Built environmental correlates of older adults' total physical activity and walking: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
David W BarnettAnthony BarnettAndrea NathanJelle Van CauwenbergEster Cerinnull nullPublished in: The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity (2017)
Safe, walkable, and aesthetically pleasing neighbourhoods, with access to overall and specific destinations and services positively influenced older adults' PA participation. However, when considering the environmental attributes that were sufficiently studied (i.e., in ≥5 separate findings), the strength of evidence of associations of specific categories of environment attributes with PA differed across PA and environmental measurement types. Future research should be mindful of these differences in findings and identify the underlying mechanisms. Higher quality research is also needed.