ArticleBMC geriatrics2026
The association between physical activity level in older adults and community park characteristics: a configural path analysis.
Article in BMC geriatrics, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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.
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.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Community parks serve as crucial venues for older adultly daily activities, yet the pathways through which their spatial characteristics influence physical activity level remain insufficiently explored. This study investigates 31 community parks in Changchun City, employing a multi-source data integration approach (field observation, streetscape semantic recognition, and GIS spatial analysis) combined with fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) to examine the configurational effects of environmental factors on older adultly physical activity. The findings reveal: (1) site scale (r = 0.207), spatial vitality (r = 0.207), and transportation accessibility (r = 0.141) are key positive factors promoting physical activity, whereas number of facilities for physical activity (r=-0.104), surrounding substitute facilities (r=-0.057), and green space shape (r=-0.086) exhibit significant negative impacts; (2) Environmental elements function through nonlinear combinations, with site scale and transportation accessibility forming the core conditions across 6 effective enhancement pathways, confirming a tri-dimensional synergistic mechanism of "space-function-accessibility"; (3) Based on the characteristics of the elements, three types of promoting older adult´ physical activity construction paths are extracted: natural quality type, balanced service type and neighborhood adaptation type. The research shows that the age-appropriate transformation of community parks should follow the principle of "linkage of elements, type adaptation and system collaboration" to provide theoretical support for the construction of age-friendly urban park system.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.