1. Informal caregiving and physical activity among 204,315 adults in 38 low- and middle-income countries: A cross-sectional study
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Louis Jacob, Brendon Stubbs, Ai Koyanagi, Lee Smith, Davy Vancampfort, Sarah E Jackson, Josep Maria Haro, Jae Il Shin, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), ICA-CL-2017-03-001 Maudsley Charity Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care - Greater Manchester, CLAHRC GM National Institute for Health Research, NIHR King's College London Instituto de Salud Carlos III, ISCIII European Regional Development Fund, ERDF Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care - Greater Manchester, CLAHRC GM, and Ai Koyanagi's work is supported by the PI15/00862 project, integrated into the National R + D + I and funded by the ISCIII - General Branch Evaluation and Promotion of Health Research - and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF-FEDER). Brendon Stubbs is supported by a Clinical Lectureship ( ICA-CL-2017-03-001 ) jointly funded by Health Education England (HEE) and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). Brendon Stubbs is part funded by the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust . Brendon Stubbs is also supported by the Maudsley Charity , King's College London and the NIHR South London Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care - Greater Manchester (CLAHRC) funding. This paper presents independent research. The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the acknowledged institutions.
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Male ,STRESS ,IMPACT ,Cross-sectional study ,Epidemiology ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,Global Health ,01 natural sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Prevalence ,Medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Public, Environmental & Occupational Health ,RISK ,Low- and middle-income countries ,HEALTH BEHAVIORS ,OF-LIFE ,ASSOCIATION ,Multi-country study ,FAMILY ,PREVALENCE ,3. Good health ,Caregivers ,Informal caregiving ,Female ,Life Sciences & Biomedicine ,MENTAL-HEALTH ,Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Physical activity ,World health ,03 medical and health sciences ,Medicine, General & Internal ,General & Internal Medicine ,Environmental health ,Humans ,0101 mathematics ,Developing Countries ,Exercise ,Poverty ,Science & Technology ,business.industry ,DISABILITY ,010102 general mathematics ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Health Surveys ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Low and middle income countries ,business - Abstract
Data on the association between informal caregiving and physical activity (PA) levels are scarce, especially from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Furthermore, previous research has yielded conflicting results. Thus, we investigated this association in adults from 38 LMICs. Data from the World Health Survey (WHS), a cross-sectional, predominantly nationally representative survey conducted in 2002-2004, were analyzed. PA was assessed by the International Physical Activity Questionnaire and participants were dichotomized into those who do (≥150 min of moderate-to-vigorous PA per week) and do not (
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