Sedentary behaviour among older adults residing in flat and hilly neighbourhoods and its association with frailty and chronic disease status.

Asiamah, Nestor; Mawulorm Agyemang, Simon; Ramos Vieira, Edgar; T A Khan, Hafiz; Gasana, Janvier

doi:10.1186/s12889-023-17029-0

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Sedentary behaviour among older adults residing in flat and hilly neighbourhoods and its association with frailty and chronic disease status.

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Authors:

Nestor Asiamah

Simon Mawulorm Agyemang

Edgar Ramos Vieira

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Living in hilly neighbourhoods can be associated with sedentary behaviour, but no study has compared sedentary behaviour and its associations with frailty, chronic diseases, and poor health between flat and hilly neighbourhoods among older adults. This study, therefore, compared older ad...

Subject

Ageing

Chronic disease status

Frailty

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