Clinical Gerontology, National Ageing Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3050, Australia.
Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC 3011, Australia.
J Public Health (Oxf). 2024 Aug 25;46(3):403-411. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdae119.
This study investigated how different spaces within multigenerational local parks are being used by older people and other age groups.
Observation of park visitors occurred in six Victorian parks one month after park refurbishment. Parks were classified into six spaces based on equipment/amenities and associated expected activity. Observations were summarized descriptively, and negative binomial regression models were used to examine the association between visitor counts and classified targeted areas.
A total of 12 501 people visited the parks with 4.1% older visitors. The number of older visitors in each park area was consistently less than other age groups, with counts of older visitors being 50% less in mixed spaces (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.38, 0.65), 40% less in adult exercise equipment areas (95% CI 0.46, 0.77) and 59% less in walking paths (95% CI 0.31, 0.55). The number of older visitors engaging in physical activity were significantly greater in walking paths (incidence rate ratios 1.75; 95% CI 1.16, 2.64) compared with children's play spaces.
The number of visitors across different age groups varied significantly between the park targeted areas. Most spaces were mainly used by the intended target age group/user, with no particular area used by all age groups in similar proportions.
本研究调查了多代人当地公园内的不同空间是如何被老年人和其他年龄组使用的。
在公园翻新一个月后，对六处维多利亚式公园的游客进行了观察。根据设备/便利设施和相关预期活动，将公园分为六个空间。观察结果进行了描述性总结，并使用负二项回归模型来检验游客人数与分类目标区域之间的关联。
共有 12501 人参观了这些公园，其中 4.1%是老年人。每个公园区域的老年游客人数始终少于其他年龄组，混合空间的老年游客人数减少了 50%（95%置信区间 [CI] 0.38，0.65），成人健身器材区减少了 40%（95% CI 0.46，0.77），步行道减少了 59%（95% CI 0.31，0.55）。与儿童游乐区相比，在步行道上进行体育活动的老年游客人数明显更多（发病率比 1.75；95% CI 1.16，2.64）。
不同年龄组的游客数量在公园目标区域之间存在显著差异。大多数空间主要被预期的目标年龄组/用户使用，没有任何特定区域被所有年龄组以相似的比例使用。
