g., work, shops); (b) while at work; (c) while watching television; (d) while using a computer at home; and (e) at leisure, not including watching television (e.g., visiting friends, movies, eating out). Sitting time was considered prolonged if it was 6 hours or more a day.
To assign occupational social class we used the Spanish classification based on Goldthorpe’s scheme which was designed to facilitate international comparisons [26]. It includes five well-established main social groups which were subsequently summarized into two categories: manual workers (social classes III M, IV-V) and workers with office jobs (the rest of the categories) for analysis [26]. Social class was assigned through the current or prior occupation of the patient; in cases where the subject had not worked, through the current or prior occupation of the head of the household [27].
Information was collected from medical records on relevant chronic diseases (hypertension, dyslipidemia, endocrine diseases such as type 2 diabetes, vascular, cardiological, lung, bone and joint diseases, cancer, depression, and fibromyalgia) which could influence sedentary behavior. Tobacco consumption, and the intention of the participants to change their sedentary behavior, were also registered and codified according to the categories of Prochaska and Di Clemente, based on a closed question [18]. Finally, weight, height, and BMI were recorded.
Variables were gathered by an electronic questionnaire on the “Surveymonkey” platform which ensured confidentiality of data. The electronic questionnaire recorded the randomization process and the methods employed for each variable.
The characteristics of participants are presented in the results section.
Statistical analysis
A description of all the analyzed outcomes was performed, summarizing the qualitative variables by frequency (n) and percentage (%), and quantitative variables by mean and standard deviation (± SD). For the main outcome ‘sitting time’, distribution by median and percentiles was also analyzed. The relationship between sitting time and the rest of the variables was analyzed by comparing the means, the T-student test was employed for two groups and ANOVA for more than two.
Multiple linear regression models were performed to evaluate the joint effect of all statistically significant variables on sitting time. Forward conditional was employed to select the variables for the models which were validated by checking the normality of residuals with the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. Values <0.05 p were considered statistically significant. The analysis was performed with SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 17.0. Chicago: SPSS Inc.
Results
Participant characteristics
The study included 464 participants (58.4% women) with a mean age of 51.9 years (SD: 10.1) (Table 1). Participants were more likely to be married (76.1%), manual workers (60.34%), and 48.7% had completed, at least, secondary education. The most prevalent chronic diseases were hypertension (44.4%) and dyslipidemia (41.2%), and 22.84% of the patients were disabled. 47.6% of the subjects were not planning to decrease their sitting time (pre-contemplation phase).
Table 2 shows the descriptive sample of the population analyzed in relation to sitting time, more or less than 6 hours on working and non-working days.
Table 3 presents the descriptive sample of the daily sitting time on working and non-working days. On weekdays the average sitting time was 374 minutes (SD: 190), representing 6.2 hours. The single activity for which more sitting time was reported was that dedicated to work and/or academic activities which represented an average of around 2 hours (128 minutes/day, SD: 183),34% of total sitting time. This was followed by time spent watching television, using the computer, and finally, transport. On non-working days, the average sitting time was 357 minutes/day (SD: 170), about 6 hours. It is noteworthy that the activity which was reported to take up the most sitting time was watching television with a mean of 3 hours (178 minutes/day, SD: 98), which represented 50% of total sitting hours.
Table 4 describes a comparison of the sitting time means with respect to the characteristics of the analyzed population. It was observed that sitting time varied with statistical significance (p-value <0.001) between genders, with more sitting time in men on both working, 414 minutes/day (SD: 190), and non-working days, 389 minutes/day (SD: 177). Declared sitting time decreased with age (p-value <0.001), especially on working days. In addition, depending on the type of occupation, it was greater in the employed (413 minutes/day, SD: 210) than housewives (302 minutes/day, SD:144) on working days (p-value <0.001). With respect to type of employment, office workers reported 457 minutes/day (SD: 195) sitting time on working days, manual workers were seated 329 minutes/day (SD: 174), with p-value <0.001.
There was a statistically significant difference (p = 0.010) between individuals who planned to reduce their sitting time (contemplative phase) and those who did not (pre-contemplation phase). Individuals who were in the contemplative phase sat longer on working days (95 minutes/day more than individuals in pre-contemplation phase). Non-smokers sat less than smokers/former smokers on working days (p-value = 0.027).
Table 5, linear regression coefficients of the predictors of sitting time, shows adjusted linear models of the variables that attained statistical significance regarding sitting time. Men sat longer in general:64 minutes more on working days (95% CI 31.9–96.1) and 54 minutes more on non-working days (95% CI 24–85). On working days longer sitting time was related to: being currently employed 44minutes more (95% CI 10.5–78.3) compared to housewives and students; working in an office91 minutes more (95% CI 53.7–129.7) compared to manual jobs; and secondary/higher studies 42 minutes more(95% CI 4.2–81.1). In addition, a younger age was associated with greater sitting time (in adults it decreases by 2 minutes/year) (See on Fig 1).
Discussion
In our study, which was carried out in overweight/moderately obese individuals aged 25 to 65 years, nearly half the population (49.6%) sat ≥6 hours a day. This percentage is higher than in the general population as demonstrated in a 2013 European survey [26] where 37% of the population was sitting ≥5.30 hours (26% between 5.30 and 8.30 hours, and 11% ≥8.30 hours).
The average sitting time in our study was found to be around 6.2 hours on working days (374 minutes/day, SD: 190) and about 6 hours on non-working ones (357 minutes/day, SD: 170). In this overweight/ moderately obese population, the sitting time was rather higher than in other general population studies which reported between 5 and 6 hours/day. For instance, Bauman et al. [21] performed a study in 20 countries with 50,000 individuals aged 18 to 65 years. They observed that the average sitting time was 346 minutes/day, with a wide variation among countries. In addition, Bennie et al. [22], who assessed a general European population aged 15 to 98 years, reported an average of 309 minutes/day (SD: 185). Differences were found with respect to geographic pattern: there was a greater proportion of sitting time in northwestern European countries, as such as the Netherlands and Denmark (376–407 minutes/day), and a smaller proportion in Southern European countries, such as Portugal and Malta (191–236 minutes/day). Regarding Spain, the study [22] reported a global sitting time of 284 minutes/day (95% CI 274–294). Variations with respect to our findings may be due to differing target populations: our study only included overweight/moderately obese adults aged 15 to 65 years. In addition, the previous studies had been carried out some time ago, the study by Bennie et al was performed with data collected in 2005, and it is probable that daily sitting time has increased in recent years.
The activities on working days in which the participants spent the most time sitting were: working/ academic activities for about 2 hours, followed by watching television, use of the computer, and transport. On non-working days, watching television was the most common sedentary activity a fact that is consistent with statistics compiled for adults in the United Kingdom [28], the United States [29], and Australia [30] which demonstrate that it is the most prevalent leisure activity.
According to our study, individuals watched television on working days for 128 minutes and on non- working ones for 178 minutes, the latter representing 50% of the total average sitting time. Such figures concur with other studies in European general populations, for instance in Belgium in 2010where the average time watching television was 128.40 minutes/day (SD: 76.74) [31], in the United Kingdom with 157 minutes/day [28], and France 2 to 3 hours a day [32]. A North American population, however, was reported to watch television for a longer time, with an average between 4 hours and 5 hours according to a 2009 study concerning the use of television, internet, and mobile phones [33]. A progressive increase of television watching time with respect to age, and an increment from the previous year, were also observed [29].
Television watching is the sedentary behavior that has been most researched [34]. The factors that have been associated with increased viewing time are obesity [33–35], lower level of education [33;34;36], being older, unemployment, and working fewer hours. Moreover, a poor environmental infrastructure, such as few pedestrian areas, and neighborhoods unsuitable for walking (poorly communicated streets, large parking areas) have been observed to increase the time women spend watching television [37].
