Active Aging: Exploration into Self-Ratings of "Being Active," Out-of-Home Physical Activity, and Participation among Older Australian Adults Living in Four Different Settings.
Active Aging: Exploration into Self-Ratings of "Being Active," Out-of-Home Physical Activity, and Participation among Older Australian Adults Living in Four Different Settings.
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DOI：
10.1155/2015/501823
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发表时间：
2015-01-01
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4.7
通讯作者：
Buys, Laurie
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作者：
Aird, Rosemary L;Buys, Laurie
我们研究了生活在四种不同环境（大城市、高密度和低密度郊区、地区城市和农村地区）的老年人对“活跃”的自我评价是否与户外参与和户外体育活动相关。采用混合方法（调查、旅行日记和一周内的 GPS 跟踪）来收集 48 名年龄超过 55 岁的人的数据。研究发现，“活跃”的自我评价与老年人离开家的天数呈正相关，但与积极方式（步行和骑自行车）出行的时间无关。尽管四个研究地点各自的建筑环境存在差异，但在主动出行方面没有发现显着差异。研究结果表明，如果老年人要增加户外体育活动的水平，就需要采取额外的策略来创造“年龄友好”的环境。 “积极老龄化”推广活动可能需要明确确定户外步行对步行老年人的好处，作为长期保持其整体健康、功能能力和社会参与的一种手段，并鼓励制定以社区为基础的计划，以促进该群体的定期步行。
We examined whether self-ratings of "being active" among older people living in four different settings (major city high and lower density suburbs, a regional city, and a rural area) were associated with out-of-home participation and outdoor physical activity. A mixed-methods approach (survey, travel diary, and GPS tracking over a one-week period) was used to gather data from 48 individuals aged over 55 years. Self-ratings of "being active" were found to be positively correlated with the number of days older people spent time away from home but unrelated to time traveled by active means (walking and biking). No significant differences in active travel were found between the four study locations, despite differences in their respective built environments. The findings suggest that additional strategies to the creation of "age-friendly" environments are needed if older people are to increase their levels of outdoor physical activity. "Active aging" promotion campaigns may need to explicitly identify the benefits of walking outdoors to ambulatory older people as a means of maintaining their overall health, functional ability, and participation within society in the long-term and also encourage the development of community-based programs in order to facilitate regular walking for this group.