The association of weather conditions with day-to-day variability in physical activity in patients with COPD.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While patients with COPD often cite weather conditions as a reason for inactivity, little is known about the relationship between physical activity (PA) and weather conditions. The present study investigated the association of day-to-day weather changes on PA in patients with COPD and investigated patient characteristics related to being more or less influenced by weather conditions.

Methods

In this longitudinal analysis, device-based day-by-day step counts were objectively measured in COPD patients for up to 12 months. Daily meteorological data (temperature, precipitation, wind speed, hours of sunlight and daylight) were linked to the daily step count and individual and multivariable relationships were investigated using mixed-model effects. Individual R²

SUBMITTER: Blondeel A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10641577 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature