当前位置： SCI文献检索 > BMC Medical Research Methodology期刊下所有文献 > Bikeability and methodological issues using the active commuting route environment scale (ACRES) in a metropolitan setting.

Bikeability and methodological issues using the active commuting route environment scale (ACRES) in a metropolitan setting.

Abstract：

BACKGROUND:Route environments can positively influence people's active commuting and thereby contribute to public health. The Active Commuting Route Environment Scale (ACRES) was developed to study active commuters' perceptions of their route environments. However, bicycle commuters represent a small portion of the population in many cities and thus are difficult to study using population-based material. Therefore, the aim of this study is to expand the state of knowledge concerning the criterion-related validity of the ACRES and the representativity using an advertisement-recruited sample. Furthermore, by comparing commuting route environment profiles of inner urban and suburban areas, we provide a novel basis for understanding the relationship between environment and bikeability. METHODS:Bicycle commuters from Greater Stockholm, Sweden, advertisement- (n = 1379) and street-recruited (n = 93), responded to the ACRES. Traffic planning and environmental experts from the Municipality of Stockholm (n = 24) responded to a modified version of the ACRES. The criterion-related validity assessments were based on whether or not differences between the inner urban and the suburban route environments, as indicated by the experts and by four existing objective measurements, were reflected by differences in perceptions of these environments. Comparisons of ratings between advertisement- and street-recruited participants were used for the assessments of representativity. Finally, ratings of inner urban and suburban route environments were used to evaluate commuting route environment profiles. RESULTS:Differences in ratings of the inner urban and suburban route environments by the advertisement-recruited participants were in accord with the existing objective measurements and corresponded reasonably well with those of the experts. Overall, there was a reasonably good correspondence between the advertisement- and street-recruited participants' ratings. Distinct differences in commuting route environment profiles were noted between the inner urban and suburban areas. Suburban route environments were rated as safer and more stimulating for bicycle-commuting than the inner urban ones. In general, the findings applied to both men and women. CONCLUSIONS:The overall results show: considerable criterion-related validity of the ACRES; ratings of advertisement-recruited participants mirroring those of street-recruited participants; and a higher degree of bikeability in the suburban commuting route environments than in the inner urban ones.

journal_name

BMC Med Res Methodol

journal_title

BMC medical research methodology

authors

Wahlgren L,Schantz P

doi

10.1186/1471-2288-11-6

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2011-01-17 00:00:00

pages

issue

issn

1471-2288

pii

1471-2288-11-6

journal_volume

pub_type

杂志文章

在线工具

Bikeability and methodological issues using the active commuting route environment scale (ACRES) in a metropolitan setting.