Psychological determinants of physical activity across the life course: A "DEterminants of DIet and Physical ACtivity" (DEDIPAC) umbrella systematic literature review

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doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182709. eCollection 2017.

Psychological determinants of physical activity across the life course: A "DEterminants of DIet and Physical ACtivity" (DEDIPAC) umbrella systematic literature review

Cristina Cortis¹, Anna Puggina², Caterina Pesce³, Katina Aleksovska², Christoph Buck⁴, Con Burns⁵, Greet Cardon⁶, Angela Carlin⁷, Chantal Simon⁸, Donatella Ciarapica⁹, Giancarlo Condello³, Tara Coppinger⁵, Sara D'Haese⁶, Marieke De Craemer⁶, Andrea Di Blasio¹⁰, Sylvia Hansen¹¹, Licia Iacoviello^{12

13}, Johann Issartel¹⁴, Pascal Izzicupo¹⁰, Lina Jaeschke¹⁵, Martina Kanning¹⁶, Aileen Kennedy¹⁷, Fiona Chun Man Ling^{7

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19}, Agnes Luzak²⁰, Giorgio Napolitano¹⁰, Julie-Anne Nazare⁸, Grainne O'Donoghue¹⁷, Camille Perchoux^{8

21}, Tobias Pischon^{15

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23}, Angela Polito⁹, Alessandra Sannella¹, Holger Schulz²⁰, Rhoda Sohun⁷, Astrid Steinbrecher¹⁵, Wolfgang Schlicht¹¹, Walter Ricciardi^{2

24}, Loriana Castellani¹, Ciaran MacDonncha⁷, Laura Capranica³, Stefania Boccia^{2

25}

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¹ Department of Human Sciences, Society, and Health, University of Cassino and Lazio Meridionale, Cassino, Italy.
² Section of Hygiene-Institute of Public Health; Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome Foro Italico, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology, BIPS, Bremen, Germany.
⁵ Department of Sport, Leisure and Childhood Studies, Cork Institute of Technology, Cork, Munster, Ireland.
⁶ Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
⁷ Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
⁸ Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine Rhône-Alpes, Univ-Lyon, CarMeN Laboratory, INSERM 1060, INRA 1397, Université Claude Bernard Lyon1, Lyon, France.
⁹ Council for Agricultural Research and Economics-Research Centre for Food and Nutrition, Rome, Italy.
¹⁰ Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences, 'G. d'Annunzio' University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy.
¹¹ Department for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Division of Exercise and Health Sciences I, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.
¹² Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo NEUROMED, Pozzilli, Italy.
¹³ Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
¹⁴ School of Health and Human Performance, Multisensory Motor Learning Lab., Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland.
¹⁵ Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC), Berlin, Germany.
¹⁶ Department of Sport Sciences, Social and Health Sciences, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.
¹⁷ Centre for Preventive Medicine, School of Health and Human Performance, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland.
¹⁸ Institute of Sport, Exercise & Active Living, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia.
¹⁹ Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science & Technology, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, United Kingdom.
²⁰ Institute of Epidemiology I, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany.
²¹ Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research, Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg.
²² Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
²³ DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
²⁴ Italian National Institute of Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanità-ISS), Rome, Italy.
²⁵ Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States of America.

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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182709

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Psychological determinants of physical activity across the life course: A "DEterminants of DIet and Physical ACtivity" (DEDIPAC) umbrella systematic literature review

Cristina Cortis et al. PLoS One. 2017.

. 2017 Aug 17;12(8):e0182709.

doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182709. eCollection 2017.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Human Sciences, Society, and Health, University of Cassino and Lazio Meridionale, Cassino, Italy.
² Section of Hygiene-Institute of Public Health; Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome Foro Italico, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology, BIPS, Bremen, Germany.
⁵ Department of Sport, Leisure and Childhood Studies, Cork Institute of Technology, Cork, Munster, Ireland.
⁶ Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
⁷ Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
⁸ Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine Rhône-Alpes, Univ-Lyon, CarMeN Laboratory, INSERM 1060, INRA 1397, Université Claude Bernard Lyon1, Lyon, France.
⁹ Council for Agricultural Research and Economics-Research Centre for Food and Nutrition, Rome, Italy.
¹⁰ Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences, 'G. d'Annunzio' University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy.
¹¹ Department for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Division of Exercise and Health Sciences I, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.
¹² Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo NEUROMED, Pozzilli, Italy.
¹³ Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
¹⁴ School of Health and Human Performance, Multisensory Motor Learning Lab., Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland.
¹⁵ Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC), Berlin, Germany.
¹⁶ Department of Sport Sciences, Social and Health Sciences, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.
¹⁷ Centre for Preventive Medicine, School of Health and Human Performance, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland.
¹⁸ Institute of Sport, Exercise & Active Living, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia.
¹⁹ Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science & Technology, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, United Kingdom.
²⁰ Institute of Epidemiology I, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany.
²¹ Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research, Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg.
²² Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
²³ DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
²⁴ Italian National Institute of Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanità-ISS), Rome, Italy.
²⁵ Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States of America.

