Abstract

Play equipment at home could be targeted in interventions to increase children's physical activity (PA), but evidence is mixed, potentially because current methods do not reflect children's lived experience. This study investigated associations between combinations of equipment and PA. Data were from the Mothers and their Children's Health study and the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. Mothers (n = 2409) indicated the types of fixed active (eg,trampolines), portable active (eg,bicycles), and electronic (eg,computers) equipment at home, and the number of days children (n = 4092, aged 5-12y, 51% boys) met PA guidelines. Latent class analysis was used to identify combinations of equipment, and linear regressions were used to investigate associations with PA. Compared with children with high active (fixed and portable) and medium electronic equipment, children with portable active and medium (B = -0.53; 95% confidence interval, -0.72 to -0.34) or high (B = -0.58; 95% confidence interval, -0.83 to -0.33) electronic equipment met the guidelines on fewer days. Children with similar active equipment (but more electronic equipment) met the PA guidelines on fewer days (mean difference = -0.51, SE = 0.14, P = .002). Having the right combination of play equipment at home may be important for children's PA.

Highlights

  • Play equipment at home could be targeted in interventions to increase methods do not reflect children’s lived experience

  • Mothers were recruited to the Mothers and their Children’s Health study (MatCH) 28 participants were randomly sampled from Australia’s universal health insurance system combinations of play equipment at home and children’s Physical activity (PA)

  • latent class analysis (LCA) identified 4 mutually-exclusive groups with distinct combinations of play equipment associated with each group are in Tables 1 and 2

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Background

Play equipment at home could be targeted in interventions to increase methods do not reflect children’s lived experience. We investigated associations and their Children’s Health study and the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s. Mothers (N=2409) indicated the types of fixed active (e.g., trampolines), portable active (e.g., bicycles) and electronic (e.g., computers) equipment at home, and the number of days children (N=4092, aged [5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12] years, 51% boys) met PA guidelines. Latent class analysis was used to identify combinations of equipment, and linear high active (fixed and portable) and medium electronic equipment, children with regressions to investigate associations with PA. Results: Compared to children with portable active and medium (coefficient = -0.53, 95% CI = -0.72, -0.34) or high electronic equipment (coefficient = -0.58, 95% CI = -0.83, -0.33) met the guidelines on fewer days.

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