ArticlePloS one2020
Associations between objectively-measured and self-reported neighbourhood walkability on adherence and steps during an internet-delivered pedometer intervention.
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- Does a walking intervention work equally in low and high walkable areas? A large-scale incentive program in Japan.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2026Article
- 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
- Associations of neighbourhood walkability with patterns of device-measured stepping, standing and sitting.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Article
- Neighbourhood Walkability and Physical Activity during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Neighborhood-Level Stressors and Individual-Level Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Native Hawaiians: a Cross-Sectional Study.Preventing chronic disease · 2024Article
- Relationship between physical activity and mental health in women after childbirth: a cross-sectional exploratory study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- Walkability assessment of metro catchment area: A machine learning method based on the fusion of subject-objective perspectives.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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- The relationship between walk score® and perceived walkability in ultrahigh density areas.Preventive medicine reports · 2021Article
- Optimization of Walk Score Based on Street Greening-A Case Study of Zhongshan Road in Qingdao.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundAccumulating evidence suggests that the built environment is associated with physical activity. The extent to which the built environment may support adherence to physical activity interventions is unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the neighbourhood built environment constrains or facilitates adherence and steps taken during a 12-week internet-delivered pedometer-based physical activity intervention (UWALK).
methodThe study was undertaken in Calgary (Canada) between May 2016 and August 2017. Inactive adults (n = 573) completed a telephone survey measuring sociodemographic characteristics and perceived neighbourhood walkability. Following the survey, participants were mailed a pedometer and instructions for joining UWALK. Participants were asked to report their daily pedometer steps into the online program on a weekly basis for 12 weeks (84 days). Walk Score® estimated objective neighbourhood walkability and the Neighbourhood Environment Walkability Scale-Abbreviated (NEWS-A) measured participants self-reported neighbourhood walkability. Regression models estimated covariate-adjusted associations of objective and self-reported walkability with: 1) adherence to the UWALK intervention (count of days with steps reported and count of days with 10000 steps reported), and; 2) average daily pedometer steps.
resultsOn average, participants undertook 8565 (SD = 3030) steps per day, reported steps on 67 (SD = 22.3) of the 84 days, and achieved ≥10000 steps on 22 (SD = 20.5) of the 84 days. Adjusting for covariates, a one-unit increase in self-reported walkability was associated on average with 45.76 (95CI 14.91, 76.61) more daily pedometer steps. Walk Score® was not significantly associated with steps. Neither objective nor self-reported walkability were significantly associated with the UWALK adherence outcomes.
conclusionThe neighbourhood built environment may support pedometer-measured physical activity but may not influence adherence to pedometer interventions. Perceived walkability may be more important than objectively-measured walkability in supporting physical activity during pedometer interventions.
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