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JOURNAL OF AGING AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Volume 22, Issue 3, Pages 421-431Publisher
HUMAN KINETICS PUBL INC
DOI: 10.1123/JAPA.2012-0332
Keywords
built environment; walking; moderator; moderation
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- U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute [R01 HL077141]
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Some attributes of neighborhood environments are associated with physical activity among older adults. This study examined whether the associations were moderated by driving status. Older adults from neighborhoods differing in walkability and income completed written surveys and wore accelerometers (N = 880, mean age = 75 years, 56% women). Neighborhood environments were measured by geographic information systems and validated questionnaires. Driving status was defined on the basis of a driver's license, car ownership, and feeling comfortable to drive. Outcome variables included accelerometer-based physical activity and self-reported transport and leisure walking. Multilevel generalized linear regression was used. There was no significant Neighborhood Attribute x Driving Status interaction with objective physical activity or reported transport walking. For leisure walking, almost all environmental attributes were positive and significant among driving older adults but not among nondriving older adults (five significant interactions at p < .05). The findings suggest that driving status is likely to moderate the association between neighborhood environments and older adults' leisure walking.
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