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Perceived Opportunities for Physical Activity and Willingness to Be More Active in Older Adults with Different Physical Activity Levels

Merja RantakokkoLotta PalmbergTimo TörmäkangasAnne ViljanenHeidi SkantzErja PortegijsJohanna EronenEeva M. AartolahtiTaina RantanenMirja HirvensaloSusanne Iwarsson

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tarpeetHealth Toxicology and Mutagenesisfyysinen toimintakykyPhysical activityCommunity residentPhysical functionArticleUnmet needsOdds03 medical and health sciencesequity0302 clinical medicinephysical functionSurveys and QuestionnairesMedicine030212 general & internal medicine10. No inequalityMultinomial logistic regressionexercisekuntoliikuntabusiness.industryagingPublic Health Environmental and Occupational HealthR030229 sport sciencesOdds ratioConfidence intervalunmet needMedicinebusinessfyysinen aktiivisuusikääntyneetDemography

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This study examined equity in physical activity (PA) by investigating whether perceived opportunity for PA was associated with willingness to be more active. Among community residents (75, 80, or 85 years old, n = 962) perceived opportunity for PA (poor and good), willingness to be more active (not at all, a bit, and a lot), and level of PA (low, moderate, and high) were assessed via questionnaires. Multinomial logistic regression showed that physical activity moderated the association between poor opportunity and willingness to increase PA. Among those with moderate PA, poor opportunity for PA increased the odds of willingness to be a lot more active (multinomial odds ratio, mOR 3.90, 95% confidence interval 2.21–6.87) than not wanting to be more active compared to those perceiving good opportunities. Associations were similar at high PA levels (p &lt

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2021-06-01International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
10.3390/ijerph18116146https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/11/6146