Factors associated with adherence to the physical activity program in a Brazilian capital

• Autor(a) principal: Monteiro, Glauber Rocha
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Santos, Cristiane Kelly Aquino dos, Pereira, Gilene de Jesus, Silva, Roberto Jerônimo dos Santos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Atividade Física & Saúde (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://rbafs.org.br/RBAFS/article/view/14796
• topic: Community physical activity program; Survival analysis; Cohort study; Programa comunitário de atividade física; Análise de sobrevida; Estudo de coorte

This study aims to analyze the factors associated with adherence to a Community Physical Activity Program in a Brazilian northeastern capital. This is a retrospective, population-based cohort. We analyzed 2,616 participant records, relating adherence time to sixteen covariates related to sociodemographic data, lifestyle, health perception and diseases reported by clinical diagnosis, between 2004 and 2009. Kaplan-Meier non-parametric survival estimator was used to characterize the group and estimate adherence, and the logrank test was used to compare the categories of each covariate, using p ≤ 0.20. Those with a p value ≤ 0.05 were entered into the final Cox model, determining the odds ratio (OR) of adherence with a 95% confidence interval. The analyses were performed in SPSS for Windows® version 22. 97.4% dropout cases and 2.6% censoring cases were observed. The odds of adherence were maintained for “age group 35-59 years” (OR = 1.839; 95%CI: 1.625 - 2.083), “60 years of age or older” (OR = 1.197; 95%CI: 1.080 - 1.325) and “stress” (OR = 1.087; 95%CI: 1.004 - 1.178). Individuals who reported low back pain (OR = 0.887; 95%CI: 0.810 - 0.972) and those with income between one and three minimum wages per month (OR = 0.751; 95%CI: 0.596 - 0.961) had lower odds of adherence. Thus, there is low adherence in the first months of participation, in which adults, the elderly, and participants with stress have a higher chance of adherence, unlike those with low back pain and less affluent individuals.