ArticleBMC public health2022
Decline in older adults' daily mobility during the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of individual and built environment factors.
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- Spatial Mobility Change Among Older Chinese Immigrants During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Physical, Social, and Virtual Environmental Factors.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Temporal dynamic effects of meteorological factors and air quality on the physical health of the older adults in Shenzhen, China.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Differences in the Temporal Extension of Self-Continuity Over the Course of the COVID-19 Pandemic.Self and identity : the journal of the International Society for Self and Identity · 2024Article
- Human mobility and the infectious disease transmission: A systematic review.Geo-spatial information science = Diqui kongjian xinxi kexue xuebao · 2024Article
- Well-being implications of immobility during COVID-19: evidence from a student sample in Bangladesh using the satisfaction with life scale.Transportation · 2023Article
- Trading-Off Transit and Non-Transit Physical Activity among Older People: Evidence from Longitudinal Accelerometer Data of a Natural Experiment Study.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2023Article
- COVID-19 impacts on cross-border mobility of senior population between Shenzhen and Hong Kong.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundExtensive research has shown that the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically impacted the daily mobility of older adults. However, very little attention has been paid to the role of individual and built environmental factors in decline in older adults' daily mobility during the pandemic.
methodsBased on a cohort survey of 741 older adults in Hong Kong, we conducted a one-way ANOVA to explore the differences in determinants (individual or environmental factors) of older adults' daily mobility between before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Further, multilevel linear regression was performed to examine how individual characteristics and built environment factors are associated with changes in older adults' daily mobility during the pandemic.
resultsResults show that the duration of active travel declined from 174.72 to 76.92 min per week, and that the public transport use frequency decreased from an average of 6.14 to 3.96 trips per week during the COVID-19 pandemic (before the rollout of vaccination programme). We also found residential density (p < 0.05) and the number of bus stop was negatively associated with the decline in their active travel (p < 0.01), while a higher destination mix was associated with more significant decrease in active travel (p < 0.01). A higher availability of recreational facilities in neighbourhoods was associated with a greater decrease in public transport use (p < 0.05). In addition, those who were older or having depressive symptoms, which are considered a vulnerable group, were negatively associated with decrease in their mobility (p < 0.001).
conclusionsMaintaining mobility and social interactions are crucial for older adults' health during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study found that individual and environmental factors differentially affected older adults' active travel and public transport use during the pandemic. Our findings contribute to understanding the COVID-19 impact on daily mobility in older adults and support more effective active travel promotion policies in the post-pandemic future.
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