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Title: | The effects of transport mode use on self-perceived health, mental health, and social contact measures: A cross-sectional and longitudinal study | Authors: | Avila-Palencia, Ione INT PANIS, Luc DONS, Evi Gaupp-Berghausen, Mailin Raser, Elisabeth Gotschi, Thomas Gerike, Regine Brand, Christian de Nazelle, Audrey Orjuela, Juan Pablo Anaya-Boig, Esther Stigell, Erik Kahlmeier, Sonja Iacorossi, Francesco Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J. |
Issue Date: | 2018 | Publisher: | PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD | Source: | Environment international, 120, p. 199-206 | Abstract: | Background: Transport mode choice has been associated with different health risks and benefits depending on which transport mode is used. We aimed to evaluate the association between different transport modes use and several health and social contact measures. Methods: We based our analyses on the Physical Activity through Sustainable Transport Approaches (PASTA) longitudinal study, conducted over a period of two years in seven European cities. 8802 participants finished the baseline questionnaire, and 3567 answered the final questionnaire. Participants were 18 years of age or older (16 years of age or older in Zurich) and lived, worked and/or studied in one of the case-study cities. Associations between transport mode use and health/social contact measures were estimated using mixed-effects logistic regression models, linear regression models, and logistic regression models according to the data available. All the associations were assessed with single and multiple transport mode models. All models were adjusted for potential confounders. Results: In multiple transport mode models, bicycle use was associated with good self-perceived health [OR (CI 95%) = 1.07 (1.05, 1.08)], all the mental health measures [perceived stress: coef (CI 95%)= -0.016 (-0.028, -0.004); mental health: coef (CI 95%) = 0.11 (0.05, 0.18); vitality: coef (CI 95%) = 0.14 (0.07, 0.22)], and with fewer feelings of loneliness [coef (CI 95%) = -0.03 (-0.05, -0.01)]. Walking was associated with good self-perceived health [OR (CI 95%) = 1.02 (1.00, 1.03)], higher vitality [coef (CI 95%) = 0.14 (0.05, 0.23)], and more frequent contact with friends/family [OR (CI 95%)= 1.03 (1.00, 1.05)]. Car use was associated with fewer feelings of loneliness [coef (CI 95%) =-0.04 (-0.06, -0.02)]. The results for e-bike and public transport use were non-significant, and the results for motorbike use were inconclusive. Conclusions: Similarity of findings across cities suggested that active transport, especially bicycle use, should be encouraged to improve population health and social outcomes. | Notes: | [Avila-Palencia, Ione; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.] Barcelona Inst Global Hlth, ISGlobal, Campus Mar,Barcelona Biomed Res Pk PRBB, Barcelona 08003, Spain. [Avila-Palencia, Ione; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.] UPF, Campus Mar,Barcelona Biomed Res Pk PRBB, Barcelona 08003, Spain. [Avila-Palencia, Ione; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.] CIBERESP, Ave Monforte de Lemos 3-5,Pabellon 11,Planta 0, Madrid 28029, Spain. [Panis, Luc Int; Dons, Evi] Flemish Inst Technol Res VITO, Boeretang 200, B-2400 Mol, Belgium. [Panis, Luc Int] Hasselt Univ, Transportat Res Inst IMOB, Wetenschapspk 5-6, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium. [Dons, Evi] Hasselt Univ, Ctr Environm Sci CMK, Martelarenlaan 42, B-3500 Hasselt, Belgium. [Gaupp-Berghausen, Mailin; Raser, Elisabeth] Univ Nat Resources & Life Sci, Inst Transport Studies, Peter Jordan Str 82, A-1190 Vienna, Austria. [Gotschi, Thomas; Kahlmeier, Sonja] Univ Zurich, Epidemiol Biostat & Prevent Inst, Hirschengraben 84, CH-8001 Zurich, Switzerland. [Gerike, Regine] Tech Univ Dresden, Chair Integrated Transport Planning & Traff Engn, Hettnerstr 1, D-01062 Dresden, Germany. [Brand, Christian] Univ Oxford, Transport Studies Unit, South Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QY, England. [de Nazelle, Audrey; Orjuela, Juan Pablo; Anaya-Boig, Esther] Imperial Coll London, CEP, 16-18 Princes Gardens, London SW7 1NE, England. [Stigell, Erik] Trivector Traff, Barnhusgatan 16, SE-11123 Stockholm, Sweden. [Iacorossi, Francesco] Roma Serv Mobilita, Via Vigna Murata 60, I-00143 Rome, Italy. | Keywords: | Bicycling; Walking; Mental health; Loneliness; Questionnaires; Cities;bicycling; walking; mental health; loneliness; questionnaires; cities | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/28758 | ISSN: | 0160-4120 | e-ISSN: | 1873-6750 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.envint.2018.08.002 | ISI #: | 000448688500021 | Rights: | 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2019 |
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