Understanding the role of contrasting urban contexts in healthy aging: an international cohort study using wearable sensor devices (the CURHA study protocol)
Understanding the role of contrasting urban contexts in healthy aging: an international cohort study using wearable sensor devices (the CURHA study protocol)
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DOI：
10.1186/s12877-016-0273-7
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发表时间：
2016-05-05
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4.1
通讯作者：
Wasfi, Rania
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作者：
Kestens, Yan;Chaix, Basile;Wasfi, Rania
背景：鉴于人口老龄化的挑战，人们呼吁进行更可持续的城市重建并实施当地解决方案，以解决全球环境和健康老龄化问题。然而，很少有研究考虑老年人的日常活动能力，以更好地了解当地的建筑和社会环境如何促进健康老龄化。与此同时，可穿戴传感器和基于交互式地图的应用程序提供了收集有关人们的移动性、身体活动水平或社交网络结构信息的新方法。将这些数据与有关幸福感、身体活动、感知环境和场所体验定性评估的经典问卷相结合，为评估个人与环境之间复杂的相互作用提供了新的机会。根据当前的差距和新颖的分析能力，本研究提出了一项国际研究议程，使用基于交互式网络的问卷和可穿戴传感器来收集和分析有关老年人日常出行、社交网络和健康结果的详细数据。方法/设计：我们的研究采用了一系列创新的数据收集方法，包括使用新颖的多传感器设备来收集位置和身体活动、关于常规目的地和社交网络的基于交互式地图的问卷以及对地点体验的定性评估。这些丰富的数据将有助于进行先进的定量和定性分析，旨在理清将城市当地环境与健康老龄化联系起来的复杂的人与环境相互作用，重点关注积极生活、社交网络和参与以及福祉。讨论：该项目将产生证据，说明城市环境的哪些特征与积极流动性、社会参与和福祉（健康老龄化的三个重要维度）相关。它还为基于共享和全面数据收集协议的建筑环境和健康老龄化国际研究议程奠定了基础。
Background: Given the challenges of aging populations, calls have been issued for more sustainable urban re-development and implementation of local solutions to address global environmental and healthy aging issues. However, few studies have considered older adults' daily mobility to better understand how local built and social environments may contribute to healthy aging. Meanwhile, wearable sensors and interactive map-based applications offer novel means for gathering information on people's mobility, levels of physical activity, or social network structure. Combining such data with classical questionnaires on well-being, physical activity, perceived environments and qualitative assessment of experience of places opens new opportunities to assess the complex interplay between individuals and environments. In line with current gaps and novel analytical capabilities, this research proposes an international research agenda to collect and analyse detailed data on daily mobility, social networks and health outcomes among older adults using interactive web-based questionnaires and wearable sensors.Methods/Design: Our study resorts to a battery of innovative data collection methods including use of a novel multisensor device for collection of location and physical activity, interactive map-based questionnaires on regular destinations and social networks, and qualitative assessment of experience of places. This rich data will allow advanced quantitative and qualitative analyses in the aim to disentangle the complex people-environment interactions linking urban local contexts to healthy aging, with a focus on active living, social networks and participation, and well-being.Discussion: This project will generate evidence about what characteristics of urban environments relate to active mobility, social participation, and well-being, three important dimensions of healthy aging. It also sets the basis for an international research agenda on built environment and healthy aging based on a shared and comprehensive data collection protocol.