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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Keskinen, Kirsi E.
• Rantakokko, Merja
• Suomi, Kimmo
• Rantanen, Taina
• Portegijs, Erja

Titel

Nature as a facilitator for physical activity: Defining relationships between the objective and perceived environment and physical activity among community-dwelling older people

Ist Teil von

• Health & place, 2018-01, Vol.49, p.111-119

Ort / Verlag

England: Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

Quelle

Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The aim was to study the correspondence between the objective and perceived environment and to assess their associations with physical activity (PA) in older people. 848 community-dwelling older people aged 75–90 were interviewed on their difficulties in walking 500m, perceiving nature as a facilitator for outdoor mobility, and PA. The presence of water and landscape diversity were objectively assessed inside 500m and 1000m circular buffers around participants’ homes. Using logistic regression, participant data were analyzed together with the objectively assessed environmental features. Our results indicate that higher habitat diversity within natural areas correlates with higher PA among older people without walking difficulties and the presence of water correlates with higher PA among those with walking difficulties. •Walking difficulties modifies the association of the physical environment with PA in older people.•Perceiving nature as outdoor mobility facilitator is important for those with walking difficulties.•Higher biodiversity in large natural areas inspires PA in those without walking difficulties.•Presence of water and higher number of land types were correlates of PA for older adults with and without mobility restrictions.