Living in a Well-Serviced Urban Area Is Associated With Maintenance of Frequent Walking Among Seniors in the VoisiNuAge Study
Living in a Well-Serviced Urban Area Is Associated With Maintenance of Frequent Walking Among Seniors in the VoisiNuAge Study
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DOI：
10.1093/geronb/gbr134
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发表时间：
2012-01-01
影响因子：
6.2
通讯作者：
Payette, Helene
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作者：
Gauvin, Lise;Richard, Lucie;Payette, Helene
本文研究了是否更接近当地的服务和设施是与维护更频繁的步行随着时间的推移在城市居住的老年人超过个人水平的特征。样本的521名成年人谁是VoisiNuAge研究的一部分，谁住在一个大的北美城市地区报告的频率在3年内走出家门，并对他们的健康，社会人口特征、社会支持和资源，以及对居住环境不同特征的看法。从地理信息系统中获得了关于他们家与16个服务和设施之间距离的信息。老年人，然后分为四分之一的接近度（Q1，Q2，Q3，Q4）。未经调整和调整的有序增长曲线模型显示，更接近服务和设施与更大的可能性，经常步行在所有时间在整个3年periods.Findings是一致的概念，环境可能会作为浮标的维护重要的健康行为。未来的实验和准实验研究需要探索环境是否可以随着时间的推移在影响步行模式方面发挥因果作用。
This paper examined whether or not closer proximity to local services and amenities was associated with maintenance of more frequent walking over time among urban-dwelling seniors over and above individual-level characteristics.A sample of 521 adults who were part of the VoisiNuAge study and who resided in a large North American urban area reported on the frequency of walking outside the home over a 3-year period and on their health, sociodemographic characteristics, social support and resources, and perceptions of different features of their residential environment. Information about the distance between their home and 16 services and amenities was obtained from a geographic information system. Seniors were then classified into quartiles of proximity (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4).Unadjusted and adjusted ordinal growth curve models showed that closer proximity to services and amenities was associated with greater likelihood of frequent walking at all times throughout the 3-year period.Findings are consistent with the notion that environments may act as buoys for the maintenance of important health behaviors. Future experimental and quasi-experimental research is required to explore whether or not the environment can play a causal role in influencing patterns of walking over time.