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Associations between vigorous physical activity, social ties, social support, and self-reported health among older adults in Accra, Ghana
Meeting recommended vigorous physical activity (VPA) levels represents a hallmark for healthy living, but VPA in older populations is likely to lead to casualties that may compel older adults to underscore their health. This study examined the associations between VPA, social ties, social support, a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10021291/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36963023 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001582 |
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author | Asiamah, Nestor Kouveliotis, Kyriakos Eduafo, Richard Borkey, Richard |
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description | Meeting recommended vigorous physical activity (VPA) levels represents a hallmark for healthy living, but VPA in older populations is likely to lead to casualties that may compel older adults to underscore their health. This study examined the associations between VPA, social ties, social support, and self-reported health in an African sample of older adults. This study adopted the cross-sectional design. The study population was community-dwelling older adults aged 60 years or higher in Accra, Ghana. A total of 686 older adults responded to self-reported questionnaires. Data were analysed with the Pearson’s chi-square test and binary logistic regression. The study found that older adults who had above 5 children were 3 times (AOR = 3.169; p = .002) more likely to participate in VPA for 30 minutes or more a day compared with their peers without children. Having social support from between 1 and 5 people was 28 times (AOR = 28.215; p = .000) more likely to result in good health compared to not having anyone to source social support from. Older adults who participated in VPA for 30 minutes or more were less likely (AOR = 0.129; p = 0.000) to report good health compared with those who participated in VPA for less than 30 minutes. We conclude that when social ties and other personal characteristics are adjusted for, prolonged VPA does not necessarily enhance self-reported health, and not all social ties contribute to VPA and self-reported health. |
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spelling | pubmed-100212912023-03-17 Associations between vigorous physical activity, social ties, social support, and self-reported health among older adults in Accra, Ghana Asiamah, Nestor Kouveliotis, Kyriakos Eduafo, Richard Borkey, Richard PLOS Glob Public Health Research Article Meeting recommended vigorous physical activity (VPA) levels represents a hallmark for healthy living, but VPA in older populations is likely to lead to casualties that may compel older adults to underscore their health. This study examined the associations between VPA, social ties, social support, and self-reported health in an African sample of older adults. This study adopted the cross-sectional design. The study population was community-dwelling older adults aged 60 years or higher in Accra, Ghana. A total of 686 older adults responded to self-reported questionnaires. Data were analysed with the Pearson’s chi-square test and binary logistic regression. The study found that older adults who had above 5 children were 3 times (AOR = 3.169; p = .002) more likely to participate in VPA for 30 minutes or more a day compared with their peers without children. Having social support from between 1 and 5 people was 28 times (AOR = 28.215; p = .000) more likely to result in good health compared to not having anyone to source social support from. Older adults who participated in VPA for 30 minutes or more were less likely (AOR = 0.129; p = 0.000) to report good health compared with those who participated in VPA for less than 30 minutes. We conclude that when social ties and other personal characteristics are adjusted for, prolonged VPA does not necessarily enhance self-reported health, and not all social ties contribute to VPA and self-reported health. Public Library of Science 2023-02-13 /pmc/articles/PMC10021291/ /pubmed/36963023 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001582 Text en © 2023 Asiamah et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Asiamah, Nestor Kouveliotis, Kyriakos Eduafo, Richard Borkey, Richard Associations between vigorous physical activity, social ties, social support, and self-reported health among older adults in Accra, Ghana |
title | Associations between vigorous physical activity, social ties, social support, and self-reported health among older adults in Accra, Ghana |
title_full | Associations between vigorous physical activity, social ties, social support, and self-reported health among older adults in Accra, Ghana |
title_fullStr | Associations between vigorous physical activity, social ties, social support, and self-reported health among older adults in Accra, Ghana |
title_full_unstemmed | Associations between vigorous physical activity, social ties, social support, and self-reported health among older adults in Accra, Ghana |
title_short | Associations between vigorous physical activity, social ties, social support, and self-reported health among older adults in Accra, Ghana |
title_sort | associations between vigorous physical activity, social ties, social support, and self-reported health among older adults in accra, ghana |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10021291/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36963023 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001582 |
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