Greg Waddell
Making quality improvement data more accessible and understandable: Analyst, designer, and storyteller
Paediatric anaesthesia
study analyzed longitudinal association changes leisuretime physical activity ltpa practice television viewing tv viewing chronic musculoskeletal pain cmp data ltpa tv viewing cmp obtained 2012 24 months individual interviews schoolteachers elementary secondary education public schools large city southern region brazil statistical analysis performed using generalized estimating equation regression models adjusted sex age body mass index depression total 527 schoolteachers studied among 666 women median age 42 years interquartile range 34 49 total 170 323 participants reported cmp baseline 130 247 followup ltpa tv viewing independently significantly associated cmp regardless adjustment variables concretely increasing ltpa 60 minutesweek associated 62 lower likelihood cmp increasing tv viewing 30 minutesday associated 51 higher likelihood cmp among participants summary study showed ltpa tv viewing independent opposite relationships longitudinal risk cmp suggests potential benefits obtained practicing ltpa insufficient compensate potential detrimental effect viewing tv longer respect cmp