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ArticleBundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz2024

[What importance does outpatient care have for mobility in rural areas? Results from a GPS study among persons aged 75 and older].

Christine Haeger, Sandra A Mümken, Robert P Spang, Max Brauer, Jan-Niklas Voigt-Antons, Paul Gellert

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Article in Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Christine HaegerInstitut für Medizinische Soziologie und Rehabilitationswissenschaft, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Deutschland. Christine.haeger@charite.de.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5631-838X
Sandra A MümkenInstitut für Medizinische Soziologie und Rehabilitationswissenschaft, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Deutschland.
Robert P SpangQuality Usability Lab, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland.
Max BrauerInstitut für Medizinische Soziologie und Rehabilitationswissenschaft, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Deutschland.
Jan-Niklas Voigt-AntonsHochschule Hamm-Lippstadt, Hamm, Deutschland.
Paul GellertInstitut für Medizinische Soziologie und Rehabilitationswissenschaft, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Deutschland.

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Abstract

backgroundOut-of-home mobility, defined as active and passive movement through external environments, is a resource for autonomy, quality of life, and self-realization in older age. Various factors influence out-of-home mobility, primarily studied in urban settings. The study aims to examine associated factors in a study population aged 75 and above in rural areas.

methodsBaseline data from the MOBILE trial involving 212 participants aged 75 and above and collected between June 2021 and October 2022 were analyzed. Out-of-home mobility was measured temporally as time out of home (TOH) and spatially as convex hull (CHull) using GPS over seven days. Mixed models considered outpatient care parameters as well as personal, social, and environmental factors along with covariates such as age and gender.

resultsParticipants in the MOBILE study (average age 81.5; SD: 4.1; 56.1% female) exhibited average out-of-home mobility of TOH: 319.3 min (SD: 196.3) and CHull: 41.3 (SD: 132.8). Significant associations were found for age (TOH: ß = -0.039, p < 0.001), social network (TOH: ß = 0.123, p < 0.001), living arrangement (CHull: ß = 0.689, p = 0.035), health literacy (CHull: ß = 0.077, p = 0.008), sidewalk quality (ß = 0.366, p = 0.003), green space ratio (TOH: ß = 0.005, p = 0.047), outpatient care utilization (TOH: ß = -0.637, p < 0.001, CHull: ß = 1.532; p = 0.025), and active driving (TOH: ß = -0.361, p = 0.004). DISCUSSION: Previously known multifactorial associations related to objectively measured out-of-home mobility in old age could be confirmed in rural areas. Novel and relevant for research and practice is the significant correlation between out-of-home mobility and outpatient care utilization.

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Ambulatory CareMobility LimitationRural PopulationAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleGeographic Information SystemsGermanyHumansMaleCommunity-dwelling older adultsOut-of-home mobilityOutpatient careRural areasUtilization of health care

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