A prospective study on the effect of self-reported health and leisure time physical activity on mortality among an ageing population: results from the Tromso study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The prevailing Western ideal of ageing in place, with the option to stay at home as one ages, has led to the development of physical activity guidelines for people of advanced age to increase their quality of life and promote their functional abilities. This study investigates the effect of self-reported health and physical activity on mortality and examines how levels of age-specific physical activity affect self-reported health trajectories in an ageing cohort.

Methods

The sample cohort of the population-based Tromsø Study consists of 24,309 participants aged 25-97 years at baseline. This study involved a survival analysis from 1994 to 2015 and included those who completed two or more surveys (n = 12,241) between 1994 and 2008. The purpose was to examine the rel

SUBMITTER: Opdal IM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7189588 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature