Fitness levels and physical activity among class A drug users entering prison
Fitness levels and physical activity among class A drug users entering prison
Background: physical activity could benefit drug users' physiological and mental health. Previous research has suggested that physical activity levels change when drug users enter prison.
Methods: twenty-five class A drug users who were new to prison answered physical activity and drug use cross-sectional questionnaires, took a submaximal fitness test and wore a pedometer for 1 week.
Results: participants' mean aerobic capacity was estimated as 49 mls O2/kg/min (±12 SD). Their mean self-reported walking distance outside of prison was 4.67 miles on an average day (±4.14 SD). Pedometer data suggest they walked a mean of 1.8 miles/day in prison.
Conclusion: many class A drug users entering prison had high levels of fitness and physical activity before admission, often gained from walking. Walking activity reduced when they entered prison, posing a challenge to maintaining healthy activity levels.
Adult, Cross-Sectional Studies, Drug Users/statistics & numerical data, Exercise/physiology, Humans, Male, Physical Fitness/physiology, Prisoners/statistics & numerical data, Prisons/statistics & numerical data, Substance-Related Disorders/physiopathology, Surveys and Questionnaires, Walking/physiology, Young Adult
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Fischer, Jan
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Butt, Christine
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Dawes, Helen
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Foster, Charlie
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Neale, Joanne
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Plugge, Emma
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Wheeler, Carly
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Wright, Nat
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23 November 2012
Fischer, Jan
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Butt, Christine
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Dawes, Helen
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Foster, Charlie
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Neale, Joanne
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Plugge, Emma
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Wheeler, Carly
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Wright, Nat
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Fischer, Jan, Butt, Christine, Dawes, Helen, Foster, Charlie, Neale, Joanne, Plugge, Emma, Wheeler, Carly and Wright, Nat
(2012)
Fitness levels and physical activity among class A drug users entering prison.
British Journal of Sports Medicine, 46 (16), .
(doi:10.1136/bjsports-2011-090724).
Abstract
Background: physical activity could benefit drug users' physiological and mental health. Previous research has suggested that physical activity levels change when drug users enter prison.
Methods: twenty-five class A drug users who were new to prison answered physical activity and drug use cross-sectional questionnaires, took a submaximal fitness test and wore a pedometer for 1 week.
Results: participants' mean aerobic capacity was estimated as 49 mls O2/kg/min (±12 SD). Their mean self-reported walking distance outside of prison was 4.67 miles on an average day (±4.14 SD). Pedometer data suggest they walked a mean of 1.8 miles/day in prison.
Conclusion: many class A drug users entering prison had high levels of fitness and physical activity before admission, often gained from walking. Walking activity reduced when they entered prison, posing a challenge to maintaining healthy activity levels.
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Accepted/In Press date: 29 February 2012
e-pub ahead of print date: 20 April 2012
Published date: 23 November 2012
Keywords:
Adult, Cross-Sectional Studies, Drug Users/statistics & numerical data, Exercise/physiology, Humans, Male, Physical Fitness/physiology, Prisoners/statistics & numerical data, Prisons/statistics & numerical data, Substance-Related Disorders/physiopathology, Surveys and Questionnaires, Walking/physiology, Young Adult
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Jan Fischer
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Christine Butt
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Charlie Foster
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Carly Wheeler
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