Revising the senior walking environmental assessment tool

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

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Article

Michael, Yvonne L.^1,2  Keast, Erin M.¹  Chaudhury, Habib³  Day, Kristen⁴  Mahmood, Atiya⁵  Sarte, Ann F. I.³ 

[1] Oregon Hlth & Sci Univ, Portland, OR 97201 USA

[2] Kaiser Permanente Ctr Hlth Res, Portland, OR USA

[3] Simon Fraser Univ, Harbour Ctr, Vancouver, BC, Canada

[4] Univ Calif Irvine, Irvine, CA USA

[5] Oregon State Univ, Corvallis, OR 97331 USA

关键词: Older adults;    Environment;    Residence characteristics;    Research design;    Instrumentation;    Walking;    Reproducibility of results;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.12.008

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Background. The Senior Walking Environmental Assessment Tool (SWEAT), an instrument for measuring built environmental features associated with physical activity of older adults, was revised to create an easier-to-use tool for use by practitioners and community members. Methods. Inter-rater and intra-rater reliability of the modified instrument (SWEAT-R) was assessed in Portland, Oregon in 2007. Five trained observers audited street segments in 12 neighborhoods, resulting in 361 pairs of audits, including 63 repeated audits. Results. Overall, 88% and 75% of items assessed had good or excellent inter-rater and intra-rater reliability, respectively. The revised instrument required less time to complete than the original instrument, while obtaining more information. Conclusion. SWEAT-R provides easy to gather, reliable data for use in community-based audits of built environment in relation to walking among older adults. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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