Regarding socio-demographic, laboral, and educational factors, the individuals who spent the most time seated on a daily basis in our study were the youngest participants (aged 25 to 35 years), male, office workers, and individuals with a higher level of education. These overall findings are consistent with other authors although with variations in the age of the group that spend more time seated [22;23;38].
We observed that with respect to gender, sitting time was statistically significantly greater in men on working (64 minutes more) and non-working days (54 minutes).Other studies are in agreement with our results, Patel et al. [11] demonstrated that men spent more time seated, especially in the group >6 hours per day, which corresponded to the category with the greatest health risk. We also found studies with contrasting results, such as Matthews et al. [6] who reported that women spent more time seated than men although the pattern changed when they were older than 60 years.
In relation to age, young people between 25 and 35 years were those who spent more time seated. With the increase of age declared sitting time decreased progressively (2 minutes/year). It should be noted that in our study, participants were between 25 and 65 years, so results cannot be extrapolated to other groups of different ages. According to Bennie et al. [22], whose study population was between 15 and 98 years old, it was the young people (between 18 and 24 years) who spent more time seated. Matthews et al. [6] found that the groups which spent more time seated were older teenagers and adults >60 years. In particular, the group between 70 and 85 years was the most sedentary of all: > 9 hours/day. Authors such as Harrington et al. [23] and Bauman et al. [21] also showed that sitting time augmented with age.
Regarding employment, it was observed that workers spent more time seated (44 minutes more than students and housewives), and especially those with an office job (91 minutes longer than those who perform manual jobs).
In addition, individuals with a higher level of education (secondary or tertiary education) spent more time seated (42 minutes more than those with less education). These results are similar to other studies such as Bauman et al. [21], Chau et al. [39], and Harrington et al. [23]. Most professions requiring a higher level of education are sedentary, while manual work is usually performed by individuals with less education.
With respect to weight, as already mentioned, many studies have demonstrated that the overweight and obese sit longer than individuals with normal weight [40;41] during both leisure time/weekend [42] and in daily life, especially watching television [33;35;37].We found no differences between overweight and obese participants. Although our results showed that the moderately obese spent more time seated than the overweight, these differences were not statistically significant (p = 0.45). In the United States, Harrington et al. [23] reported, with statistically significant differences, that obese women spent more time seated that those who were over-or normal weight (311, 261, and 263 minutes/day, respectively).
In relation to health status in our study, individuals with a disabling pathology were not found to spend more time sitting. This is in contrast to Bennie et al. [22] who observed that adults reporting worse health status (poor or very poor) were those who stayed sitting longer. Our findings may be due to the fact that participants with contraindications for physical activity were excluded from the study.
Regarding willingness to reduce sitting time, 47.6% of the participants had not taken this behavioral change into consideration (pre-contemplation phase). According to Van Dick et al.[36], factors that can help reduce sitting time include self-confidence in being able to limit the time spent watching television/using the computer, and being aware not only of the harm of such behavior but also the benefits of changing it.
Limitations of the study
Certain limitations are inherent in the study design:
- 1). This is a cross-sectional study which, whilst allowing us to observe the most prevalent characteristics of the participants seated for the longest time and describe associations, does not permit a cause-effect relationship to be established.
- 2). The sample selected (aged between 25 and 65 years, overweight/moderately obese, and receiving primary health care) does not allow us to extrapolate our results to other populations(different obesity levels/normal weight). Nonetheless, the sample proved to be very useful for the design of SEDESTACTIV clinical trial (SEDESTACTIV, NCT01729936) and other interventions aimed at reducing the amount of sitting time for this profile of primary healthcare patients [24].
Participants aged 25 to 65 years were selected because we wished to include adults of working age with the possibility of accepting preventive changes in their sedentary behavior. Individuals aged less than 25 years were excluded as this age range goes very infrequently to primary healthcare consultations. Neither were those aged over 65 years included as they tend to present chronic pathologies, especially osteoarticular diseases, which hinder the possibility of maintaining less sedentary behavior.
