TY - JOUR
T1 - Older adults' favorite activities are resoundingly active
T2 - Findings from the NHATS study
AU - Szanton, Sarah L.
AU - Walker, Rachel K.
AU - Roberts, Laken
AU - Thorpe, Roland J.
AU - Wolff, Jennifer
AU - Agree, Emily
AU - Roth, David L.
AU - Gitlin, Laura N
AU - Seplaki, Christopher
N1 - Funding Information:
Dr. Szanton was supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Nurse Faculty Scholars Program 69351 during the writing of this manuscript. Dr. Agree is funded by National Institute on Aging grant U01-AG032947 . Dr. Seplaki is supported by Mentored Research Scientist Development Award number K01AG031332 from the National Institute on Aging. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institute on Aging or the National Institutes of Health.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 The Authors.
PY - 2015/3/1
Y1 - 2015/3/1
N2 - Activity is associated with health among older adults yet older adults' favorite activities have rarely been investigated. We analyzed the community dwelling, cognitively-intact sample of NHATS, a nationally representative sample of adults ≥65, who had named their favorite activities (. N = 5247). Logistic regression models estimated the odds of choosing a physical activity controlling for demographics, self-rated health, and disability. For all ages, four of the top five most common favorite activities were active: walking/jogging (14%), outdoor maintenance (13%), playing sports (8.9%), and other physical activity (8.7%). These findings sustain in 65-75 year olds. Even in 80-84 year olds, 3 of the top five activities are active. These findings vary by self-rated health (OR = 0.71, p < 0.001), disability (OR = 0.72, p < 0.001) and gender (OR = 0.52, p < 0.001). Policy makers, clinicians, and urban planners can use these results in their work.
AB - Activity is associated with health among older adults yet older adults' favorite activities have rarely been investigated. We analyzed the community dwelling, cognitively-intact sample of NHATS, a nationally representative sample of adults ≥65, who had named their favorite activities (. N = 5247). Logistic regression models estimated the odds of choosing a physical activity controlling for demographics, self-rated health, and disability. For all ages, four of the top five most common favorite activities were active: walking/jogging (14%), outdoor maintenance (13%), playing sports (8.9%), and other physical activity (8.7%). These findings sustain in 65-75 year olds. Even in 80-84 year olds, 3 of the top five activities are active. These findings vary by self-rated health (OR = 0.71, p < 0.001), disability (OR = 0.72, p < 0.001) and gender (OR = 0.52, p < 0.001). Policy makers, clinicians, and urban planners can use these results in their work.
KW - Activities
KW - Participation
KW - Physical activity
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84928208865&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84928208865&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2014.12.008
DO - 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2014.12.008
M3 - Article
C2 - 25619566
AN - SCOPUS:84928208865
SN - 0197-4572
VL - 36
SP - 131
EP - 135
JO - Geriatric Nursing
JF - Geriatric Nursing
IS - 2
ER -