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Objectively assessed physical activity and subsequent health service use of UK adults aged 70 and over: a four to five year follow up study.
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- The Association Between Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Subsequent Health Care Utilization in Older Men.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2019Article
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- Gender differences in physical activity motivators and context preferences: a population-based study in people in their sixties.BMC public health · 2017Article
- Prospective associations of objectively assessed physical activity at different intensities with subjective well-being in older adults.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2016Article
- Understanding poor health behaviours as predictors of different types of hospital admission in older people: findings from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2016Article
- An exploration of barriers and facilitators to older adults' participation in higher impact physical activity and bone health: a qualitative study.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2016Observational
- Reaching older people with PA delivered in football clubs: the reach, adoption and implementation characteristics of the Extra Time Programme.BMC public health · 2015Article
- Objectively assessed physical activity and lower limb function and prospective associations with mortality and newly diagnosed disease in UK older adults: an OPAL four-year follow-up study.Age and ageing · 2015Observational
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Abstract
objectivesTo examine the associations between volume and intensity of older peoples' physical activity, with their subsequent health service usage over the following four to five years. STUDY
designA prospective cohort design using baseline participant characteristics, objectively assessed physical activity and lower limb function provided by Project OPAL (Older People and Active Living). OPAL-PLUS provided data on numbers of primary care consultations, prescriptions, unplanned hospital admissions, and secondary care referrals, extracted from medical records for up to five years following the baseline OPAL data collection. PARTICIPANTS AND DATA COLLECTION: OPAL participants were a diverse sample of 240 older adults with a mean age of 78 years. They were recruited from 12 General Practitioner surgeries from low, middle, and high areas of deprivation in a city in the West of England. Primary care consultations, secondary care referrals, unplanned hospital admissions, number of prescriptions and new disease diagnoses were assessed for 213 (104 females) of the original 240 OPAL participants who had either consented to participate in OPAL-PLUS or already died during the follow-up period.
resultsIn regression modelling, adjusted for socio-economic variables, existing disease, weight status, minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) per day predicted subsequent numbers of prescriptions. Steps taken per day and MVPA also predicted unplanned hospital admissions, although the strength of the effect was reduced when further adjustment was made for lower limb function.
conclusionsCommunity-based programs are needed which are successful in engaging older adults in their late 70s and 80s in more walking, MVPA and activity that helps them avoid loss of physical function. There is a potential for cost savings to health services through reduced reliance on prescriptions and fewer unplanned hospital admissions.
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