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The Associations of Built Environment with Older People Recreational Walking and Physical Activity in a Chinese Small-Scale City of Yiwu

Physical activity would bring in plenty of health benefits, especially recreational physical activity (RPA). Previous studies have suggested that built environment would affect older people’s recreational walking (RW) and RPA, but how the effects exist in a small-scale Chinese city remains unclear....

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Autores principales: Yu, Jiabin, Yang, Chen, Zhao, Xiaoguang, Zhou, Zhexiao, Zhang, Shen, Zhai, Diankai, Li, Jianshe
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7967424/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33800159
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052699
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author Yu, Jiabin
Yang, Chen
Zhao, Xiaoguang
Zhou, Zhexiao
Zhang, Shen
Zhai, Diankai
Li, Jianshe
author_facet Yu, Jiabin
Yang, Chen
Zhao, Xiaoguang
Zhou, Zhexiao
Zhang, Shen
Zhai, Diankai
Li, Jianshe
author_sort Yu, Jiabin
collection PubMed
description Physical activity would bring in plenty of health benefits, especially recreational physical activity (RPA). Previous studies have suggested that built environment would affect older people’s recreational walking (RW) and RPA, but how the effects exist in a small-scale Chinese city remains unclear. Two hundred and fifty-two older participants were recruited in the city of Yiwu using cross-sectional survey of random samples in 2019. RW and RPA level of participants and perceived scores of built environments were collected using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire and Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale, respectively. Linear regression analysis was conducted to investigate the association of built environment with older people’s RW and RPA. The results showed that two main factors affecting older people’s RW and RPA were residential density and aesthetics. Additionally, access to services was related to RW, and street connectivity was correlated with RPA. The associations of RW with built environment varied slightly with demographic variables included in the regression model. All the results suggested that lower residential density, better aesthetics environment, and higher street connectivity would motivate older people to engage more in RW and RPA. The better access to services encourages only RW, not RPA, in older people. These findings would be helpful for policy decision makers in the urban construction process in Yiwu. More studies are needed to enlarge the scientific evidence base about small-scale cities in China.
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spelling pubmed-79674242021-03-18 The Associations of Built Environment with Older People Recreational Walking and Physical Activity in a Chinese Small-Scale City of Yiwu Yu, Jiabin Yang, Chen Zhao, Xiaoguang Zhou, Zhexiao Zhang, Shen Zhai, Diankai Li, Jianshe Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Physical activity would bring in plenty of health benefits, especially recreational physical activity (RPA). Previous studies have suggested that built environment would affect older people’s recreational walking (RW) and RPA, but how the effects exist in a small-scale Chinese city remains unclear. Two hundred and fifty-two older participants were recruited in the city of Yiwu using cross-sectional survey of random samples in 2019. RW and RPA level of participants and perceived scores of built environments were collected using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire and Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale, respectively. Linear regression analysis was conducted to investigate the association of built environment with older people’s RW and RPA. The results showed that two main factors affecting older people’s RW and RPA were residential density and aesthetics. Additionally, access to services was related to RW, and street connectivity was correlated with RPA. The associations of RW with built environment varied slightly with demographic variables included in the regression model. All the results suggested that lower residential density, better aesthetics environment, and higher street connectivity would motivate older people to engage more in RW and RPA. The better access to services encourages only RW, not RPA, in older people. These findings would be helpful for policy decision makers in the urban construction process in Yiwu. More studies are needed to enlarge the scientific evidence base about small-scale cities in China. MDPI 2021-03-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7967424/ /pubmed/33800159 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052699 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Yu, Jiabin
Yang, Chen
Zhao, Xiaoguang
Zhou, Zhexiao
Zhang, Shen
Zhai, Diankai
Li, Jianshe
The Associations of Built Environment with Older People Recreational Walking and Physical Activity in a Chinese Small-Scale City of Yiwu
title The Associations of Built Environment with Older People Recreational Walking and Physical Activity in a Chinese Small-Scale City of Yiwu
title_full The Associations of Built Environment with Older People Recreational Walking and Physical Activity in a Chinese Small-Scale City of Yiwu
title_fullStr The Associations of Built Environment with Older People Recreational Walking and Physical Activity in a Chinese Small-Scale City of Yiwu
title_full_unstemmed The Associations of Built Environment with Older People Recreational Walking and Physical Activity in a Chinese Small-Scale City of Yiwu
title_short The Associations of Built Environment with Older People Recreational Walking and Physical Activity in a Chinese Small-Scale City of Yiwu
title_sort associations of built environment with older people recreational walking and physical activity in a chinese small-scale city of yiwu
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7967424/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33800159
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052699
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