What triggers selective daily mobility among older adults? A study comparing trip and environmental characteristics between observed path and shortest path

S Klein, R Brondeel, B Chaix, O Klein, B Thierry… - Health & Place, 2023 - Elsevier
Interest is growing in neighborhood effects on health beyond individual's home locations.
However, few studies accounted for selective daily mobility bias. Selective mobility of 470 …

Walking, trip purpose, and exposure to multiple environments: A case study of older adults in Luxembourg

C Perchoux, R Brondeel, R Wasfi, O Klein… - Journal of Transport & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose Understanding the geographical and environmental triggers for active transport
among older adults is crucial to promote healthy and independent lifestyles. While …

Destinations matter: The association between where older adults live and their travel behavior

AM Chudyk, M Winters, MD Moniruzzaman… - Journal of Transport & …, 2015 - Elsevier
The positive effect of physical activity in the prevention and treatment of many chronic
diseases and age-related disabilities, such as mobility-disability, are widely accepted …

Neighborhood walkability and active ageing: A difference in differences assessment of active transportation over ten years

O Marquet, JA Hipp, C Miralles-Guasch - Journal of Transport & Health, 2017 - Elsevier
The effects of neighborhood morphology and walkability over active travel patterns of ageing
older adults are still largely unknown. We used a difference-in-differences design to …

Active travel despite motorcar access. A city-wide, GIS-based multilevel study on neighborhood walkability and active travel in Germany

M Bödeker, E Finne, J Kerr, J Bucksch - Journal of Transport & Health, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Neighborhood walkability has consistently been associated with utilitarian
walking and total physical activity in non-European studies. However, evidence on …

High neighborhood walkability mitigates declines in middle-to-older aged adults' walking for transport

H Shimura, T Sugiyama… - Journal of physical …, 2012 - journals.humankinetics.com
Background: Neighborhood walkability shows significant positive relationship with residents'
walking for transport in cross-sectional studies. We examined prospective relationships of …

[HTML][HTML] Getting out and about in older adults: the nature of daily trips and their association with objectively assessed physical activity

MG Davis, KR Fox, M Hillsdon, JC Coulson… - International Journal of …, 2011 - Springer
Background A key public health objective is increasing health-enhancing physical activity
(PA) for older adults (OAs). Daily trip frequency is independently associated with objectively …

How many walking and cycling trips made by elderly are beyond commonly used buffer sizes: results from a GPS study

RG Prins, F Pierik, A Etman, RP Sterkenburg… - Health & place, 2014 - Elsevier
In choosing appropriate buffer sizes to study environmental influences on physical activity,
studies are hampered by insufficient insight into the distance elderly travel actively. This …

Active travel, public transportation use, and daily transport among older adults: The association of built environment

Y Yang, Y Xu, DA Rodriguez, Y Michael… - Journal of Transport & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objectives To examine active travel and public transportation use among US older adults
and the built environment characteristics associated with them. Methods Total active travel …

[HTML][HTML] Older adults' transportation walking: a cross-sectional study on the cumulative influence of physical environmental factors

J Van Cauwenberg, P Clarys… - International journal of …, 2013 - Springer
Background The physical environment may play a crucial role in promoting older adults'
walking for transportation. However, previous studies on relationships between the physical …