Promoting walking in older adults: Perceived neighborhood walkability influences the effectiveness of motivational messages.
Promoting walking in older adults: Perceived neighborhood walkability influences the effectiveness of motivational messages.
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DOI：
10.1177/1359105315616470
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发表时间：
2017-06
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Carstensen LL
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作者：
Notthoff N;Carstensen LL
Positively-framed messages seem to promote walking in older adults better than negatively-framed messages. This study targeted elderly people in communities unfavorable to walking. Walking was measured with pedometers during baseline (one week) and intervention (four weeks). Participants (n = 74) were either informed about the benefits of walking or the negative consequences of not walking. Perceived neighborhood walkability was assessed with a modified version of the Neighborhood Walkability Scale. When perceived walkability was high positively-framed messages were more effective than negatively-framed messages in promoting walking; when perceived walkability was low negatively-framed messages were comparably effective to positively-framed messages.
