Understanding the role of contrasting urban contexts in healthy aging: an international cohort study using wearable sensor devices (the CURHA study protocol)

BMC Geriatrics

Study Protocol

Hélène Payette¹  Cédric Sueur²  Lucie Richard³  Basile Chaix⁴  Martine Shareck⁵  Bernhard Köppen⁶  Sylvain Klein⁶  Philippe Gerber⁶  Olivier Klein⁶  Marion Patte⁷  Pierre Rondier⁸  Benoit Thierry⁸  Lise Gauvin⁹  Yan Kestens⁹  Rania Wasfi⁹  Alexandre Naud⁹  Julie Vallée^1,10  Michel Desprès^1,11  Sébastien Lord^1,11 

[1] Canada Research Center on Aging, CIUSSS de l’Estrie-CHUS, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada;Département d’Ecologie, Physiologie et Ethologie; Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien, 23, rue Becquerel, 67087, Strasbourg, France;Faculty of Nursing, Université de Montréal, H3C 3J7, Montreal, QC, Canada;Inserm, UMR-S 1136, Pierre Louis Institute of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculté de médecine Saint-Antoine, 27 rue Chaligny, cedex 12, 75571, Paris, France;London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK;Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research, 11, Porte des Sciences, L-4366, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg;Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research, 11, Porte des Sciences, L-4366, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg;UMR Géographie-Cités, 13 rue du Four, 75006, Paris, France;Montreal University Research Center (CRCHUM), 850, rue St-Denis, H2X 0A9, Montréal, QC, Canada;Montreal University Research Center (CRCHUM), 850, rue St-Denis, H2X 0A9, Montréal, QC, Canada;École de Santé Publique de l’Université de Montréal (ESPUM), 7101, rue du Parc, H3N 1X9, Montréal, QC, Canada;UMR Géographie-Cités, 13 rue du Four, 75006, Paris, France;École d’urbanisme et d’architecture de paysage, Université de Montréal, 2940, chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, H3C 3J7, Montréal, QC, Canada;

关键词: Healthy aging;    Daily mobility;    Physical activity;    Social participation;    Social networks;    Wearable sensors;    GIS;    Spatial epidemiology;    Mixed methods;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12877-016-0273-7

 received in 2016-02-02, accepted in 2016-04-29,  发布年份 2016

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundGiven the challenges of aging populations, calls have been issued for more sustainable urban re-development and implementation of local solutions to address global environmental and healthy aging issues. However, few studies have considered older adults’ daily mobility to better understand how local built and social environments may contribute to healthy aging. Meanwhile, wearable sensors and interactive map-based applications offer novel means for gathering information on people’s mobility, levels of physical activity, or social network structure. Combining such data with classical questionnaires on well-being, physical activity, perceived environments and qualitative assessment of experience of places opens new opportunities to assess the complex interplay between individuals and environments. In line with current gaps and novel analytical capabilities, this research proposes an international research agenda to collect and analyse detailed data on daily mobility, social networks and health outcomes among older adults using interactive web-based questionnaires and wearable sensors.Methods/DesignOur study resorts to a battery of innovative data collection methods including use of a novel multisensor device for collection of location and physical activity, interactive map-based questionnaires on regular destinations and social networks, and qualitative assessment of experience of places. This rich data will allow advanced quantitative and qualitative analyses in the aim to disentangle the complex people-environment interactions linking urban local contexts to healthy aging, with a focus on active living, social networks and participation, and well-being.DiscussionThis project will generate evidence about what characteristics of urban environments relate to active mobility, social participation, and well-being, three important dimensions of healthy aging. It also sets the basis for an international research agenda on built environment and healthy aging based on a shared and comprehensive data collection protocol.

【 授权许可】

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© Kestens et al. 2016