@misc{10481/84516,
year = {2023},
month = {5},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/84516},
abstract = {Purpose: To determine whether trip characteristics (i.e., length, duration, and speed) and physical activity (PA) (i.
e., light PA [LPA], moderate-to-vigorous PA [MVPA], and PA energy expenditure [PAEE]) differ by trip direction
(i.e., home-school and school-home trips), and to examine differences in trips characteristics and PA levels between
modes of commuting (walking, multimodal, and motorized-vehicle).
Methods: 181 adolescents wore a belt on their hip with an accelerometer and a GPS. The HABITUS and
PALMSplusR softwares were used to combine accelerometer and GPS data and identify trip characteristics and
PA levels during home-school and school-home trips. Mixed model analysis was used to examine the differences
in trip characteristics and PA levels between the trip directions and across modes of commuting.
Results: The percentage of school-home walking trips was higher (54.4% vs 46.9%) and had longer duration than
the home-school walking trips (p < 0.01). In contrast, multimodal and vehicle trips had a longer duration during
the home-school direction than the school-home direction (p < 0.01). Regarding PA levels, the school-home
direction presented higher LPA during walking trips (p < 0.01), but lower MVPA (p < 0.01), compared to the
home-school direction. Walking trips presented higher MVPA and PAEE than multimodal and motorized-vehicle
in both directions, but smaller LPA minutes in home-school direction than multimodal and motorized-vehicle (p
< 0.01).
Conclusion: The percentage of walking trips, the characteristics of the trips, and PA levels during school-home
direction differed from home-school direction. In addition, walking trips were associated with higher MVPA
levels and PAEE in both directions compare to multimodal or motorized-vehicle.},
organization = {Spanish Ministry of Economy,
Industry and Competitiveness},
organization = {The European Regional Development
Fund (DEP2016-75598-R)},
organization = {The European Regional Development Fund
(ERDF) / Regional Ministry of Economic Transformation, Industry,
Knowledge and Universities of Andalusia (B-CTS-160-UGR20),},
organization = {MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and the European Union "ERDF A
way of making Europe" (PID2021-126126OA-I00)},
organization = {Spanish Ministry
of Science, Innovation and Universities},
organization = {Biomedicine Doctoral Studies program of the
University of Granada, Spain},
publisher = {Elsevier},
keywords = {Active transport},
keywords = {Mobility},
keywords = {GPS},
keywords = {Accelerometer},
keywords = {Adolescents},
keywords = {Health promotion},
title = {Do physical activity and trip characteristics differ when commuting to and from school?: The PACO study},
doi = {10.1016/j.tbs.2023.100618},
author = {Campos Garzón, Pablo and Molina Soberanes, Daniel and Palma Leal, Ximena Alejandra and Chillón Garzón, Palma},
}