PMID: 28817676
PMCID: PMC5560721
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182709

Abstract

Low levels of physical activity (PA) are reported to contribute to the occurrence of non-communicable diseases over the life course. Although psychological factors have been identified as an important category concerning PA behavior, knowledge on psychological determinants of PA is still inconclusive. Therefore, the aim of this umbrella systematic literature review (SLR) was to summarize and synthesize the scientific evidence on psychological determinants of PA behavior across the life course. A systematic online search was conducted on MEDLINE, ISI Web of Science, Scopus, and SPORTDiscus databases. The search was limited to studies published in English from January 2004 to April 2016. SLRs and meta-analyses (MAs) of observational studies investigating the association of psychological variables and PA were considered eligible. Extracted data were evaluated based on importance of determinants, strength of evidence, and methodological quality. The full protocol is available from PROSPERO (Record ID: CRD42015010616). Twenty reviews (14 SLRs and 6 MAs), mostly of moderate methodological quality, were found eligible. Convincing evidence was found for self-efficacy (positive association with PA) in children and adolescents, and stress (negative association with PA) regardless of age. Most of the evidence revealing an association between psychological determinants and PA is probable and limited, mainly due to differences in the definition of PA and of psychological determinants across reviews. Thus, scholars are urged to reach a consensus on clear definitions of relevant psychological determinants of PA, subsuming cultural biases and allowing the possibility to obtain clear interpretations and generalizability of findings. Finally, most psychological determinants should be considered within a larger framework of other multi-level determinants that may interact or mediate some of the effects.

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CC, AP, CP, KA, GC, AS, LC, ADB, PI, GN, LC, WR, SB received a grant from MIUR (DEDIPAC F.S. 02.15.02 COD. B84G14000040008); GC, SDH, MDC received a grant from the Research Foundation Flanders, Belgium; CP, GC, LC received a grant from MIUR (CDR2.PRIN 2010/11 COD. 2010KL2Y73_003); AP, DC received grants from Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies, Italy (DEDIPAC-IRILD, D.M. 14474/7303/13); AC, FCML, GOD, RS, CMD, JI, AK received a grant from the Health Research Board, Ireland; SH, MK, WS received a grant from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany (#01EA1374); TP received grants from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany (#01EA1372E); HS received grants from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany (#01EA1372C); CB received a grant from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany (#01EA1377); J-AN, CP received grants from the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) and Institut National de Prévention et d’Education pour la Sante (INPES).

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[1] World Health Organization. Global status report on Noncommunicable diseases 2010. Available from: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/44579/1/9789240686458_eng.pdf. Cited 18 March 2017.

[2] World Health Organization. Global status report on Noncommunicable diseases 2010. Available from: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/44579/1/9789240686458_eng.pdf. Cited 18 March 2017.

[3] Council of the European Union. Council Recommendation of 26 November 2013 on promoting health-enhancing physical activity across sectors. Available from: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2013:354:0001.... Cited 18 March 2017.

[4] Council of the European Union. Council Recommendation of 26 November 2013 on promoting health-enhancing physical activity across sectors. Available from: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2013:354:0001.... Cited 18 March 2017.

[5] Hallal P, Andersen L, Bull F, Guthold R, Haskell W, Ekelund U, et al. Global physical activity levels: surveillance progress, pitfalls, and prospects. Lancet. 2012;380(9838):247–257. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60646-1 - DOI - PubMed

[6] Hallal P, Andersen L, Bull F, Guthold R, Haskell W, Ekelund U, et al. Global physical activity levels: surveillance progress, pitfalls, and prospects. Lancet. 2012;380(9838):247–257. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60646-1 - DOI - PubMed

[7] Bauman AE, Reis RS, Sallis JF, Wells JC, Loos RJ, Martin BW (Group LPASW). Correlates of physical activity: Why are some people physically active and others not? Lancet. 2012;380(9838):258–71. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60735-1 - DOI - PubMed

[8] Bauman AE, Reis RS, Sallis JF, Wells JC, Loos RJ, Martin BW (Group LPASW). Correlates of physical activity: Why are some people physically active and others not? Lancet. 2012;380(9838):258–71. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60735-1 - DOI - PubMed

[9] Condello G, Man Ling FC, Bianco A, Chastin S, Cardon G, Ciarapica D, et al. Using concept mapping in the development of the EU-PAD framework (EUropean-Physical Activity Determinants across the life course): a DEDIPAC-study. BMC Public Health. 2016. November 9;16(1):1145 doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3800-8 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[10] Condello G, Man Ling FC, Bianco A, Chastin S, Cardon G, Ciarapica D, et al. Using concept mapping in the development of the EU-PAD framework (EUropean-Physical Activity Determinants across the life course): a DEDIPAC-study. BMC Public Health. 2016. November 9;16(1):1145 doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3800-8 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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