TY - JOUR
T1 - Neighborhood environment walkability and health-related quality of life among older adults in Hong Kong
AU - Zhao, Yanan
AU - CHUNG, Pak-Kwong
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by a faculty research grant from Hong Kong Baptist University [grant number FRG2/13-14/035].
PY - 2017/11
Y1 - 2017/11
N2 - This study examined the associations between walkability related environmental attributes (WREA) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among older adults in Hong Kong. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 340 participants (women = 233; mean age = 74.4 years) living in urban communities. Independent variables included residential density, land use mix-diversity, land use mix-access, street connectivity, infrastructure for walking, aesthetics, traffic hazards, crime, access to parking, lack of cul-de-sacs, hilliness, and physical barriers. Physical and mental dimensions of HRQoL were the dependent variables. Results revealed significant associations between WREA and HRQoL and demonstrated that aesthetics and physical barriers were significant determinants of physical health after adjusting age and sex, and crime and physical barriers were significant determinants of mental health after adjusting sex. This study provided empirical evidence that environmental walkability was associated with HRQoL among older adults in Hong Kong.
AB - This study examined the associations between walkability related environmental attributes (WREA) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among older adults in Hong Kong. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 340 participants (women = 233; mean age = 74.4 years) living in urban communities. Independent variables included residential density, land use mix-diversity, land use mix-access, street connectivity, infrastructure for walking, aesthetics, traffic hazards, crime, access to parking, lack of cul-de-sacs, hilliness, and physical barriers. Physical and mental dimensions of HRQoL were the dependent variables. Results revealed significant associations between WREA and HRQoL and demonstrated that aesthetics and physical barriers were significant determinants of physical health after adjusting age and sex, and crime and physical barriers were significant determinants of mental health after adjusting sex. This study provided empirical evidence that environmental walkability was associated with HRQoL among older adults in Hong Kong.
KW - Built environment
KW - Hong Kong
KW - Older adult
KW - Quality of life
KW - Walkability
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85027503930&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.archger.2017.08.003
DO - 10.1016/j.archger.2017.08.003
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 28822919
AN - SCOPUS:85027503930
SN - 0167-4943
VL - 73
SP - 182
EP - 186
JO - Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
JF - Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
ER -
