Observational studyBMJ open2016
Neighbourhood environment, physical activity, quality of life and depressive symptoms in Hong Kong older adults: a protocol for an observational study.
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- Neighborhood Environment and Affective Walking Experience: Cluster Analysis Results of a Virtual-Environment-Based Conjoint Experiment.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Trajectories of neighborhood environmental factors and their associations with asthma symptom trajectories among children in Australia: evidence from a national birth cohort study.Journal of environmental health science & engineering · 2022Article
- The Role of Physical Activity and Depression on Quality of Life in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Using Propensity Score Matching Approaches.Journal of aging and physical activity · 2022Article
- The Subjective Well-Being of Elderly Migrants in Dongguan: The Role of Residential Environment.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2022Article
- Older People's Usage Pattern, Satisfaction with Community Facility and Well-Being in Urban Old Districts.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The role of socio-demographic factors and physical functioning in the intra- and interpersonal variability of older adults' sedentary time: an observational two-country study.BMC geriatrics · 2022Observational
- Novel subgroups of functional ability in older adults and their associations with adverse outcomes.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Associations between cardiometabolic risks and physical activity in early adulthood: a cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2021Article
- Park environment and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in parks among adolescents in a high-density city: the moderating role of neighbourhood income.International journal of health geographics · 2021Article
- Development of Measures of Perceived Neighborhood Environmental Attributes Influencing, and Perceived Barriers to Engagement in, Healthy Behaviors for Older Chinese Immigrants to Australia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Metro and elderly health in Hong Kong: protocol for a natural experiment study in a high-density city.BMJ open · 2021Article
- Less Social Support for Patients With COVID-19: Comparison With the Experience of Nurses.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Urban environments and objectively-assessed physical activity and sedentary time in older Belgian and Chinese community dwellers: potential pathways of influence and the moderating role of physical function.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2020Article
- How urban densification shapes walking behaviours in older community dwellers: a cross-sectional analysis of potential pathways of influence.International journal of health geographics · 2020Article
- Impact of multidimensional interventions on quality of life and depression among older adults in a primary care setting in Brazil: a quasi-experimental study.Revista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil : 1999) · 2020Article
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- Association of the built environments and health-related quality of life in community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional study.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2019Article
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Abstract
introductionThe neighbourhood environment can assist the adoption and maintenance of an active lifestyle and affect the physical and mental well-being of older adults. The psychosocial and behavioural mechanisms through which the environment may affect physical and mental well-being are currently poorly understood.
aimThis observational study aims to examine associations between the physical and social neighbourhood environments, physical activity, quality of life and depressive symptoms in Chinese Hong Kong older adults. METHODS AND ANALYSES: An observational study of the associations of measures of the physical and social neighbourhood environment, and psychosocial factors, with physical activity, quality of life and depressive symptoms in 900 Hong Kong older adults aged 65+ years is being conducted in 2012-2016. The study involves two assessments taken 6 months apart. Neighbourhood walkability and access to destinations are objectively measured using Geographic Information Systems and environmental audits. Demographics, socioeconomic status, walking for different purposes, perceived neighbourhood and home environments, psychosocial factors, health status, social networks, depressive symptoms and quality of life are being assessed using validated interviewer-administered self-report measures and medical records. Physical functionality is being assessed using the Short Physical Performance Battery. Physical activity and sedentary behaviours are also being objectively measured in approximately 45% of participants using accelerometers over a week. Physical activity, sedentary behaviours, quality of life and depressive symptoms are being assessed twice (6 months apart) to examine seasonality effects on behaviours and their associations with quality of life and depressive symptoms. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: The study received ethical approval from the University of Hong Kong Human Research Ethics Committee for Non-Clinical Faculties (EA270211) and the Department of Health (Hong Kong SAR). Data are stored in a password-protected secure database for 10 years, accessible only to the named researchers. Findings will be submitted for publication in peer-reviewed journals.
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