ArticlePreventive medicine2016
Longitudinal associations of active commuting with wellbeing and sickness absence.
Article in Preventive medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04035941 (The Cycle Nation Project), which is not on this map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The Cycle Nation Project: A Workplace Intervention to Increase the Number of People Cycling Regularly (Phase 2: Feasibility)
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Bicycle use in Latin American cities: changes over time by socio-economic position.Frontiers in sustainable cities · 2023Article
- The health benefits of bicycling to school among adolescents in China: A propensity score matching study.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Benefits, risks, barriers, and facilitators to cycling: a narrative review.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2023Review
- Physical Activity and Mental Health in Undergraduate Students.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Association between Active Mobility and Subjective Wellbeing during COVID-19 in MENA Countries.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Working from home during the corona-crisis is associated with higher subjective well-being for women with long (pre-corona) commutes.Transportation research. Part A, Policy and practice · 2022Article
- Active commuting and leisure-time physical activity among adults in western Nepal: a cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2021Article
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- Commute patterns and depression: Evidence from eleven Latin American cities.Journal of transport & health · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveOur aim was to explore longitudinal associations of active commuting (cycling to work and walking to work) with physical wellbeing (PCS-8), mental wellbeing (MCS-8) and sickness absence.
methodWe used data from the Commuting and Health in Cambridge study (2009 to 2012; n=801) to test associations between: a) maintenance of cycling (or walking) to work over a one year period and indices of wellbeing at the end of that one year period; and b) associations between change in cycling (or walking) to work and change in indices of wellbeing. Linear regression was used for testing associations with PCS-8 and MCS-8, and negative binomial regression for sickness absence.
resultsAfter adjusting for sociodemographic variables, physical activity and physical limitation, those who maintained cycle commuting reported lower sickness absence (0.46, 95% CI: 0.14-0.80; equivalent to one less day per year) and higher MCS-8 scores (1.50, 0.10-2.10) than those who did not cycle to work. The association for sickness absence persisted after adjustment for baseline sickness absence. No significant associations were observed for PCS-8. Associations between change in cycle commuting and change in indices of wellbeing were not significant. No significant associations were observed for walking.
conclusionsThis work provides some evidence of the value of cycle commuting in improving or maintaining the health and wellbeing of adults of working age. This may be important in engaging employers in the promotion of active travel and communicating the benefits of active travel to employees.
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