Do changes to the local street environment alter behaviour and quality of life of older adults? The 'DIY Streets' intervention

dc.authorid Curl, Angela/0000-0002-8325-190X
dc.authorid Alves, Susana/0000-0002-6831-8192
dc.authorid Ward Thompson, Catharine/0000-0002-9563-0026
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dc.authorwosid Curl, Angela/J-5879-2019
dc.authorwosid Alves, Susana/E-5314-2016
dc.authorwosid Ward Thompson, Catharine/JFA-9237-2023
dc.contributor.author Thompson, Catharine Ward
dc.contributor.author Curl, Angela
dc.contributor.author Aspinall, Peter
dc.contributor.author Alves, Susana
dc.contributor.author Zuin, Affonso
dc.date.accessioned 2024-05-25T11:23:28Z
dc.date.available 2024-05-25T11:23:28Z
dc.date.issued 2014
dc.department Okan University en_US
dc.department-temp [Thompson, Catharine Ward; Curl, Angela] Univ Edinburgh, OPENspace Res Ctr, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; [Aspinall, Peter] Heriot Watt Univ, Sch Built Environm, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; [Alves, Susana] Okan Univ, Dept Architecture, Istanbul, Turkey; [Zuin, Affonso] Univ Fed Vicosa, Dept Fitotecnia, Vicosa, MG, Brazil en_US
dc.description Curl, Angela/0000-0002-8325-190X; Alves, Susana/0000-0002-6831-8192; Ward Thompson, Catharine/0000-0002-9563-0026 en_US
dc.description.abstract Background The burden of ill-health due to inactivity has recently been highlighted. Better studies on environments that support physical activity are called for, including longitudinal studies of environmental interventions. A programme of residential street improvements in the UK (Sustrans 'DIY Streets') allowed a rare opportunity for a prospective, longitudinal study of the effect of such changes on older adults' activities, health and quality of life. Methods Pre-post, cross-sectional surveys were carried out in locations across England, Wales and Scotland; participants were aged 65+ living in intervention or comparison streets. A questionnaire covered health and quality of life, frequency of outdoor trips, time outdoors in different activities and a 38-item scale on neighbourhood open space. A cohort study explored changes in self-report activity and well-being postintervention. Activity levels were also measured by accelerometer and accompanying diary records. Results The cross-sectional surveys showed outdoor activity predicted by having a clean, nuisance-free local park, attractive, barrier-free routes to it and other natural environments nearby. Being able to park one's car outside the house also predicted time outdoors. The environmental changes had an impact on perceptions of street walkability and safety at night, but not on overall activity levels, health or quality of life. Participants' moderate-to-vigorous activity levels rarely met UK health recommendations. Conclusions Our study contributes to methodology in a longitudinal, pre-post design and points to factors in the built environment that support active ageing. We include an example of knowledge exchange guidance on age-friendly built environments for policy-makers and planners. en_US
dc.description.sponsorship UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/D079861/1]; EPSRC [EP/D079861/1] Funding Source: UKRI; Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/D079861/1] Funding Source: researchfish en_US
dc.description.sponsorship Funding for this project was provided by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council under grant no. EP/D079861/1. en_US
dc.identifier.citationcount 45
dc.identifier.doi 10.1136/bjsports-2012-091718
dc.identifier.issn 0306-3674
dc.identifier.issn 1473-0480
dc.identifier.issue 13 en_US
dc.identifier.pmid 23242959
dc.identifier.scopus 2-s2.0-84902546852
dc.identifier.scopusquality Q1
dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2012-091718
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14517/731
dc.identifier.volume 48 en_US
dc.identifier.wos WOS:000337917600011
dc.identifier.wosquality Q1
dc.language.iso en
dc.publisher Bmj Publishing Group en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategory Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı en_US
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess en_US
dc.scopus.citedbyCount 54
dc.subject [No Keyword Available] en_US
dc.title Do changes to the local street environment alter behaviour and quality of life of older adults? The 'DIY Streets' intervention en_US
dc.type Article en_US
dc.wos.citedbyCount 44

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