OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to examine the association of different levels of occupational, commuting, and leisure-time physical activity and heart failure (HF) risk. BACKGROUND The role of different types of physical activity in explaining the risk of HF is not properly established. METHODS Study cohorts included 28,334 Finnish men and 29,874 women who were 25 to 74 years of a...

Introduction Leisure continues to grow in importance in today’s society, as a construct of non-work time and the activities that attend our leisure. While researchers have explored the work context and everyday life contexts, the area of leisure in our information worlds has only recently attracted interest in library and information science (LIS). The impact of leisure on our everyday lives, i...

BACKGROUND Few large studies in China have investigated total physical activity and sedentary leisure time and their associations with adiposity. OBJECTIVE We investigated determinants of physical activity and sedentary leisure time and their associations with adiposity in China. DESIGN A total of 466,605 generally healthy participants (age: 30-79 y, 60% female) in the China Kadoorie Bioban...

modernity is a concept which has been investigated from different aspects. probc. bly one the most valid theories in this field is giddens’s theory. giddens originally considers modernity as a cultural trend that has arrived new phase and has its own characteristics in all social life aspects. reviewing giddens’s theory shows the claims expressing that modernity shows itself in leisure time. it...

Background and purpose - Patients' expectations of outcomes following arthroscopic meniscus surgery are largely unknown. We investigated patients' expectations concerning recovery and participation in leisure-time activities after arthroscopic meniscus surgery and the postoperative fulfillment of these. Patients and methods - The study sample consisted of 491 consecutively recruited patients (m...

OBJECTIVES In the majority of countries around the world, a decrease in the leisure-time physical activity is observed. The aim of the study was to evaluate the correlation between occupational energy expenditure and leisure-time physical activity. Moreover, the correlation between other factors and leisure-time physical activity was assessed. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was performed in ...

BACKGROUND In 2006, Spain implemented a national smoke-free legislation that prohibited smoking in enclosed public places and workplaces (except in hospitality venues). In 2011, it was extended to all hospitality venues and selected outdoor areas (hospital campuses, educational centers, and playgrounds). The objective of the study is to evaluate changes in exposure to secondhand smoke among the...

OBJECTIVE To develop and test the utility of a domain-specific physical activity efficacy scale in adolescents for predicting physical activity behaviour. DESIGN Two independent studies were conducted. Study 1 examined the psychometric properties of a newly constructed Domain-Specific Physical Activity Efficacy Questionnaire (DSPAEQ) and study 2 tested the utility of the scale for predicting ...

Family leisure increasingly plays a fundamental role as an educational resource that enhances human development and enriches intrafamily relationships. Theoretically, the conceptualization of free time leisure, typologies agents family benefits, difficulties, satisfaction are discussed at home. This empirical study aims to describe patterns shown by adolescents according context in which they r...