ArticleJournal of physical activity & health2015
Odds of Getting Adequate Physical Activity by Dog Walking.
Article in Journal of physical activity & health, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
16 citing papers in PubMed.
- Investigating the Potential Protective Effect of Dog Ownership on Incident Disabling Dementia and Its Cost-Effectiveness.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Dog and Guardian Relationships: Application of a Dual-Process Actor-"Partner" Interdependence Model to Predict Regular Walking.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Walking and Playing with the Dog to Improve the Physical Activity Level of Adolescents: A Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Walk or be walked by the dog? The attachment role.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Protective effects of dog ownership against the onset of disabling dementia in older community-dwelling Japanese: A longitudinal study.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- Might Dog Walking Reduce the Impact of COPD on Patients' Life?Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The Long-Term Influence of Puppy Acquisition on Physical Activity: Results of a 3-Year, Longitudinal, Pilot Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- 'Tracking Together'-Simultaneous Use of Human and Dog Activity Trackers: Protocol for a Factorial, Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Examining Obedience Training as a Physical Activity Intervention for Dog Owners: Findings from the Stealth Pet Obedience Training (SPOT) Pilot Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- The Relationship between Dog Ownership and Physical Activity in Korean Adults.Korean journal of family medicine · 2021Article
- Examining How Dog 'Acquisition' Affects Physical Activity and Psychosocial Well-Being: Findings from the BuddyStudy Pilot Trial.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2019Article
- To a Future Where Everyone Can Walk a Dog Even if They Don't Own One.Frontiers in public health · 2018Article
- Understanding action control of daily walking behavior among dog owners: a community survey.BMC public health · 2016Article
- Supportive neighbourhood built characteristics and dog-walking in Canadian adults.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2016Article
- Dog walking among adolescents: Correlates and contribution to physical activity.Preventive medicine · 2016Article
- Encouraging Dog Walking for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.American journal of lifestyle medicineReview
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
7 authors.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundWe aimed to determine the likelihood that adult dog owners who walk their dogs will achieve a healthy level of moderate-intensity (MI) physical activity (PA), defined as at least 150 mins/wk.
methodsWe conducted a systematic search of 6 databases with data from 1990-2012 on dog owners' PA, to identify those who achieved MIPA. To compare dog-walkers' performance with non-dog walkers, we used a random effects model to estimate the unadjusted odds ratio (OR) and corresponding 95% confidence interval (CI).
resultsWe retrieved 9 studies that met our inclusion criterion and allowed OR calculations. These yielded data on 6980 dog owners aged 18 to 81 years (41% men). Among them, 4463 (63.9%) walked their dogs. Based on total weekly PA, 2710 (60.7%) dog walkers, and 950 (37.7%) non-dog walkers achieved at least MIPA. The estimated OR was 2.74 (95% CI 2.09-3.60).
conclusionAcross 9 published studies, almost 2 in 3 dog owners reported walking their dogs, and the walkers are more than 2.5 times more likely to achieve at least MIPA. These findings suggest that dog walking may be a viable strategy for dog owners to help achieve levels of PA that may enhance their health.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.