Associations of objectively-assessed neighborhood characteristics with older adults' total physical activity and sedentary time in an ultra-dense urban environment: Findings from the ALECS study
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Cerin, Ester, Zhang, Casper, Barnett, Anthony, Sit, Cindy, Cheung, Martin M.C., Johnston, Janice, Lai, Poh-chin and Lee, Ruby S.Y.. (2016). Associations of objectively-assessed neighborhood characteristics with older adults' total physical activity and sedentary time in an ultra-dense urban environment: Findings from the ALECS study. Health and Place. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2016.08.009
Authors | Cerin, Ester, Zhang, Casper, Barnett, Anthony, Sit, Cindy, Cheung, Martin M.C., Johnston, Janice, Lai, Poh-chin and Lee, Ruby S.Y. |
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Abstract | Associations of objectively-assessed neighborhood environment characteristics with accelerometer-based physical activity (PA) and sedentary time, and their socio-demographic and health-status moderators were examined. Data were collected on 402 Hong Kong Chinese older adults from neighborhoods stratified by socio-economic status and transport-related walkability. Few main effects were observed. Sex moderated a third of the associations of environmental attributes with light-to-vigorous PA and sedentary time. Education and car ownership also moderated several associations with moderate-to-vigorous PA, light-to-vigorous PA, and sedentary time. Only two associations depended on age and health-related status. These findings suggest that social factors rather than physical capacity and health status may need to be considered in efforts to optimize activity-friendly environments for Chinese older urban dwellers. |
Keywords | Neighborhood environment; Geographic information systems; Physical activity; Ultra-dense urban areas; Older adults |
Year | 2016 |
Journal | Health and Place |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2016.08.009 |
Research Group | Institute for Health and Ageing |
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