Department of Sports Medicine and Sports Nutrition, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany.
BMC Public Health. 2011 Jul 13;11:559. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-559.
Data on physical activity in older adults in Germany is scarce. The aim of this study was to analyze physical activity patterns and to explore factors associated with physical activity in different domains, i.e. sporting activities (SA) and domestic activities (DA), in older men and women.
As part of the 7-year follow-up telephone interviews of the getABI cohort (community-dwelling older adults in Germany), the PRISCUS-PAQ was used to survey participants about their everyday physical activity patterns. Time per week (hh:mm) spent in SA and DA (heavy housework, gardening) was analyzed for men and women. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed in order to assess the odds of participating in SA and DA for at least 2.5 hours/week in association with sociodemographic factors, a broad range of physical health-related factors and interview date (season of the year).
A total of 1,610 primary health care patients (51.6% women) with a median age of 77 (range 72-93) years were included in the analyses. Men engaged in SA more often than women (01:45 vs. 01:10), whereas women did more DA per week than men (04:00 vs. 03:00).Being interviewed in spring or summer was associated with increased performance of DA in both sexes. Participation in these activities was reduced in more highly educated men and women. Living alone increased the odds of sports participation in women, but not in men. Most physical health-related factors were only selectively associated with either SA or DA, in men or women, respectively. The need for a walking aid was the only factor that consistently lowered the odds of being active in both activity domains and sexes.
This exploratory study delivers reliable and relevant data on the participation in and correlates of sporting and domestic activities of community-dwelling older adults for whom there had previously been only limited information at a population level in Germany. Findings are discussed and implications for epidemiological research and health promotion practice are provided.
德国老年人身体活动的数据稀缺。本研究旨在分析身体活动模式，并探讨不同领域（即体育活动和家务活动）与身体活动相关的因素，在老年男性和女性中。
作为德国 getABI 队列（居住在社区的老年人）7 年随访电话访谈的一部分，使用 PRISCUS-PAQ 调查参与者的日常身体活动模式。每周（小时：分钟）用于体育活动和家务活动（重家务、园艺）的时间分别分析男性和女性。进行多变量逻辑回归分析，以评估每周至少进行 2.5 小时体育活动和家务活动的可能性，与社会人口因素、广泛的与身体健康相关的因素和访谈日期（一年中的季节）相关。
共有 1610 名初级保健患者（51.6%为女性）纳入分析，中位年龄为 77 岁（范围 72-93 岁）。男性进行体育活动的频率高于女性（01:45 比 01:10），而女性每周做家务的时间多于男性（04:00 比 03:00）。在春季或夏季接受访谈与两性家务活动的参与度增加有关。在受教育程度较高的男性和女性中，参与这些活动的人数减少。独居增加了女性参加体育运动的几率，但对男性没有影响。大多数与身体健康相关的因素仅与男性或女性的体育活动或家务活动分别相关。需要助行器是唯一一致降低两性两个活动领域活动能力的因素。
这项探索性研究提供了德国社区居住的老年人群体在体育活动和家务活动参与情况及其相关因素的可靠而相关的数据，此前在德国仅在人群水平上有有限的信息。讨论了研究结果，并为流行病学研究和健康促进实践提供了启示。
