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Developing a reliable Senior Walking Environmental Assessment Tool.

Grazia O Cunningham1, Yvonne L Michael, Stephanie A Farquhar

  • 1Oregon Health and Science University, Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Portland, 97239, USA.

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
|September 20, 2005
PubMed
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A new tool, the Senior Walking Environmental Assessment Tool (SWEAT), reliably measures neighborhood features influencing senior physical activity. This research is vital for understanding how the built environment impacts older adults' walking habits.

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Area of Science:

  • Environmental health
  • Urban planning
  • Gerontology

Background:

  • Built environment research often overlooks seniors.
  • Physical activity in older adults is influenced by environmental features.
  • Reliable environmental measures are needed to study seniors' physical activity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a senior-specific environmental assessment tool.
  • To measure street-level features impacting senior walking.
  • To advance research on the built environment and physical activity in older adults.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of urban planning and health.
  • Consultation with urban planning and health professionals.
  • Development of the Senior Walking Environmental Assessment Tool (SWEAT).

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  • Assessment of 355 neighborhood segments using SWEAT.
  • Inter-rater reliability testing on 36 segments.

    • Main Results:

    • SWEAT demonstrated good-to-excellent inter-rater agreement on most items.
    • Reliability was lower for items assessing buildings and destinations.

    Conclusions:

    • SWEAT is a reliable tool for assessing senior-specific environmental features.
    • This tool can advance research on environmental influences on senior walking.
    • Findings encourage community engagement for environmental modifications promoting senior walking.