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Table 3 Factors associated with the Country Card composite score use in the highest tertile according to respondent’s characteristics

From: Worldwide use of the first set of physical activity Country Cards: The Global Observatory for Physical Activity - GoPA!

Adjusted model (Highest tertile of use vs lowest tertiles of use)a

      
 

n

%

OR (95% CI)a

p-value

Main area of work

 Academia (universities, schools, societies or institutions)

40

85.1

1.00

  

0.283

 Government

2

4.3

0.34

0.04

3.22

 Other

5

10.6

4.82

0.87

26.71

Country Contact

 Yes

36

76.6

18.32

5.63

59.55

0.002

 No

11

23.4

1.00

  

Contact with researchers by any of the three means (emails, meetings, phone calls)

 Contact using any mean at least once a month

33

70.2

1.29

0.41

4.08

0.658

 Contact using the three means less than once a month

14

29.8

1.00

  

Contact with government representatives working in physical activity promotion at any of the levels

 Contact with any representative at least once a month

43

91.5

1.47

0.33

6.66

0.612

 Contact with the representatives less than once a month

4

8.5

1.00

  

Contact with government representatives working in NCD’s

 Contact with any representative at least once a month

29

61.7

3.39

1.00

11.54

0.050

 Contact with the representatives less than once a month

18

38.3

1.00

  

Contact with non-government organization representatives working in physical activity promotion

 More frequent (at least once a month)

22

46.8

0.57

0.17

1.91

0.367

 Less frequent (less than once a month)

25

53.2

1.00

  

Contact with international organizations representatives working in physical activity promotion

 More frequent (at least once a month)

23

48.9

3.35

0.77

14.58

0.107

 Less frequent (less than once a month)

24

51.1

1.00

  

Contact with GoPA! Country Contacts

 More frequent (at least once a month)

21

44.7

2.47

0.64

9.55

0.190

 Less frequent (less than once a month)

26

55.3

1.00

  

Country Cards provide information that is already known

      

 Agree and partially agree

15

31.9

0.33

0.09

1.17

0.086

 Disagree

32

68.1

1.00

  

I do not know what I am supposed to do with the Country Card

 Agree and partially agree

15

31.9

0.62

0.20

1.92

0.406

 Disagree

32

68.1

1.00

  

I do not know any strategy or how can I identify/reach partners/decision makers/stakeholders

 Agree and partially agree

17

37.0

0.74

0.23

2.35

0.613

 Disagree

29

63.0

1.00

  

The Country Card was useful and helped me making the case for physical activity promotion in my country

 Yes

45

95.7

32.49

5.22

202.21

< 0.001

 No

2

4.3

1.00

  

Country card completion

 Yes (all 5 indicators presented in the card)

32

37.2

1.49

0.46

4.77

0.178

 No

15

26.3

1.00

  

Country card indicators

National physical activity policy

 Standalone policy for physical activity

25

53.2

2.72

0.82

9.04

 

 No standalone policy for physical activity

22

46.8

1.00

  

0.103

Physical activity surveillance

 Surveillance (at least one national survey including physical activity)

44

93.6

1.48

0.14

15.85

0.748

 No surveillance (no national survey including physical activity)

3

6.4

1.00

   

Research in physical activity

 Research in physical activity (at least one publication in 2013)

41

87.2

2.83

0.47

19.19

 

 No research (no publications in 2013)

6

12.8

1.00

  

0.287

Deaths due to physical inactivity

 Equal or more than the worldwide mean of deaths (9%)

27

57.5

2.16

0.41

11.26

0.738

 Less than the worldwide mean of deaths (9%)

12

25.5

1.28

0.19

8.71

 

 No indicator

8

17.0

1.00

   

Physical activity prevalence

 Has a national estimate

44

93.6

0.79

0.93

6.73

 

 Does not have a national estimate

3

6.4

1.00

  

0.829

World regionb

 AFRO

3

6.4

0.15

0.06

3.85

0.030

 EMRO

2

4.3

0.41

0.02

10.28

 EURO

19

40.4

1.00

  

 PAHO

17

36.2

4.77

0.84

27.03

 SEARO

2

4.3

11.98

1.64

87.37

 WPRO

4

8.5

1.48

0.30

7.44

Income group

 High Income

29

61.7

1.00

   

 Upper Middle Income

12

25.5

0.73

0.01

39.08

0.940

 Lower Middle Income

5

10.6

1.54

0.17

14.42

 Low Income

1

2.1

0.80

0.17

3.71

  1. aAdjusted by statistically significant variables in the unadjusted model (country contact status, contact with representatives (government, NGOs, International organizations, country contacts) opinions and barriers to country card use, and national policy indicator)
  2. bEURO - European Regional Office of the World Health Organization; AFRO - African Regional Office of the World Health Organization; PAHO - Pan American Health Organization of the World Health Organization; EMRO - Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office of the World Health Organization; WPRO - Western Pacific Regional Office of the World Health Organization; SEARO - South-East Asia Regional Office of the World Health Organization