ArticleAging clinical and experimental research2021
Use of walking modifications, perceived walking difficulty and changes in outdoor mobility among community-dwelling older people during COVID-19 restrictions.
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- Travel Behaviour of Vulnerable Social Groups: Pre, during, and Post COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Reciprocal Associations Between Relative or Absolute Physical Activity, Walking Performance, and Autonomy in Outdoor Mobility Among Older Adults: A 4-Year Follow-Up.Journal of aging and health · 2025Article
- Outdoor mobility in senior housing residents and community-dwelling older people in different population density areas.BMC public health · 2024Article
- The associations of positive and negative mental well-being with physical activity during the COVID-19 across late adulthood.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Associations between walking limitations and reported activity destinations among older adults.European journal of ageing · 2024Article
- Longitudinal changes in life-space mobility and autonomy in participation outdoors among Finnish community-dwelling older adults from pre-COVID-19 to through the pandemic.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2024Article
- Estimating Mode of Transport in Daily Mobility during the COVID-19 Pandemic Using a Multinomial Logistic Regression Model.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundOutdoor mobility enables participation in essential out-of-home activities in old age.
aimTo compare changes in different aspects of outdoor mobility during COVID-19 restrictions versus two years before according to self-reported walking.
methodsCommunity-dwelling participants of AGNES study (2017-2018, initial age 75-85) responded to AGNES-COVID-19 postal survey in spring 2020 (N = 809). Life-space mobility, autonomy in participation outdoors, and self-reported physical activity were assessed at both time points and differences according to self-reported walking modifications and difficulty vs. intact walking at baseline were analyzed.
resultsLife-space mobility and autonomy in participation outdoors had declined (mean changes -11.4, SD 21.3; and 6.7, SD 5.3, respectively), whereas physical activity had increased (5.5 min/day, SD 25.1) at follow-up. Participants perceiving walking difficulty reported the poorest baseline outdoor mobility, a steeper decline in life-space mobility (p = 0.001), a smaller increase in physical activity (p < 0.001), and a smaller decline in autonomy in participation outdoors (p = 0.017) than those with intact walking. Those with walking modifications also reported lower baseline life-space mobility and physical activity, a steeper decline in life-space mobility and a smaller increase in physical activity those with intact walking (p < 0.001 for both). DISCUSSION: Participants reporting walking modifications remained the intermediate group in outdoor mobility over time, whereas those with walking difficulty showed the steepest decline in outdoor mobility and hence potential risk for accelerated further functional decline.
conclusionInterventions should target older people perceiving walking difficulty, as they may be at the risk for becoming homebound when environmental facilitators for outdoor mobility are removed.
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