Associations between older African academics' physical activity, walkability and mental health: a social distancing perspective.
Africa
academics
mental health
neighborhood walkability
physical activity
social distancing
Journal
Health promotion international
ISSN: 1460-2245
Titre abrégé: Health Promot Int
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9008939
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
29 Apr 2022
29 Apr 2022
Historique:
pubmed:
21
9
2021
medline:
4
5
2022
entrez:
20
9
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
This study aimed to assess the moderating influence of neighborhood walkability on the association between physical activity (PA) and mental health among older African academics aged 50 years or more in cities with social distancing protocols in response to the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). A total of 905 volunteer academics participated in the study. A hierarchical linear regression analysis was employed to conduct sensitivity analyses and test the study hypotheses. After controlling for sex, education and age, there was a positive association between PA and mental health. Neighborhood walkability moderated the relationship between PA and mental health, which suggests that during the pandemic PA was associated with higher mental health scores in more walkable neighborhoods. The study concludes that PA was beneficial to mental health in the social distancing context and was associated with higher mental health in more walkable neighborhoods, particularly in a social distancing context.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34543431
pii: 6372832
doi: 10.1093/heapro/daab093
pmc: PMC8500010
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press.
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