Neighborhood walkability, walking difficulties, and participation in leisure activities among older people: a cross-sectional study and 4-year follow-up of a subsample

EM Tuomola, KE Keskinen, A Viljanen… - Journal of aging …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
… In this study, older people living in the highest walkability area participated more frequently
in cultural or other individual activities such as going to concerts, the theater, or coffee shops. …

[HTML][HTML] Measuring age-friendliness based on the walkability indices of older people to urban facilities

R Bayar, M Yılmaz - Urban Design International, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… This study aims to measure age-friendliness based on the walkability indices of the older
people to urban facilities in the sample area of Istanbul, Turkey and the various districts within. …

Associations of neighborhood walkability and walking behaviors by cognitive trajectory in older adults

AL Rosso, AB Harding, PJ Clarke… - The …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
… association between environmental walkability and community … of older adults using measures
of neighborhood walkability … associations between greater walkability and higher mobility …

Functional limitations and perceived neighborhood walkability among urban dwelling older adults

R Suzuki, J Blackwood, NJ Webster… - Frontiers in public health, 2021 - frontiersin.org
… perceptions of neighborhood walkability among older adults … To be eligible, participants had
to be 65 years of age or older, … Older adults with FLs were significantly (p < 0.05) less likely …

Assessing and qualifying neighborhood walkability for older adults: construction and initial testing of a multivariate spatial accessibility model

V Amaya, T Moulaert, L Gwiazdzinski… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
… generally been considered a necessary and legitimate amenity for older people. Many older
adults can hardly walk around their neighborhoods without resting on a bench, and several …

A Framework for Measuring Neighborhood Walkability for Older Adults—A Delphi Consensus Study

D Koller, M Bödeker, U Dapp, E Grill, J Fuchs… - Journal of Urban …, 2024 - Springer
… population in particular, our comprehensive framework gives a set of indicators that now
encourages measuring walkability of a neighborhood specifically for older people, while …

How different are objective operationalizations of walkability for older adults compared to the general population? A systematic review

ZS Akinci, X Delclos-Alio, G Vich, D Salvo, J Ibarluzea… - BMC geriatrics, 2022 - Springer
walkability has been operationalized to date, its relationship with walking outcomes, and how
these differed for older … how objective walkability measures differ for older adults compared …

[HTML][HTML] The association of neighborhood walkability with health outcomes in older adults after acute myocardial infarction: The SILVER-AMI study

B Roy, AM Hajduk, S Tsang, M Geda, C Riley… - Preventive Medicine …, 2021 - Elsevier
neighborhood walkability from Walk Score®. We pre-specified analyses to investigate
hypothesized associations among neighborhood walkability … link neighborhood walkability scores …

Walkable neighborhoods: Linkages between place, health, and happiness in younger and older adults

KM Leyden, MJ Hogan, L D'Arcy… - Journal of the …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
… of people aged 36 to 45 (p = .001) and, to a lesser extent, those aged 18 to 35 (p = .07).
For older adults, we found that walkable … of older people living in walkable neighborhoods. …

[HTML][HTML] Perceived neighborhood walkability is associated with recent falls in urban dwelling older adults

J Blackwood, R Suzuki… - Journal of geriatric physical …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
… Falls are the leading cause of injury-related morbidity and mortality among adults 65 years
and older, and 1 in 4 older people falls each year. The medical cost for fatal and nonfatal falls …