The relationship between bicycle commuting and perceived stress: a cross-sectional study

Active commuting — walking and bicycling for travel to and/or from work or educational addresses — may facilitate daily, routine physical activity. Several studies have investigated the relationship between active commuting and commuting stress; however, there are no studies examining the relationsh...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Authors: Avila-Palencia, Ione, 1985-, De Nazelle, Audrey, Cole-Hunter, Tom, Donaire González, David, Jerrett, Michael, Rodriguez, Daniel A., Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2017
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Repository:Repositorio Digital de la UPF
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/57342
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/57342
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013542
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Exercici
Estrès
Bicicletes
Desplaçaments en bicicleta
id ES_d1ddd81d795745f3f4697c7e758805b2
oai_identifier_str oai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/57342
network_acronym_str ES
network_name_str España
repository_id_str
spelling The relationship between bicycle commuting and perceived stress: a cross-sectional studyAvila-Palencia, Ione, 1985-De Nazelle, AudreyCole-Hunter, TomDonaire González, DavidJerrett, MichaelRodriguez, Daniel A.Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.ExerciciEstrèsBicicletesDesplaçaments en bicicletaActive commuting — walking and bicycling for travel to and/or from work or educational addresses — may facilitate daily, routine physical activity. Several studies have investigated the relationship between active commuting and commuting stress; however, there are no studies examining the relationship between solely bicycle commuting and perceived stress, or studies that account for environmental determinants of bicycle commuting and stress. The current study evaluated the relationship between bicycle commuting, among working or studying adults in a dense urban setting, and perceived stress. A cross-sectional study was performed with 788 adults who regularly travelled to work or study locations (excluding those who only commuted on foot) in Barcelona, Spain. Participants responded to a comprehensive telephone survey concerning their travel behaviour from June 2011 through to May 2012. Participants were categorised as either bicycle commuters or non-bicycle commuters, and (based on the Perceived Stress Scale, PSS-4) as either stressed or non-stressed. Multivariate Poisson regression with robust variance models of stress status based on exposures with bicycle commuting were estimated and adjusted for potential confounders. Bicycle commuters had significantly lower risk of being stressed than non-bicycle commuters (Relative Risk; RR (95% CI)=0.73 (0.60 to 0.89), p=0.001). Bicycle commuters who bicycled 4 days per week (RR (95% CI)=0.42 (0.24 to 0.73), p=0.002) and those who bicycled 5 or more days per week (RR (95% CI)=0.57 (0.42 to 0.77), p<0.001) had lower risk of being stressed than those who bicycled less than 4 days. This relationship remained statistically significant after adjusting for individual and environmental confounders and when using different cut-offs of perceived stress. Stress reduction may be an important consequence of routine bicycle use and should be considered by decision makers as another potential benefit of its promotion.BMJ Publishing Group202320232017info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/57342http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013542reponame:Repositorio Digital de la UPFinstname:Universitat Pompeu FabraInglésBMJ Open. 2017 Jun;7(6):e013542This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/573422026-06-12T07:21:37Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The relationship between bicycle commuting and perceived stress: a cross-sectional study
title The relationship between bicycle commuting and perceived stress: a cross-sectional study
spellingShingle The relationship between bicycle commuting and perceived stress: a cross-sectional study
Avila-Palencia, Ione, 1985-
Exercici
Estrès
Bicicletes
Desplaçaments en bicicleta
title_short The relationship between bicycle commuting and perceived stress: a cross-sectional study
title_full The relationship between bicycle commuting and perceived stress: a cross-sectional study
title_fullStr The relationship between bicycle commuting and perceived stress: a cross-sectional study
title_full_unstemmed The relationship between bicycle commuting and perceived stress: a cross-sectional study
title_sort The relationship between bicycle commuting and perceived stress: a cross-sectional study
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Avila-Palencia, Ione, 1985-
De Nazelle, Audrey
Cole-Hunter, Tom
Donaire González, David
Jerrett, Michael
Rodriguez, Daniel A.
Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.
author Avila-Palencia, Ione, 1985-
author_facet Avila-Palencia, Ione, 1985-
De Nazelle, Audrey
Cole-Hunter, Tom
Donaire González, David
Jerrett, Michael
Rodriguez, Daniel A.
Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.
author_role author
author2 De Nazelle, Audrey
Cole-Hunter, Tom
Donaire González, David
Jerrett, Michael
Rodriguez, Daniel A.
Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Exercici
Estrès
Bicicletes
Desplaçaments en bicicleta
topic Exercici
Estrès
Bicicletes
Desplaçaments en bicicleta
description Active commuting — walking and bicycling for travel to and/or from work or educational addresses — may facilitate daily, routine physical activity. Several studies have investigated the relationship between active commuting and commuting stress; however, there are no studies examining the relationship between solely bicycle commuting and perceived stress, or studies that account for environmental determinants of bicycle commuting and stress. The current study evaluated the relationship between bicycle commuting, among working or studying adults in a dense urban setting, and perceived stress. A cross-sectional study was performed with 788 adults who regularly travelled to work or study locations (excluding those who only commuted on foot) in Barcelona, Spain. Participants responded to a comprehensive telephone survey concerning their travel behaviour from June 2011 through to May 2012. Participants were categorised as either bicycle commuters or non-bicycle commuters, and (based on the Perceived Stress Scale, PSS-4) as either stressed or non-stressed. Multivariate Poisson regression with robust variance models of stress status based on exposures with bicycle commuting were estimated and adjusted for potential confounders. Bicycle commuters had significantly lower risk of being stressed than non-bicycle commuters (Relative Risk; RR (95% CI)=0.73 (0.60 to 0.89), p=0.001). Bicycle commuters who bicycled 4 days per week (RR (95% CI)=0.42 (0.24 to 0.73), p=0.002) and those who bicycled 5 or more days per week (RR (95% CI)=0.57 (0.42 to 0.77), p<0.001) had lower risk of being stressed than those who bicycled less than 4 days. This relationship remained statistically significant after adjusting for individual and environmental confounders and when using different cut-offs of perceived stress. Stress reduction may be an important consequence of routine bicycle use and should be considered by decision makers as another potential benefit of its promotion.
publishDate 2017
dc.date.none.fl_str_mv 2017
2023
2023
dc.type.none.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
format article
status_str publishedVersion
dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv http://hdl.handle.net/10230/57342
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013542
url http://hdl.handle.net/10230/57342
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013542
dc.language.none.fl_str_mv Inglés
language_invalid_str_mv Inglés
dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv BMJ Open. 2017 Jun;7(6):e013542
dc.rights.none.fl_str_mv http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
rights_invalid_str_mv http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
eu_rights_str_mv openAccess
dc.format.none.fl_str_mv application/pdf
application/pdf
dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv BMJ Publishing Group
publisher.none.fl_str_mv BMJ Publishing Group
dc.source.none.fl_str_mv reponame:Repositorio Digital de la UPF
instname:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
instname_str Universitat Pompeu Fabra
reponame_str Repositorio Digital de la UPF
collection Repositorio Digital de la UPF
repository.name.fl_str_mv
repository.mail.fl_str_mv
_version_ 1869420300654870528
score 15,811543

Similar Items