Objectively Measured Activity Patterns among Adults in Residential Aged Care

Natasha Reid, Elizabeth Eakin, Timothy Henwood, Justin W. L. Keogh, Hugh E. Senior, Paul A. Gardiner, Elisabeth Winkler and Genevieve N. Healy
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Natasha Reid: Cancer Prevention Research Centre, School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
Elizabeth Eakin: Cancer Prevention Research Centre, School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
Timothy Henwood: University of Queensland/Blue Care Research & Practice Development Centre, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
Justin W. L. Keogh: Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Robina, QLD 4226, Australia
Hugh E. Senior: Discipline of General Practice, School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
Paul A. Gardiner: Centre for Longitudinal and Life Course Research, School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
Elisabeth Winkler: Cancer Prevention Research Centre, School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
Genevieve N. Healy: Cancer Prevention Research Centre, School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia

IJERPH, 2013, vol. 10, issue 12, 1-16

Abstract: Objectives: To determine the feasibility of using the activPAL3 TM activity monitor, and, to describe the activity patterns of residential aged care residents. Design: Cross-sectional. Setting: Randomly selected aged care facilities within 100 km of the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Participants: Ambulatory, older (?60 years) residential aged care adults without cognitive impairment. Measurements: Feasibility was assessed by consent rate, sleep/wear diary completion, and through interviews with staff/participants. Activity patterns (sitting/lying, standing, and stepping) were measured via activPAL3 TM monitors worn continuously for seven days. Times spent in each activity were described and then compared across days of the week and hours of the day using linear mixed models. Results: Consent rate was 48% (n = 41). Activity patterns are described for the 31 participants (mean age 84.2 years) who provided at least one day of valid monitor data. In total, 14 (45%) completed the sleep/wear diary. Participants spent a median (interquartile range) of 12.4 (1.7) h sitting/lying (with 73% of this accumulated in unbroken bouts of ?30 min), 1.9 (1.3) h standing, and 21.4 (36.7) min stepping during their monitored waking hours per day. Activity did not vary significantly by day of the week ( p ? 0.05); stepping showed significant hourly variation ( p = 0.018). Conclusions: Older adults in residential aged care were consistently highly sedentary. Feasibility considerations for objective activity monitoring identified for this population include poor diary completion and lost monitors.

Keywords: older adults; physical activity; sedentary time; sitting-objective measurement; activPAL (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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