Associations Between Time Spent in Green Areas and Physical Activity Among Late Middle-Aged Adults
Initiatives
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The main goal of this study is to reach an understanding where late middle-aged adults are mostly physically active in terms of location and in relation to greenness. Secondly, the influence of several individual characteristics, such as gender, working status, body mass index (BMI) and diploma as well as neighbourhood greenness has been studied with respect to PA and its association with greenness and location.
Note: All published information has been collected from the article referenced in the Marker Paper box below. Therefore, there may be variations with more advanced versions of the study.
- Start Year
- 2013
- Funding
- this research was supported by the Fund for Scientific Research Flanders (FWO) B/13230/01, Fund IV2
Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
Marker Paper
Dewulf B, Neutens T, Van Dyck D, et al. Associations between time spent in green areas and physical activity among late middle-aged adults. Geospat Health. 2016;11(3):411. Published 2016 Nov 16. doi:10.4081/gh.2016.411
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Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 180
- Number of participants with biosamples
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Timeline
late middle aged adults
We used data from 180 community-dwelling late middle-aged adults selected from a systematic random sample. Participants were all between 59 and 65 years old, working or retired, and living in Ghent, a medium-sized city in Belgium.
Selection Criteria
- Minimum age
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59
- Maximum age
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65
- Newborns
- Twins
- Countries
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- Belgium
- Territory
- Ghent
- Ethnic Origin
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- Health Status
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- Other criteria
- In order to participate, individuals had to meet three criteria: i) understand and speak Dutch; ii) live independently; and iii) be able to walk a couple of hundred meters without severe physical restrictions.
Recruitment
- Sources of recruitment
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- General population
- General Population
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- Volunteer enrolment
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 180
- Number of participants with biosamples
Data Collection Event
They were all visited at home and asked to wear a GPS device (Qstarz BT-Q1000X; Qstarz International, Taipei, Taiwan) and an accelerometer (Actigraph GT3X, GT3X+, or GT1M; ActiGraph, Fort Walton Beach, FL, USA), a valid and reliable tool for objectively measuring PA levels. The instruments were worn at waist height for a week.
- Start Date
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2013-02
- End Date
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2013-04
- Data sources
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Geospatial technology
- Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) (e.g. GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, etc.)
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Geospatial technology