| Literature DB >> 23164357 |
Andrea Nathan1, Gavin Pereira, Sarah Foster, Paula Hooper, Dick Saarloos, Billie Giles-Corti.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Physical activity, particularly walking, is greatly beneficial to health; yet a sizeable proportion of older adults are insufficiently active. The importance of built environment attributes for walking is known, but few studies of older adults have examined neighbourhood destinations and none have investigated access to specific, objectively-measured commercial destinations and walking.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 23164357 PMCID: PMC3538606 DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-9-133
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act ISSN: 1479-5868 Impact factor: 6.457
Descriptive statistics for sample (n = 2,918)
| Age: 65–74 years | 1802 | 61.8 |
| 75-84 years | 1116 | 38.2 |
| Sex: Male | 1287 | 44.1 |
| Female | 1631 | 55.9 |
| Highest education level a: Secondary or less | 1437 | 49.2 |
| TAFE/Trade qualification | 1055 | 36.2 |
| Tertiary degree or equivalent | 387 | 13.3 |
| Marital status b: Married/De facto relationship | 1810 | 62.0 |
| Separated/Divorced/Never married | 374 | 12.8 |
| Widowed | 732 | 25.1 |
| Self-rated health: Poor | 153 | 5.2 |
| Fair | 452 | 15.5 |
| Good | 1034 | 35.4 |
| Very good | 935 | 32.0 |
| Excellent | 344 | 11.8 |
| Use of assistive equipment c: No | 2571 | 88.1 |
| Yes | 347 | 11.9 |
| Some weekly walking: No | 986 | 33.8 |
| Yes | 1932 | 66.2 |
| Sufficient minutes of weekly walking d: No | 2019 | 69.2 |
| Yes | 899 | 30.8 |
TAFE = technical and further education, a n = 39 missing data. b n = 2 missing data. c defined as having a health problem requiring use of a cane, wheelchair, special bed or telephone etc. d defined as ≥150 weekly minutes of walking.
Proportion of sample with access to commercial destinations within 400 m and 800 m neighbourhood service areas
| Food retail a | 500 | 17.1 | 1459 | 50.0 |
| General retail b | 336 | 11.5 | 1136 | 38.9 |
| Medical care services c | 794 | 27.2 | 1806 | 61.9 |
| Financial services d | 113 | 3.9 | 515 | 17.6 |
| General services e | 525 | 18.0 | 1498 | 51.3 |
| Social infrastructure f | 630 | 21.6 | 1692 | 58.0 |
a includes bakery, butcher, delicatessen, green grocer, liquor outlet, petrol station store, supermarket. b includes art/craft store, bookstore, general store, hardware store, newsagent, shopping centre, toy/hobby store. c includes doctor, medical centre. d includes bank, post office. e includes beauty salon, hairdresser, pharmacy. f includes art gallery, café or restaurant, church or place of worship, cinema, community hall, fast food outlet, hotel or tavern.
Odds ratios examining access to and mix of commercial destinations associated with some walking
| Food retail | 1.02 | 0.83, 1.25 | 0.839 | 1.05 | 0.84, 1.30 | 0.676 | 1.01 | 0.81, 1.26 | 0.933 |
| General retail | 1.02 | 0.80, 1.30 | 0.851 | 1.00 | 0.77, 1.29 | 0.979 | 0.95 | 0.73, 1.24 | 0.715 |
| Medical care services | 0.94 | 0.79, 1.11 | 0.444 | 0.96 | 0.80, 1.15 | 0.653 | 0.91 | 0.76, 1.10 | 0.337 |
| Financial services | 1.05 | 0.70, 1.57 | 0.810 | 1.10 | 0.71, 1.70 | 0.675 | 1.03 | 0.66, 1.60 | 0.900 |
