ArticleInternational journal of health geographics2016
Residential area characteristics and disabilities among Dutch community-dwelling older adults.
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- Exploring the Role of the Built Environment on the Functional Ability and Social Participation in Community-dwelling Older Adults.Acta medica Philippina · 2024Article
- Environmental barriers matter from the early stages of functional decline among older adults in France.PloS one · 2022Article
- Assessing the Impact of a Hilly Environment on Depressive Symptoms among Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Japan: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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- Neighborhood Participation Is Less Likely among Older Adults with Sidewalk Problems.Journal of aging and health · 2021Article
- Hilly environment and physical activity among community-dwelling older adults in Japan: a cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2020Article
- Association Between Physical Function and Neighborhood Environment in Healthy, Older Adults: An Exploratory Study Using Regression Tree Analysis.Gerontology & geriatric medicineArticle
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Abstract
backgroundLiving longer independently may be facilitated by an attractive and safe residential area, which stimulates physical activity. We studied the association between area characteristics and disabilities and whether this association is mediated by transport-related physical activity (TPA).
methodsLongitudinal data of 271 Dutch community-dwelling adults aged 65 years and older participating in the Elderly And their Neighbourhood (ELANE) study in 2011-2013 were used. Associations between objectively measured aesthetics (range 0-22), functional features (range 0-14), safety (range 0-16), and destinations (range 0-15) within road network buffers surrounding participants' residences, and self-reported disabilities in instrumental activities of daily living (range 0-8; measured twice over a 9 months period) were investigated by using longitudinal tobit regression analyses. Furthermore, it was investigated whether self-reported TPA mediated associations between area characteristics and disabilities.
resultsA one unit increase in aesthetics within the 400 m buffer was associated with 0.86 less disabilities (95% CI -1.47 to -0.25; p < 0.05), but other area characteristics were not related to disabilities. An increase in area aesthetics was associated with more TPA, and more minutes of TPA were associated with less disabilities. TPA however, only partly mediated the associated between area aesthetics and disabilities.
conclusionsImproving aesthetic features in the close by area around older persons' residences may help to prevent disability.
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