Factors associated with going outdoors frequently: a cross-sectional study among Swiss community-dwelling older adults
Objective This study examines potential risk and protective factors associated with going outdoors frequently among older persons, and whether these factors vary according to physical limitations.Design Cross-sectional analysis.Setting and participants Community-dwelling participants of the Lausanne...
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| description | Objective This study examines potential risk and protective factors associated with going outdoors frequently among older persons, and whether these factors vary according to physical limitations.Design Cross-sectional analysis.Setting and participants Community-dwelling participants of the Lausanne cohort Lc65+ in 2016, aged 68–82 years (n=3419).Methods Associations between going outdoors frequently and physical limitations, sociodemographic, health, psychological and social variables were examined using logistic regression models. Subgroup analyses were performed according to the severity of physical limitations.Main outcome measures ‘Going outdoors frequently’ was defined as going out ≥5 days/week and not spending most of the time sitting or lying down.Results Three in four (73.9%) participants reported going outdoors frequently. Limitations in climbing stairs (adjusted OR (AdjOR) 0.61, 95% CI 0.47 to 0.80) and walking (AdjOR 0.24, 95% CI 0.18 to 0.31), as well as depressive symptoms (AdjOR 0.58, 95% CI 0.47 to 0.70), dyspnoea (AdjOR 0.60, 95% CI 0.48 to 0.75), age (AdjORolder age group 0.73, 95% CI 0.59 to 0.92) and fear of falling (AdjOR 0.75, 95% CI 0.62 to 0.91) reduced the odds of going outdoors frequently. In contrast, living alone (AdjOR 1.30, 95% CI 1.08 to 1.56), reporting a dense (AdjOR 1.57, 95% CI 1.26 to 1.96) and a high-quality (AdjOR 1.28, 95% CI 1.06 to 1.53) social network increased the odds of going outdoors frequently. Among participants with severe limitations, 44.6% still went outdoors frequently. Among this subgroup, a new emotional relationship (AdjOR 2.52, 95% CI 1.18 to 5.38) was associated with going outdoors, whereas cognitive complaints (AdjOR 0.66, 95% CI 0.47 to 0.93), urinary incontinence (AdjOR 0.67, 95% CI 0.46 to 0.97), dyspnea (AdjOR:0.67, 95%CI:0.48-0.93), and depressive symptoms (AdjOR 0.67, 95% CI 0.48 to 0.93) lowered the odds of going outdoors.Conclusion Physical limitations are associated with decreased odds of going outdoors frequently. However, social characteristics appear to mitigate this association, even among older persons with severe limitations. Further studies are needed to determine causality and help guide interventions to promote going outdoors as an important component of active ageing. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ee302abffb3b47d3b2fae11ca29d55ec2025-08-20T02:36:06ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552020-08-0110810.1136/bmjopen-2019-034248Factors associated with going outdoors frequently: a cross-sectional study among Swiss community-dwelling older adultsChristophe Büla0Laurence Seematter-Bagnoud1Brigitte Santos-Eggimann2Julia Spaltenstein3Helene Krief4Service of Geriatric Medicine and Geriatric Rehabilitation, University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, SwitzerlandDepartment of Geriatrics and Geriatric Rehabilitation, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, SwitzerlandDepartment of Epidemiology and Health Systems, Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, SwitzerlandDepartment of Geriatrics and Geriatric Rehabilitation, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, SwitzerlandService of Geriatric Medicine and Geriatric Rehabilitation, University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, SwitzerlandObjective This study examines potential risk and protective factors associated with going outdoors frequently among older persons, and whether these factors vary according to physical limitations.Design Cross-sectional analysis.Setting and participants Community-dwelling participants of the Lausanne cohort Lc65+ in 2016, aged 68–82 years (n=3419).Methods Associations between going outdoors frequently and physical limitations, sociodemographic, health, psychological and social variables were examined using logistic regression models. Subgroup analyses were performed according to the severity of physical limitations.Main outcome measures ‘Going outdoors frequently’ was defined as going out ≥5 days/week and not spending most of the time sitting or lying down.Results Three in four (73.9%) participants reported going outdoors frequently. Limitations in climbing stairs (adjusted OR (AdjOR) 0.61, 95% CI 0.47 to 0.80) and walking (AdjOR 0.24, 95% CI 0.18 to 0.31), as well as depressive symptoms (AdjOR 0.58, 95% CI 0.47 to 0.70), dyspnoea (AdjOR 0.60, 95% CI 0.48 to 0.75), age (AdjORolder age group 0.73, 95% CI 0.59 to 0.92) and fear of falling (AdjOR 0.75, 95% CI 0.62 to 0.91) reduced the odds of going outdoors frequently. In contrast, living alone (AdjOR 1.30, 95% CI 1.08 to 1.56), reporting a dense (AdjOR 1.57, 95% CI 1.26 to 1.96) and a high-quality (AdjOR 1.28, 95% CI 1.06 to 1.53) social network increased the odds of going outdoors frequently. Among participants with severe limitations, 44.6% still went outdoors frequently. Among this subgroup, a new emotional relationship (AdjOR 2.52, 95% CI 1.18 to 5.38) was associated with going outdoors, whereas cognitive complaints (AdjOR 0.66, 95% CI 0.47 to 0.93), urinary incontinence (AdjOR 0.67, 95% CI 0.46 to 0.97), dyspnea (AdjOR:0.67, 95%CI:0.48-0.93), and depressive symptoms (AdjOR 0.67, 95% CI 0.48 to 0.93) lowered the odds of going outdoors.Conclusion Physical limitations are associated with decreased odds of going outdoors frequently. However, social characteristics appear to mitigate this association, even among older persons with severe limitations. Further studies are needed to determine causality and help guide interventions to promote going outdoors as an important component of active ageing.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/8/e034248.full |
| spellingShingle | Christophe Büla Laurence Seematter-Bagnoud Brigitte Santos-Eggimann Julia Spaltenstein Helene Krief Factors associated with going outdoors frequently: a cross-sectional study among Swiss community-dwelling older adults BMJ Open |
| title | Factors associated with going outdoors frequently: a cross-sectional study among Swiss community-dwelling older adults |
| title_full | Factors associated with going outdoors frequently: a cross-sectional study among Swiss community-dwelling older adults |
| title_fullStr | Factors associated with going outdoors frequently: a cross-sectional study among Swiss community-dwelling older adults |
| title_full_unstemmed | Factors associated with going outdoors frequently: a cross-sectional study among Swiss community-dwelling older adults |
| title_short | Factors associated with going outdoors frequently: a cross-sectional study among Swiss community-dwelling older adults |
| title_sort | factors associated with going outdoors frequently a cross sectional study among swiss community dwelling older adults |
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