ArticleInternational journal of health geographics2014
Generating GPS activity spaces that shed light upon the mobility habits of older adults: a descriptive analysis.
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- How different are objective operationalizations of walkability for older adults compared to the general population? A systematic review.BMC geriatrics · 2022Pooled it
- Activity spaces in studies of the environment and physical activity: A review and synthesis of implications for causality.Health & place · 2019Pooled it
- Within What Distance Does "Greenness" Best Predict Physical Health? A Systematic Review of Articles with GIS Buffer Analyses across the Lifespan.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Pooled it
- Neighborhood Walkability Is Associated With Global Positioning System-Derived Community Mobility of Older Adults.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2024Trial
- Global Positioning System Indicators of Community Mobility and Future Health Outcomes Among Older Adults.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2024Trial
- Effects of a Physical Therapist Intervention on GPS Indicators of Community Mobility in Older Adults: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.Physical therapy · 2023Trial
- Change in GPS-assessed walking locations following a cluster-randomized controlled physical activity trial in older adults, results from the MIPARC trial.Health & place · 2021Trial
- Driving the neural exposome: Latent mobility states from naturalistic GPS data in older adults.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026Article
- Demographic Associations with GPS-Inferred Routine Activity Spaces: Data from the Everyday Environments and Experiences (E3) Study.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- No Place Like Home? Local Crime and Older Adults' Time at Home.Social problems · 2026Article
- Analyzing teen drivers' exposure to crash risk: An activity space-based approach.Urban studies (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2026Article
- Elderly Activity Life-Space Envelopes (EASE): Development and Feasibility of a Comprehensive, Integrated Protocol for Life-Space Mobility Research in Population Health.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Personalised, GIS-based counselling to promote habitual walking in mobility-limited and chronically ill older adults: protocol of the MOBITEC-Routes randomised controlled trial.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Distance from home and working memory: daily associations varying by neighborhood environments in community-dwelling older adults.European journal of ageing · 2025Article
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- Relationship of Community Mobility, Vital Space, and Faller Status in Older Adults.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- GPS Suitability for Physical Frailty Assessment.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Life Space and Activity Space Measurement: Making "Room" for Structural Racism.The Gerontologist · 2024Review
- Examination of multidimensional geographic mobility and sexual behaviour among Black cisgender sexually minoritized men in Chicago.Geospatial health · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundMeasuring mobility is critical for understanding neighborhood influences on older adults' health and functioning. Global Positioning Systems (GPS) may represent an important opportunity to measure, describe, and compare mobility patterns in older adults.
methodsWe generated three types of activity spaces (Standard Deviation Ellipse, Minimum Convex Polygon, Daily Path Area) using GPS data from 95 older adults in Vancouver, Canada. Calculated activity space areas and compactness were compared across sociodemographic and resource characteristics.
resultsArea measures derived from the three different approaches to developing activity spaces were highly correlated. Participants who were younger, lived in less walkable neighborhoods, had a valid driver's license, had access to a vehicle, or had physical support to go outside of their homes had larger activity spaces. Mobility space compactness measures also differed by sociodemographic and resource characteristics.
conclusionsThis research extends the literature by demonstrating that GPS tracking can be used as a valuable tool to better understand the geographic mobility patterns of older adults. This study informs potential ways to maintain older adult independence by identifying factors that influence geographic mobility.
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