Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Physical activity in different domains and health-related quality of life: a population-based study

  • Published:
Quality of Life Research Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to determine the association between physical activity (PA) in different domains (job-related, domestic, transportation, and leisure-time) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL).

Methods

We used the long version of IPAQ and SF-36 to assess PA and HRQoL, respectively, in a random sample of 1,076 Croatian inhabitants.

Results

Multiple regression analyses showed a significant relationship between PA and Vitality, Mental Health, and mental summary component score in female participants and Physical Functioning, Bodily Pain, Social Functioning, Mental Health, and physical summary component score in male participants (multiple R range, 0.14–0.21). Leisure-time PA was positively related to HRQoL (β range, 0.11–0.18), whereas transportation (β range, −0.10 to −0.14) and domestic (β range, −0.10 to −0.12) PA was inversely related to HRQoL when adjusted for size of settlement, age, educational level, cigarette consumption, alcohol consumption, and body mass index.

Conclusions

Our study added useful information to the body of evidence on the positive correlation between leisure-time PA and HRQoL. Since transportation and domestic PA were inversely related with several HRQoL scales, in future studies on the relationship between PA and HRQoL it is important to assess domain-specific PA and not only total PA.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Hamer, M., & Stamatakis, E. (2009). Physical activity and risk of cardiovascular disease events: Inflammatory and metabolic mechanisms. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 41(6), 1206–1211.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  2. Sobngwi, E., Mbanya, J. C., Unwin, N. C., Kengne, A. P., Fezeu, L., Minkoulou, E. M., et al. (2002). Physical activity and its relationship with obesity, hypertension and diabetes in urban and rural Cameroon. International Journal of Obesity, 26(7), 1009–1016.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. Williams, P. T. (2008). Relationship of running intensity to hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and diabetes. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 40(10), 1740–1748.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  4. Ware, J. E., Jr., & Sherbourne, C. D. (1992). The MOS 36-item short-form health survey (SF-36). I. Conceptual framework and item selection. Medical Care, 30(6), 473–483.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. Bize, R., Johnson, J. A., & Plotnikoff, R. C. (2007). Physical activity level and health-related quality of life in the general adult population: A systematic review. Preventive Medicine, 45(6), 401–415.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  6. Wendel-Vos, G. C. W., Schuit, A. J., Tijhuis, M. A. R., & Krombout, D. (2004). Leisure time physical activity and health-related quality of life: Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations. Quality of Life Research, 13(3), 667–677.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  7. Vuillemin, A., Boini, S., Bertrais, S., Tessier, S., Oppert, J. M., Hercberg, S., et al. (2005). Leisure time physical activity and health-related quality of life. Preventive Medicine, 41(2), 562–569.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  8. Sodergren, M., Sundquist, J., Johansson, S. E., & Sundquist, K. (2008). Physical activity, exercise and self-rated health: A population-based study from Sweden. BMC Public Health. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-8-352.

  9. Shibata, A., Oka, K., Nakamura, Y., & Muraoka, I. (2007). Recommended level of physical activity and health-related quality of life among Japanese adults. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. doi:10.1186/1477-7525-5-64.

  10. Parkes, K. R. (2006). Physical activity and self-rated health: Interactive effects of activity in work and leisure time domain. British Journal of Health Psychology, 11(3), 533–550.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  11. Haskell, W. L., Lee, I. M., Pate, R. R., Powell, K. E., Blair, S. N., Franklin, B. A., et al. (2007). Physical activity and public health—Updated recommendation for adults from the American college of sports medicine and the American heart association. Circulation, 116(9), 1081–1093.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  12. Trost, S. G., Owen, N., Bauman, A. E., Sallis, J. F., & Brown, W. (2002). Correlates of adults’ participation in physical activity: review and update. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 34(12), 1996–2001.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  13. Jurakić, D., Pedišić, Z., & Andrijašević, M. (2009). Physical activity of Croatian population: Cross-sectional study using international physical activity questionnaire. Croatian Medical Journal, 50(2), 165–173.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  14. IPAQ. (2005). Guidelines for data processing and analysis of the IPAQ. Retrieved from: http://www.ipaq.ki.se.

  15. IPAQ. (2005). Cultural adaptation. Retrieved from: http://www.ipaq.ki.se/downloads.htm.

  16. Craig, C. L., Marshall, A. L., Sjostrom, M., Bauman, A. E., Booth, M. L., et al. (2003). International physical activity questionnaire: 12-country reliability and validity. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 35(8), 1381–1395.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  17. Ware, J. E., & Gandek, B. (1998). Overview of the Sf-36 Health survey and the international quality of life assessment (IQOLA) project. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 51(11), 903–912.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  18. Ware, J. E., Kosinski, M., & Gandek, B. (2003). SF-36 Health Survey: Manual & Inertpretation Guide. Lincoln, RI: QualityMetric Incorporated.

    Google Scholar 

  19. Jenkinson, C. (1999). Comparison of UK and US methods for weighting and scoring the SF-36 summary measures. Journal of Public Health Medicine, 21(4), 372–376.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  20. Maslić Seršić, D., & Vuletić, G. (2005). Psychometric evaluation and establishing norms of Croatian SF-36 health survey: Framework for subjective health research. Croatian Medical Journal, 47(1), 95–102.

    Google Scholar 

  21. Morimoto, T., Oguma, Y., Yamazaki, S., Sokejima, S., Nakayama, T., & Fukuhara, S. (2006). Gender differences in effects of physical activity on quality of life and resource utilization. Quality of Life Research, 15(3), 537–546.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  22. Cohen, J. (1988). Statistical power analysis for the behavioral sciences (2nd ed.). Hillsdale, NJ: Lowrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.

    Google Scholar 

  23. Daskapan, A., Tuzun, E. H., & Eker, L. (2005). Relationship between physical activity level and health related quality of life among university students. Saudi Medical Journal, 26(6), 447–448.

    Google Scholar 

  24. Tessier, S., Vuillemin, A., Bertrais, S., Boini, S., Le Bihan, E., Oppert, J. M., et al. (2007). Association between leisure-time physical activity and health-related quality of life changes over time. Preventive Medicine, 44(3), 202–208.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  25. Riise, T., Moen, B. E., & Nortvedt, M. W. (2003). Occupation, lifestyle factors and health-related quality of life: The Hordaland health study. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 45(3), 324–332.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  26. Andersen, L. B., Schnohr, P., Schroll, M., & Hein, H. O. (2000). All-cause mortality associated with physical activity during leisure time, work, sports, and cycling to work. Archive of Internal Medicine, 160(11), 1621–1628.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  27. Šverko, B., Galić, Z., Seršic, D. M., & Galešić, M. (2008). Working in the hidden economy: Associations with the latent benefits and psychological health. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 17(3), 301–314.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  28. Hartvigsen, J., Bakketeig, L. S., Leboeuf-Yde, C., Engberg, M., & Lauritzen, T. (2001). The association between physical workload and low back pain clouded by the “healthy worker” effect—Population-based cross-sectional and 5-year prospective questionnaire study. Spine, 26(16), 1788–1793.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  29. Macfarlane, G. J., Thomas, E., Papageorgiou, A. C., Croft, P. R., Jayson, M. I. V., & Silman, A. J. (1997). Employment and physical work activities as predictors of future low back pain. Spine, 22(10), 1143–1149.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  30. Melchior, M., Berkmanb, L. F., Niedhammerc, I., Cheac, M., & Goldbergc, M. (2003). Social relations and self-reported health: a prospective analysis of the French Gazel cohort. Social Science and Medicine, 56(8), 1817–1830.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  31. Molarius, A., & Janson, S. (2002). Self-rated health, chronic diseases, and symptoms among middle-aged and elderly men and women. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 55(4), 364–370.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  32. Alonso, J., Ferrer, M., Gandek, B., Ware, J. E., Jr., Aaronson, N. K., Mosconi, P., et al. (2004). Health-related quality of life associated with chronic conditions in eight countries: results from the International Quality of Life Assessment (IQOLA) Project. Quality of Life Research, 13(2), 283–298.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  33. Murata, C., Kondo, T., Tamakoshi, K., Yatsuya, H., & Toyoshima, H. (2006). Determinants of self-rated health: Could health status explain the association between self-rated health and mortality? Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 43(3), 369–380.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  34. Lubetkin, E. I., Jia, H. M., Franks, P., & Gold, M. R. (2005). Relationship among sociodemographic factors, clinical conditions, and health-related quality of life: Examining the EQ-5D in the U.S.general population. Quality of Life Research, 14(10), 2187–2196.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgments

This study was funded by the University of Zagreb Faculty of Kinesiology. The authors are very grateful to Nevenka Hendrih, Marijana Plovanić and all employees of Hendal for assistance in data collection. Special thanks to Aleksandra Mišak, PhD, Shelly Pranić, MSc, and Prof. Dražan Dizdar, PhD for their generous support.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb, Horvaćanski zavoj 15, Zagreb, Croatia

    Danijel Jurakić, Željko Pedišić & Zrinka Greblo

Authors
  1. Danijel Jurakić
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Željko Pedišić
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Zrinka Greblo
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Danijel Jurakić.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Jurakić, D., Pedišić, Ž. & Greblo, Z. Physical activity in different domains and health-related quality of life: a population-based study. Qual Life Res 19, 1303–1309 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-010-9705-6

Download citation

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-010-9705-6

Keywords

Search

Navigation