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The Potential Importance of Housing Type for Older People’s Physical Activity Levels
- Source :
- Journal of Applied Gerontology. 39:285-291
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2019.
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Abstract
- Limited research has investigated the effect of housing type on older people’s physical activity, and the small amount of work to date has relied on self-reported activity levels. The aim of this study was to assess whether housing type is associated with objectively measured physical activity among community-dwelling older people. In total, 430 Australians aged 60 years and older completed a survey and wore an accelerometer for a week. Controlling for a range of confounding variables (age, gender, physical health, neighborhood walkability, and the density of open spaces in the local area), participants living in separate houses were found to engage in higher levels of activity compared with those living in retirement villages. In addition, those living in separate houses and apartments were significantly more likely to meet the physical activity guideline of 150+ min/week compared with those living in retirement villages.
- Subjects :
- Male
Neighborhood walkability
Physical activity
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Exercise
Built environment
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Retirement
Geriatrics gerontology
Australia
Physical health
030229 sport sciences
Housing type
Middle Aged
Walkability
Housing
Regression Analysis
Environment Design
Female
Independent Living
Self Report
Geriatrics and Gerontology
Older people
Psychology
Gerontology
Demography
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15524523 and 07334648
- Volume :
- 39
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Applied Gerontology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....3ff457a837a8518ae7a1b051e27a249b