Associations between Hospitalization and Device-Assessed Physical Activity in a Representative Sample of Older Adults.
Associations between Hospitalization and Device-Assessed Physical Activity in a Representative Sample of Older Adults.
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老年人代表性样本中住院治疗与设备评估的身体活动之间的关联。
DOI:
10.1159/000527543
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发表时间:
2023
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影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
DelPozo-Cruz,Jesus
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作者:
DelPozoCruz,Borja;Alfonso-Rosa,RosaM;López-Bueno,Rubén;Fairclough,StuartJ;Rowlands,Alex;DelPozo-Cruz,Jesus
BackgroundEvidence investigating associations between hospitalization and physical activity is scarce and limited to specific populations of older adults.ObjectiveThe current study aimed to describe the impact of past hospitalization on current physical activity levels of a large representative sample of European older adults with accelerometry data.MethodsA representative sample of 856 European older adults aged 50 years and over was included in this study. Hospital admission and utilization (ie, accumulated times and length of stay in hospital) in the last 12 months were self-reported retrospectively. Physical activity volume (mg) and distribution of intensity (intensity gradient) were assessed with thigh-worn accelerometers.ResultsMultivariate linear regressions indicated that hospital admission (15% of the sample) was associated with reduced physical activity volume (− 4.29 mg; 95% confidence interval (95% CI),− 9.07 to 0.47) of participants. Each additional hospital admission was associated with lower volume (− 2.29 mg; 95% CI,− 4.65 to 0.06) and poorer distribution of intensity (− 0.07; 95% CI,− 0.11 to− 0.04). Total length of stay was not associated with physical activity.ConclusionsThis study suggests that hospital admission and the number of times admitted, but not accumulated length of stay, may curb physical activity levels of older adults. Public health strategies to promote successful aging should target post-hospitalization physical activity.