Associations of environmental factors with quality of life in older adults

RJJ Gobbens, MALM van Assen - The gerontologist, 2018 - academic.oup.com
environmental factors for quality of life in older adults (eg, characteristics of the built
environment… structure of older adults’ perceptions of their environment, and construct scales for …

Measured and perceived environmental characteristics are related to accelerometer defined physical activity in older adults

SJ Strath, MJ Greenwald, R Isaacs, TL Hart… - International Journal of …, 2012 - Springer
… activity in older adults. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to examine measured and
perceived environmental associations with physical activity of older adults residing across …

Individual variability and environmental characteristics influence older adults' abilities to manage everyday technology

C Malinowsky, O Almkvist, L Nygård… - International …, 2012 - cambridge.org
… is not representative of other older adults with and without cognitive impairment. Third, in this
study, intrapersonal capacities and environmental characteristics were assessed in relation …

Neighborhood environment in studies of health of older adults: a systematic review

IH Yen, YL Michael, L Perdue - American journal of preventive medicine, 2009 - Elsevier
… In this study, neighborhood characteristics were measured at … between neighborhood
characteristics measured at both … neighborhood environment is a primary influence on older

Neighborhood environment and cognition in older adults: a systematic review

LM Besser, NC McDonald, Y Song, WA Kukull… - American journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
… For example, population density could serve as a proxy for BE characteristics, such as
destination accessibility or social environment characteristics like chance social interactions. …

Relationships between neighbourhood physical environmental attributes and older adults' leisure-time physical activity: a systematic review and meta-analysis

, … Environment and Physical Activity (CEPA)-Older Adults … - Sports medicine, 2018 - Springer
… Indeed, it has been shown that older adults may increase their LTPA just after retirement, but
… , older adults’ PA is influenced by individual as well as environmental characteristics and …

Neighborhood characteristics and disability in older adults

JR Beard, S Blaney, M Cerda, V Frye… - Journals of …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
… and a recent survey of 4,000 NYC residents to capture social characteristics. … the key
neighborhood sociodemographic and environmental characteristics of relevance to disability, we …

Environmental characteristics associated with older adults' social participation: The contribution of sociodemography and transportation in metropolitan, urban, and …

M Levasseur, D Naud, JF Bruneau… - … journal of environmental …, 2020 - mdpi.com
… This study aimed to identify the environmental characteristics associated with older adults
social participation according to their living area. The characteristics related to population and …

Multilevel modelling of built environment characteristics related to neighbourhood walking activity in older adults

F Li, KJ Fisher, RC Brownson… - Journal of Epidemiology & …, 2005 - jech.bmj.com
… ) and GIS measures of the built environment. We linked these level specific variables …
environment factors specified in this study would independently account for variation in older adults

Environmental taxonomy: Generalizations from research with older adults.

MP Lawton - 1999 - psycnet.apa.org
environmental quality of residential facilities for older adults. The most developed measure
is the Therapeutic Environmentcharacteristic of people in the personal environment and the …