| General services | |||||||||
| Social infrastructure | 1.05 | 0.87, 1.27 | 0.576 | 1.02 | 0.83, 1.24 | 0.884 | 0.98 | 0.80, 1.20 | 0.835 |
| 1.02 | 0.97, 1.07 | 0.461 | 1.02 | 0.97, 1.08 | 0.473 | 1.01 | 0.95, 1.06 | 0.851 | |
| Food retail | 1.04 | 0.90, 1.22 | 0.584 | 0.98 | 0.83, 1.15 | 0.767 | 0.94 | 0.80, 1.12 | 0.499 |
| General retail | 1.03 | 0.88, 1.20 | 0.757 | 1.00 | 0.85, 1.18 | 0.996 | 0.97 | 0.82, 1.15 | 0.738 |
| Medical care services | 1.05 | 0.90, 1.23 | 0.559 | 1.01 | 0.85, 1.20 | 0.893 | 0.96 | 0.81, 1.14 | 0.645 |
| Financial services | 0.96 | 0.78, 1.17 | 0.683 | 0.93 | 0.75, 1.15 | 0.507 | 0.90 | 0.73, 1.12 | 0.342 |
| General services | 1.16 | 0.98, 1.38 | 0.079 | ||||||
| Social infrastructure | 1.15 | 0.97, 1.36 | 0.108 | ||||||
| 1.03 | 0.99, 1.07 | 0.147 | 1.02 | 0.98, 1.06 | 0.395 | 1.01 | 0.97, 1.05 | 0.779 | |
OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval. Statistically significant results (p < 0.05) marked in bold typeface. a Model adjusted for age, sex, highest education level, marital status, self-rated health, and use of assistive equipment. b Model adjusted for demographic characteristics and street connectivity within service area. c Summed score for number of accessible commercial destination categories, range 0–6.
Odds ratios examining access to and mix of commercial destinations associated with sufficient walking
| Food retail | 0.87 | 0.70 ,1.08 | 0.200 | 0.86 | 0.69, 1.08 | 0.188 | 0.88 | 0.70, 1.10 | 0.246 |
| General retail | 0.86 | 0.67, 1.10 | 0.232 | 0.80 | 0.62, 1.05 | 0.107 | 0.82 | 0.63, 1.07 | 0.144 |
| Medical care services | |||||||||
| Financial services | 0.84 | 0.55, 1.29 | 0.429 | 0.85 | 0.55, 1.33 | 0.480 | 0.89 | 0.57, 1.39 | 0.602 |
| General services | 1.04 | 0.85, 1.27 | 0.734 | 1.00 | 0.81, 1.24 | 0.971 | 1.02 | 0.82, 1.27 | 0.830 |
| Social infrastructure | 1.05 | 0.87, 1.27 | 0.633 | 1.02 | 0.83, 1.24 | 0.861 | 1.04 | 0.85, 1.27 | 0.721 |
| 0.97 | 0.92, 1.02 | 0.201 | 0.96 | 0.90, 1.01 | 0.124 | 0.96 | 0.91, 1.02 | 0.187 | |
| Food retail | 0.92 | 0.79, 1.08 | 0.316 | 0.87 | 0.74, 1.03 | 0.109 | 0.88 | 0.74, 1.04 | 0.126 |
| General retail | 0.93 | 0.79, 1.09 | 0.366 | 0.90 | 0.76, 1.07 | 0.248 | 0.91 | 0.77, 1.08 | 0.284 |
| Medical care services | 0.87 | 0.74, 1.02 | 0.092 | ||||||
| Financial services | 0.96 | 0.78, 1.18 | 0.700 | 0.96 | 0.77, 1.20 | 0.738 | 0.97 | 0.78, 1.21 | 0.811 |
| General services | 1.09 | 0.93, 1.28 | 0.279 | 1.06 | 0.89, 1.25 | 0.526 | 1.07 | 0.90, 1.27 | 0.441 |
| Social infrastructure | 0.91 | 0.78, 1.07 | 0.246 | 0.90 | 0.76, 1.06 | 0.194 | 0.90 | 0.76, 1.07 | 0.227 |
| 0.98 | 0.95, 1.02 | 0.357 | 0.97 | 0.94, 1.01 | 0.178 | 0.97 | 0.94, 1.02 | 0.216 | |
OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval. Statistically significant results (p < 0.05) marked in bold typeface. a Model adjusted for age, sex, highest education level, marital status, self-rated health, and use of assistive equipment. b Model adjusted for demographic characteristics and street connectivity within service area. c Summed score for number of accessible commercial destination categories, range 0–6.