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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2017

Associations between Perceived Neighborhood Walkability and Walking Time, Wellbeing, and Loneliness in Community-Dwelling Older Chinese People in Hong Kong.

Ruby Yu, Osbert Cheung, Kevin Lau, Jean Woo

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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27citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
10.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 89 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Ruby YuDepartment of Medicine and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. rubyyu@cuhk.edu.hk.
Osbert CheungDepartment of Medicine and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. osbertcheung@cuhk.edu.hk.
Kevin LauCUHK Jockey Club Institute of Ageing, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. kevinlau@cuhk.edu.hk.
Jean WooDepartment of Medicine and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. jeanwoowong@cuhk.edu.hk.ORCID 0000-0001-7593-3081
Chinese University of Hong Kong · HK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study examined the cross-sectional associations between perceived neighborhood walkability and walking time, physical activity, wellbeing, and loneliness, and examined which components of walkability were most strongly associated with better wellbeing and less loneliness in older adults. Participants were community-dwelling Chinese adults aged 60+ (

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Environment DesignHealthy AgingIndependent LivingLonelinessPerceptionWalkingAgedAged, 80 and overAsian PeopleCross-Sectional StudiesExerciseFemaleHealth BehaviorHong KongHumansMalehappinesslife satisfactionlonelinessperceived neighborhood walkabilityphysical activitysense of purpose and meaning in lifewalking timewellbeing

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PMID28991205
PMCPMC5664700
OpenAlexW2762707481

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