Cognitive functioning as a moderator in the relationship between the perceived neighborhood physical environment and physical activity in Belgian older adults
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- Freja Gheysen (UGent) , Karel Herman and Delfien Van Dyck (UGent)
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- Objective: To investigate whether the relationship of neighborhood environmental factors with physical activity (PA) is moderated by cognitive functioning in Belgian older adults. Methods: Seventy-one older adults completed validated questionnaires on PA and environmental perceptions, wore an accelerometer, and completed a computerized assessment of cognitive functioning. Moderated linear regression analyses were conducted in SPSS 24.0. Results: Overall cognitive functioning significantly moderated the associations of traffic safety and street connectivity with PA. Detailed analyses showed that these factors were only positively associated with PA in older adults with lower cognitive functioning. In addition, particularly, performance on tests assessing visuospatial and episodic memory moderated these associations. Discussion: Living in traffic-safe neighborhoods with short and many alternative routes might motivate older adults with lower cognitive functioning to be active. As such, the increase in PA might improve their cognitive abilities. This knowledge is crucial for health practitioners to develop effective PA promotion initiatives.
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- EXECUTIVE FUNCTION, EXERCISE, WALKABILITY, HIPPOCAMPUS, IMPACT, GAIT, CANTAB, exercise, press-competence model, socioecological model
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8693228
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- Gheysen, Freja, et al. “Cognitive Functioning as a Moderator in the Relationship between the Perceived Neighborhood Physical Environment and Physical Activity in Belgian Older Adults.” JOURNAL OF AGING AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, vol. 27, no. 6, 2019, pp. 890–98, doi:10.1123/japa.2018-0277.
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- Gheysen, F., Herman, K., & Van Dyck, D. (2019). Cognitive functioning as a moderator in the relationship between the perceived neighborhood physical environment and physical activity in Belgian older adults. JOURNAL OF AGING AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, 27(6), 890–898. https://doi.org/10.1123/japa.2018-0277
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- Gheysen, Freja, Karel Herman, and Delfien Van Dyck. 2019. “Cognitive Functioning as a Moderator in the Relationship between the Perceived Neighborhood Physical Environment and Physical Activity in Belgian Older Adults.” JOURNAL OF AGING AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY 27 (6): 890–98. https://doi.org/10.1123/japa.2018-0277.
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- Gheysen, Freja, Karel Herman, and Delfien Van Dyck. 2019. “Cognitive Functioning as a Moderator in the Relationship between the Perceived Neighborhood Physical Environment and Physical Activity in Belgian Older Adults.” JOURNAL OF AGING AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY 27 (6): 890–898. doi:10.1123/japa.2018-0277.
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- 1.Gheysen F, Herman K, Van Dyck D. Cognitive functioning as a moderator in the relationship between the perceived neighborhood physical environment and physical activity in Belgian older adults. JOURNAL OF AGING AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. 2019;27(6):890–8.
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- [1]F. Gheysen, K. Herman, and D. Van Dyck, “Cognitive functioning as a moderator in the relationship between the perceived neighborhood physical environment and physical activity in Belgian older adults,” JOURNAL OF AGING AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, vol. 27, no. 6, pp. 890–898, 2019.
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journal = {{JOURNAL OF AGING AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY}},
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