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Investigating the Association between Outdoor Environment and Outdoor Activities for Seniors Living in Old Residential Communities
Many seniors live in old residential communities (ORCs) with low-quality outdoor environment (OE), which hinders the residents’ outdoor daily activities (ODAs). This paper empirically investigates the association of OE on ODAs for seniors living in ORCs. A questionnaire was designed and distributed...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8307385/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34299950 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147500 |
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author | Yu, Shiwang Guo, Na Zheng, Caimiao Song, Yu Hao, Jianli |
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description | Many seniors live in old residential communities (ORCs) with low-quality outdoor environment (OE), which hinders the residents’ outdoor daily activities (ODAs). This paper empirically investigates the association of OE on ODAs for seniors living in ORCs. A questionnaire was designed and distributed in six central districts of Nanjing city. A total of 258 questionnaires was finally collected, of which 60.08%, 29.46%, 9.69%, and 0.78% respondents were scattered into four age groups (61–69, 70–79, 80–89, and ≥90), respectively. Based on reliability analysis, correlation analysis, and regression analysis, the results show that: (1) social activities are mainly associated with noise; (2) leisure activities are significantly associated with road accessibility, slip-resistance measures, greenery, and staff; (3) utilitarian-type activities are significantly associated with stairway accessibility, slip-resistance measures, greenery, and seating; (4) there is a significant association between nature-exposure activities and layout, greenery, and poor air quality. The findings could guide Chinese officials when renewing ORCs by addressing the most important outdoor environmental factors associated with ODAs. |
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spelling | pubmed-83073852021-07-25 Investigating the Association between Outdoor Environment and Outdoor Activities for Seniors Living in Old Residential Communities Yu, Shiwang Guo, Na Zheng, Caimiao Song, Yu Hao, Jianli Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Many seniors live in old residential communities (ORCs) with low-quality outdoor environment (OE), which hinders the residents’ outdoor daily activities (ODAs). This paper empirically investigates the association of OE on ODAs for seniors living in ORCs. A questionnaire was designed and distributed in six central districts of Nanjing city. A total of 258 questionnaires was finally collected, of which 60.08%, 29.46%, 9.69%, and 0.78% respondents were scattered into four age groups (61–69, 70–79, 80–89, and ≥90), respectively. Based on reliability analysis, correlation analysis, and regression analysis, the results show that: (1) social activities are mainly associated with noise; (2) leisure activities are significantly associated with road accessibility, slip-resistance measures, greenery, and staff; (3) utilitarian-type activities are significantly associated with stairway accessibility, slip-resistance measures, greenery, and seating; (4) there is a significant association between nature-exposure activities and layout, greenery, and poor air quality. The findings could guide Chinese officials when renewing ORCs by addressing the most important outdoor environmental factors associated with ODAs. MDPI 2021-07-14 /pmc/articles/PMC8307385/ /pubmed/34299950 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147500 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Yu, Shiwang Guo, Na Zheng, Caimiao Song, Yu Hao, Jianli Investigating the Association between Outdoor Environment and Outdoor Activities for Seniors Living in Old Residential Communities |
title | Investigating the Association between Outdoor Environment and Outdoor Activities for Seniors Living in Old Residential Communities |
title_full | Investigating the Association between Outdoor Environment and Outdoor Activities for Seniors Living in Old Residential Communities |
title_fullStr | Investigating the Association between Outdoor Environment and Outdoor Activities for Seniors Living in Old Residential Communities |
title_full_unstemmed | Investigating the Association between Outdoor Environment and Outdoor Activities for Seniors Living in Old Residential Communities |
title_short | Investigating the Association between Outdoor Environment and Outdoor Activities for Seniors Living in Old Residential Communities |
title_sort | investigating the association between outdoor environment and outdoor activities for seniors living in old residential communities |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8307385/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34299950 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147500 |
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