Gender differences in physical activity patterns among older adults who fall☆

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• Alternative Title:
  Prev Med
• Personal Author:
  Stahl, Sarah T. ; Albert, Steven M.
• Description:
  Objective
  
  This study describes gender differences in the level and pattern of physical activity in groups of older adults who were frequent fallers, intermittent fallers, or non-fallers.
  
  Methods
  
  Interviews were conducted with adults aged 50 years and older (N = 1834) at senior centers across Pennsylvania from 2010 to 2011. Self-reported falls and validated measures of physical activity were collected at baseline and at 6- and 12-month follow-up assessments.
  
  Results
  
  Complete follow-up data were available for 1487 participants. Men who fell frequently decreased in recreational/leisure activity and household/yard work compared to the intermittent fallers and non-fallers. This association remained even when controlling for baseline health status. All women—regardless of fall group—engaged in similar levels of recreational/leisure activity and household/yard work over time. For both men and women, frequent fallers also showed a greater decrease in walking activities compared to intermittent fallers and non-fallers.
  
  Discussion
  
  Frequent falling among older adults is associated with declines in common leisure, household, and walking activities. The effect of falling frequency on physical activity appears to affect men and women differently, generating the hypothesis that interventions to promote physical activity among fallers need to be gender specific.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Analysis Of Variance Chronic Disease Depression Exercise Female Health Behavior Humans Longitudinal Studies Male Middle Aged Motor Activity Pennsylvania Recreation Sex Distribution Sickness Impact Profile Walking

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• Keywords:
  Elderly Falls Frequent Fallers Gender Differences Physical Activity
• Source:
  Prev Med. 71:94-100
• Pubmed ID:
  25535677
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4844019
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  P30 AG024827/AG/NIA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; P30 MH090333-01A1/MH/NIMH NIH HHSUnited States/ ; P30 MH090333/MH/NIMH NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R01 AG026010/AG/NIA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U48 DP002657/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; R01 AG032370/AG/NIA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; AG026010/AG/NIA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; MHO19986/PHS HHSUnited States/ ; NR013450/NR/NINR NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U48 DP001918/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; NR009573/NR/NINR NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R21 NR013450/NR/NINR NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R01 NR009573/NR/NINR NIH HHSUnited States/ ; AG032370/AG/NIA NIH HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  71
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d0e21b22539340b944e31e767d771cf55a857c83f462cc2d81c7e6280a41e997
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/39093/cdc_39093_DS1.pdf
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