Journal
HEALTH & PLACE
Volume 69, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102544
Keywords
Pedometer; Population density; Railway station; Park; Elderly
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- JSPS KAKENHI [18H01602]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [18H01602] Funding Source: KAKEN
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A state of emergency was declared in Japan in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, impacting the step counts of citizens, especially women and non-elderly individuals. Older women were more susceptible to the neighborhood environment, with high walkability negatively affecting step counts, while proximity to large parks had a positive effect during the state of emergency.
In Japan, a state of emergency (SoE) was declared in early April 2020 until late May in response to the first wave of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This longitudinal study analyzed the step counts of 18,817 citizens in Yokohama city in the first half of 2020 compared to the previous year, and investigated the association between the change in step counts and the individuals' neighborhood environment by sex and age using generalized linear mixed models. Step counts decreased especially in women and non-elderly people during the SoE. Older women were more susceptible to the neighborhood environment: high walkability (i.e., high population density, proximity to railway stations) adversely affected their step counts, whereas proximity to large parks came to have a positive effect during the SoE.
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