Table 3.
Factors associated with the Country Card composite score use in the highest tertile according to respondent’s characteristics
| Adjusted model (Highest tertile of use vs lowest tertiles of use)a | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | OR (95% CI)a | p-value | |||
| Main area of work | ||||||
| Academia (universities, schools, societies or institutions) | 40 | 85.1 | 1.00 | 0.283 | ||
| Government | 2 | 4.3 | 0.34 | 0.04 | 3.22 | |
| Other | 5 | 10.6 | 4.82 | 0.87 | 26.71 | |
| Country Contact | ||||||
| Yes | 36 | 76.6 | 18.32 | 5.63 | 59.55 | 0.002 |
| No | 11 | 23.4 | 1.00 | |||
| Contact with researchers by any of the three means (emails, meetings, phone calls) | ||||||
| Contact using any mean at least once a month | 33 | 70.2 | 1.29 | 0.41 | 4.08 | 0.658 |
| Contact using the three means less than once a month | 14 | 29.8 | 1.00 | |||
| Contact with government representatives working in physical activity promotion at any of the levels | ||||||
| Contact with any representative at least once a month | 43 | 91.5 | 1.47 | 0.33 | 6.66 | 0.612 |
| Contact with the representatives less than once a month | 4 | 8.5 | 1.00 | |||
| Contact with government representatives working in NCD’s | ||||||
| Contact with any representative at least once a month | 29 | 61.7 | 3.39 | 1.00 | 11.54 | 0.050 |
| Contact with the representatives less than once a month | 18 | 38.3 | 1.00 | |||
| Contact with non-government organization representatives working in physical activity promotion | ||||||
| More frequent (at least once a month) | 22 | 46.8 | 0.57 | 0.17 | 1.91 | 0.367 |
| Less frequent (less than once a month) | 25 | 53.2 | 1.00 | |||
| Contact with international organizations representatives working in physical activity promotion | ||||||
| More frequent (at least once a month) | 23 | 48.9 | 3.35 | 0.77 | 14.58 | 0.107 |
| Less frequent (less than once a month) | 24 | 51.1 | 1.00 | |||
| Contact with GoPA! Country Contacts | ||||||
| More frequent (at least once a month) | 21 | 44.7 | 2.47 | 0.64 | 9.55 | 0.190 |
| Less frequent (less than once a month) | 26 | 55.3 | 1.00 | |||
| Country Cards provide information that is already known | ||||||
| Agree and partially agree | 15 | 31.9 | 0.33 | 0.09 | 1.17 | 0.086 |
| Disagree | 32 | 68.1 | 1.00 | |||
| I do not know what I am supposed to do with the Country Card | ||||||
| Agree and partially agree | 15 | 31.9 | 0.62 | 0.20 | 1.92 | 0.406 |
| Disagree | 32 | 68.1 | 1.00 | |||
| I do not know any strategy or how can I identify/reach partners/decision makers/stakeholders | ||||||
| Agree and partially agree | 17 | 37.0 | 0.74 | 0.23 | 2.35 | 0.613 |
| Disagree | 29 | 63.0 | 1.00 | |||
| The Country Card was useful and helped me making the case for physical activity promotion in my country | ||||||
| Yes | 45 | 95.7 | 32.49 | 5.22 | 202.21 | < 0.001 |
| No | 2 | 4.3 | 1.00 | |||
| Country card completion | ||||||
| Yes (all 5 indicators presented in the card) | 32 | 37.2 | 1.49 | 0.46 | 4.77 | 0.178 |
| No | 15 | 26.3 | 1.00 | |||
| Country card indicators | ||||||
| National physical activity policy | ||||||
| Standalone policy for physical activity | 25 | 53.2 | 2.72 | 0.82 | 9.04 | |
| No standalone policy for physical activity | 22 | 46.8 | 1.00 | 0.103 | ||
| Physical activity surveillance | ||||||
| Surveillance (at least one national survey including physical activity) | 44 | 93.6 | 1.48 | 0.14 | 15.85 | 0.748 |
| No surveillance (no national survey including physical activity) | 3 | 6.4 | 1.00 | |||
| Research in physical activity | ||||||
| Research in physical activity (at least one publication in 2013) | 41 | 87.2 | 2.83 | 0.47 | 19.19 | |
| No research (no publications in 2013) | 6 | 12.8 | 1.00 | 0.287 | ||
| Deaths due to physical inactivity | ||||||
| Equal or more than the worldwide mean of deaths (9%) | 27 | 57.5 | 2.16 | 0.41 | 11.26 | 0.738 |
| Less than the worldwide mean of deaths (9%) | 12 | 25.5 | 1.28 | 0.19 | 8.71 | |
| No indicator | 8 | 17.0 | 1.00 | |||
| Physical activity prevalence | ||||||
| Has a national estimate | 44 | 93.6 | 0.79 | 0.93 | 6.73 | |
| Does not have a national estimate | 3 | 6.4 | 1.00 | 0.829 | ||
| World regionb | ||||||
| AFRO | 3 | 6.4 | 0.15 | 0.06 | 3.85 | 0.030 |
| EMRO | 2 | 4.3 | 0.41 | 0.02 | 10.28 | |
| EURO | 19 | 40.4 | 1.00 | |||
| PAHO | 17 | 36.2 | 4.77 | 0.84 | 27.03 | |
| SEARO | 2 | 4.3 | 11.98 | 1.64 | 87.37 | |
| WPRO | 4 | 8.5 | 1.48 | 0.30 | 7.44 | |
| Income group | ||||||
| High Income | 29 | 61.7 | 1.00 | |||
| Upper Middle Income | 12 | 25.5 | 0.73 | 0.01 | 39.08 | 0.940 |
| Lower Middle Income | 5 | 10.6 | 1.54 | 0.17 | 14.42 | |
| Low Income | 1 | 2.1 | 0.80 | 0.17 | 3.71 | |
aAdjusted by statistically significant variables in the unadjusted model (country contact status, contact with representatives (government, NGOs, International organizations, country contacts) opinions and barriers to country card use, and national policy indicator)
bEURO - European Regional Office of the World Health Organization; AFRO - African Regional Office of the World Health Organization; PAHO - Pan American Health Organization of the World Health Organization; EMRO - Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office of the World Health Organization; WPRO - Western Pacific Regional Office of the World Health Organization; SEARO - South-East Asia Regional Office of the World Health Organization