Table 4 Multiple linear regression analyses on the contribution of social ecological factors to ≥30 min bouts of sedentary time
Overall | Male | Female | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B (95% CI) | p | B (95% CI) | p | B (95% CI) | p | |
Social ecological factors | ||||||
Don’t have enough time to take sedentary breaks | −0.96 (−9.72 to 7.79) | 0.83 | −11.78 (−25.31 to 1.76) | 0.09 | −0.07 (− 13.57 to 13.44) | 0.99 |
Don’t have enough energy to take sedentary breaks | 3.95 (−16.9 to 24.81) | 0.71 | 24.39 (−15.44 to 64.22) | 0.23 | −2.79 (−30.16 to 24.57) | 0.84 |
Sedentary breaks are a low priority. | 3.43 (−3.67 to 10.54) | 0.34 | 3.54 (−5.17 to 12.25) | 0.42 | 6.37 (−6.51 to 19.25) | 0.33 |
Too stressed at work to take sedentary breaks | 7.78 (−2.48 to 18.05) | 0.14 | 34.79 (15.48 to 54.09) | <0.01 | 2.08 (−12.47 to 16.62) | 0.78 |
I am motivated to take sedentary breaks. | 2.91 (−3.33 to 9.14) | 0.36 | 1.33 (−6.83 to 9.49) | 0.75 | 5.77 (−4.35 to 15.9) | 0.26 |
I typically see work colleagues take sedentary breaks. | −7.08 (− 13.75 to − 0.40) | 0.04 | − 4.21 (− 12.61 to 4.19) | 0.32 | −8.89 (− 19.95 to 2.16) | 0.11 |
The company should encourage sedentary breaks. | 8.2 (−0.21 to 16.62) | 0.06 | 2.49 (−8.35 to 13.32) | 0.65 | 9.17 (−4.78 to 23.12) | 0.19 |
There is limited space available at my workplace for me to take a short physical activity break. | −1.53 (−8.62 to 5.56) | 0.67 | 2.34 (−7.2 to 11.88) | 0.63 | −2.29 (−14.01 to 9.43) | 0.70 |
Sociodemographic and health factors | ||||||
Sex (ref: male) | −11.09 (− 17.18 to − 5.01) | <0.01 | ||||
Age | −0.15 (−0.56 to 0.25) | 0.46 | 0.16 (−0.33 to 0.65) | 0.52 | −0.52 (−1.27 to 0.22) | 0.17 |
Residence area (ref: Koto−ku) | −7.6 (−13.85 to − 1.34) | 0.02 | −11.4 (− 19.68 to − 3.12) | 0.01 | −2.84 (− 13.23 to 7.56) | 0.59 |
Education (ref: high school or lower) | 1.95 (−1.43 to 5.33) | 0.26 | −0.86 (−5.22 to 3.50) | 0.70 | 5.70 (−0.16 to 11.56) | 0.06 |
Income (ref: <5 million) | 0.97 (−1.85 to 3.79) | 0.50 | 1.79 (−1.74 to 5.31) | 0.32 | −0.02 (−5.14 to 5.09) | 0.99 |
Marital status (ref: single) | −5.7 (−12.75 to 1.36) | 0.11 | 2.67 (−7.87 to 13.21) | 0.62 | −8.84 (−19.41 to 1.73) | 0.10 |
BMI (Ref: <25.0 kg/m2) | 8.98 (2.63 to 15.34) | 0.01 | 10.0 (2.64 to 17.35) | 0.01 | 11.86 (−1.21 to 24.93) | 0.07 |
Weekly MVPA | −0.79 (−1.74 to 0.15) | 0.10 | −0.82 (−1.9 to 0.26) | 0.13 | −0.85 (−2.68 to 0.98) | 0.36 |
Adjusted R2 | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.04 | |||