探索建筑环境属性与低收入老年人体育活动之间的关系:多层次试验的初步见解
Arjan S Walia1, Abby C King1,2, Maria I Campero2
1Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94304, USA.
概括
改善建筑环境,如增强美学和街道连接,可以促进低收入老年人的体育活动 (PA). 更好的地方资源也支持中度至强烈的PA (MVPA).
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 老年学是一门学科.
背景情况:
- 建筑环境显著影响身体活动 (PA) 行为.
- 关于不够活跃,低收入中年和老年人之间这种联系的研究有限.
- 了解这些关联对于有针对性的健康干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 检查建筑环境属性与低收入中年和老年人中PA行为之间的关联.
- 区分参与者层面的感知与建筑环境的客观场地层面的测量.
- 确定促进步行和中度至强度体力活动 (MVPA) 的特定环境因素.
主要方法:
- 从一个集群随机对照试验 (n=255名参与者,n=10个地点) 的基线数据的横截面分析.
- 用邻里环境可行性调查 (NEWS-A) 评估参与者对建筑环境的看法.
- 使用物理活动资源评估 (PARA) 测量的目标建筑环境属性.
- 通过社区老年人健康活动模式计划 (CHAMPS) 调查问卷测量PA行为 (步行,总PA,MVPA).
- 统计分析包括调整后的线性回归和斯皮尔曼等级相关性.
主要成果:
- 增加的NEWS-A美学得分与更高的每周步行 (57.37分/周) 相相关.
- 改善的街道连接与增加的MVPA (24.31分钟/周) 有关.
- 现场一级的MVPA与当地PA支持资源的质量正相关 (ρ = 0.82).
结论:
- 参与者层面的感知和建筑环境的客观场地层面的测量都与这一群体中的PA行为有关.
- 提高美学属性,街道连接和当地PA资源的质量可能会促进体育活动.
- 研究结果支持环境修改作为一种提高低收入中年和老年人中PA的策略.
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