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Social network moderators of the association between Ghanaian older adults' neighbourhood walkability and social activity.
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Health Promotion International . Oct2021, Vol. 36 Issue 5, p1357-1367. 11p. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- This study examined the moderating influences of active social networks (ASN), sedentary social networks (SSN) and ASN lost on the relationship between neighbourhood walkability and social activity in community-dwelling older adults aged 60 years or more in Accra, Ghana. A total of 863 individuals participated after G*Power 3.1 was utilized to calculate the minimum sample size. We analysed the data with Pearson's correlation test and hierarchical linear regression models. A sensitivity analysis was conducted to select the ultimate confounding variables. The study found a positive influence of neighbourhood walkability on social activity after the covariate adjustment (β = 0.18; t = 5.2; p = 0.000). The positive influence of neighbourhood walkability on social activity was significantly reduced by ASN lost and SSN. ASN did not have a significant moderating influence on the primary relationship. The study concludes that the positive influence of walkable neighbourhoods on social activity decreases as SSN and ASN lost increase. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *HOME environment
*RESEARCH
*STATISTICS
*SOCIAL networks
*CROSS-sectional method
*FUNCTIONAL status
*SOCIAL capital
*DISCRIMINANT analysis
*REGRESSION analysis
*PHYSICAL activity
*PSYCHOMETRICS
*WALKING
*INDEPENDENT living
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*QUESTIONNAIRES
*STATISTICAL hypothesis testing
*STATISTICAL correlation
*DATA analysis software
RESEARCH evaluation
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09574824
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Health Promotion International
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 153797034
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaa156