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The healthcare costs of physical inactivity among adults in Estonia [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Background Physical inactivity is a known risk factor for several non-communicable diseases that represent considerable disease burden and implications for healthcare budgets. This cost-of-illness study analyses the impact of adult physical inactivity to
Johann Saavaste, Aleksei Baburin, Mall Leinsalu, Rainer Reile   +3 more
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Exploring Patterns and Associated Factors of Physical Inactivity in Adolescents: A Cross‑Sectional Study [PDF]

Health Science Reports
Background and Aims Physical inactivity is highly prevalent among adolescents and poses long‐term health risks. Understanding how individual characteristics are associated with inactivity may help inform the development of tailored interventions.
Claire Chenwen Zhong, Zehuan Yang, Mingtao Chen, Zhaojun Li, Vera M. W. Keung, Amelia Lo, Calvin Cheung, Junjie Huang, Martin C. S. Wong   +8 more
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Psychological distress, psychosocial factors, and physical inactivity among older women and men in Sweden: a population-based study [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Background Physical inactivity is a major public health concern worldwide. Psychological distress is linked to physical inactivity, which increases the risk of several diseases. Women tend to be more physically inactive than men.
Susanne Nygård, Sanna Tiikkaja, Lena Lönnberg, Johnny Pellas, Michail Tonkonogi, Maria Liljeroos, Marina Arkkukangas   +6 more
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Physical inactivity after stroke: Incidence and early predictors based on 190 individuals in a 1-year follow-up of the Fall Study of Gothenburg

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2021
Objective: To determine the incidence of physical inactivity and factors prior to stroke and in acute stroke that are associated with physical inactivity 1 year after stroke Design: Prospective longitudinal cohort Patients: A total of 190 consecutively ...
Sara Botö, Dongni Johansson Buvarp, Per-Olof Hansson, Katharina S. Sunnerhagen, Carina U. Persson   +4 more
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Physical inactivity among internally displaced persons in Nigeria

Journal of Migration and Health, 2022
Background: Physical inactivity may complicate physical and mental health problems among internally displaced persons (IDPs). This study aimed to assess the prevalence of physical inactivity and its sociodemographic correlates among IDPs in Northeastern ...
Olayinka Akinrolie, Ali Mamma Masta, Unyime S Jasper, Henrietta O Fawole, Ogochukwu Kelechi Onyeso, Omobolade Akinrolie, Ugochukwu Samuel Jumbo   +6 more
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Early prediction of physical inactivity in 215 individuals 6 months after a mild stroke: The fall study of Gothenburg

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2020
Objective: To determine the frequency of, and factors associated with, physical inactivity 6 months post-stroke. Design: Prospective longitudinal cohort.
Carina U. Persson, Per-Olof Hansson
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Impact of physical activity on healthcare costs: a systematic review

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background This systematic review aims to describe the relation between physical inactivity and healthcare costs, by taking into account healthcare costs of physical-inactivity-related diseases (common practice), including physical-activity-related ...
Marjolein Duijvestijn, G. Ardine de Wit, Paul F. van Gils, G. C. Wanda Wendel-Vos   +3 more
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Physical inactivity displays a mediator role in the association of diabetes and poverty: A spatiotemporal analysis

Geospatial Health, 2017
Physical inactivity is one of the risk factors of diabetes. In addition, physical inactivity is attributed to urbanization-related factors, such as poverty, which is also one of the risk factors of diabetes.
Lung-Chang Chien, Xiao Li, Amanda Staudt
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Shift work and physical inactivity: findings from the Finnish Public Sector Study with objective working hour data

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2020
OBJECTIVES: Shift work is a risk factor for chronic diseases, and physical inactivity can have an influence on this association. We examined whether intra-individual changes in working time characteristics were associated with changes in physical ...
Wan-Ju Cheng, Mikko Härmä, Annina Ropponen, Kati Karhula, Aki Koskinen, Tuula Oksanen   +5 more
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The “adult inactivity triad” in patients with chronic kidney disease: A review

Frontiers in Medicine, 2023
BackgroundThe “pediatric inactivity triad” framework consists of three complex, interrelated conditions influencing physical inactivity and associated health risks.
Fan Zhang, Xiaojing Yin, Liuyan Huang, Huachun Zhang   +3 more
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