- 3). Sitting time was evaluated on the basis of a validated questionnaire (Marshall) [25]. Data would, however, have been more accurate employing an objective measurement such as an accelerometer or inclinometer.When compared with objective instruments, self-referral measures may underestimate sitting time [17;43]. As for the type of tool, inclinometers evaluate the position and capture more accurately sitting time in comparison with accelerometers.
- 4). In the Discussion the total sitting time obtained in our study was compared with other authors who had employed different questionnaires. The sum of several domains tends to be higher than from one question (e.g. IPAQ). It would, therefore, have been more suitable to compare our results with others who had also used the Marshall questionnaire [25].However, to our best knowledge, this questionnaire has not been used to describe the profile of sedentary behavior in overweight/obese individuals and its association with health or, socio-demographics outcomes.
Conclusions
In summary, our findings indicate that: (a)nearly half the overweight/obese spend ≥ 6h/day seated; (b) men who have office jobs and higher levels of education, and younger adults, spend more time seated; (c) activities involving more sedentary time include employment/academic activities on working days, and watching television on non-working days.
Acknowledgments
The authors are grateful to all the primary care centers, health professionals, and participants in the study. The authors gratefully acknowledge the technical and scientific assistance provided by the Primary Healthcare Research Unit of Barcelona, Primary Healthcare University Research Institute IDIAP-Jordi Gol and translator(Stephanie Lonsdale). We would also thank the Network of Preventive Activities and Health Promotion in Primary Care (Red de Actividades Preventivas y Promoción de la Salud en Atención Primaria; redIAPP).
The members of the Sedestactiv Group are: ABS Garraf Rural:Cervera Jiménez Pilar, Claramunt Romero Carme, Vico Beso Lavinia; ABS Vilanova 1: Asensio Guzman Ana, Lopez Millan Esteve, Serrano Masgrau Maria Carme; ABS Vilanova 2:Marles Escoda Montserrat; CAP Bon Pastor:Ares Fernandez Eva, Carmona Rabadan Manuela, Danta Gómez Carmen, Fernández García Helena, Pinilla Rodríguez Ingrid, Rodríguez Díaz Susana Amelia, Rodríguez Sánchez Sonia, Roura Martínez Luz, Sánchez Solias Roser, Valbuena Moreno Mªgracia; CAP Bordeta Magoria: Espadas Zaplana Araceli, Monedero Alvarez Ebro, Parejo Martín Mªjosé; CAP Camps Blancs: Castro Acuña Baixauli Iballa,Gallego Martinez Rosa Maria, Giner Nogueras Roser; CAP Carles Ribas: De La Poza Abad Mariam, Gil Canalda Mªimmaculada, Liroz Navarro Mercedes; CAP Carmel: Servent Turo Josefina, Solé Brichs Claustre, Torrents Font Trinitat; CAP Cubelles:Boada Perea Marta; CAP La Mina:Garrell Corbera Imma,Vila Ares Mª Dolores; CAP Les Planes:Busquier Marco Carles,Coma Solé Montserrat, Ortiz Navarrete Sonia, Pallares Ejarque Carme,Rico De Las Heras Jordi, Sierra Chavez Gloria; CAP Montserrat:Torres Sala, Rosa; CAP Passeig Sant Joan:Canto Pijuan Ana Mª,Garcia Garcia Rosa Mª, Lozano Moreno Maribel; CAP Sagrada Familia: Pardo Fonfria Carles; CAP Salou: Bonvehi Nadeu Sigrid; CAP Sant Ildefons:Cabello Jurado Eva M, Collado Montero Maribel; CAP Sta Margarida Montbui: Vallès Sierra, Raúl; CAP Sanllehy:Vera Edo Natalia; CAP Verdaguer:Hernandez Chafes Federico Javier; Sòria Planillo Ana Mª Isabel Egea Mompeán.
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