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- Title
Physical Activity and the Association With Self-Reported Impairments, Walking Limitations, Fear of Falling, and Incidence of Falls in Persons With Late Effects of Polio.
- Authors
Winberg, Cecilia; Brogårdh, Christina W.Y.; Flansbjer, Ulla-Britt; Carlsson, Gunilla; Rimmer, James; Lexell, Jan
- Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the association between physical activity and self-reported disability in ambulatory persons with mild to moderate late effects of polio (N = 81, mean age 67 years). The outcome measures were: Physical Activity and Disability Survey (PADS), a pedometer, Self-Reported Impairments in Persons with Late Effects of Polio Scale (SIPP), Walking Impact Scale (Walk-12), Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I), and self-reported incidence of falls. The participants were physically active on average 158 min per day and walked 6,212 steps daily. Significant associations were found between PADS and Walk-12 (r = -.31, p < .001), and between the number of steps and SIPP, Walk-12, and FES-I (r = -.22 to -.32, p < .05). Walk-12 and age explained 14% of the variance in PADS and FES-I explained 9% of the variance in number of steps per day. Thus, physical activity was only weakly to moderately associated with self-reported disability.
- Subjects
SWEDEN; STATISTICAL correlation; ACCIDENTAL falls; FEAR; INTERVIEWING; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION analysis; RESEARCH funding; STATISTICAL sampling; SELF-evaluation; STATISTICS; WALKING; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS syndrome; PEDOMETERS; DATA analysis; BODY mass index; RELATIVE medical risk; INDEPENDENT living; DISEASE incidence; PHYSICAL activity; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; OLD age
- Publication
Journal of Aging & Physical Activity, 2015, Vol 23, Issue 3, p425
- ISSN
1063-8652
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1123/japa.2014-0163