Relationship of Social Connectedness with Decreasing Physical Activity during the COVID-19 Pandemic among Older Women Participating in the Women's Health Initiative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Aging is generally accompanied by decreasing physical activity, which is associated with a decline in many health parameters, leading to recommendations for older adults to increase or at least maintain physical activity (PA).

Methods

We determined relationships between social connectedness and decreasing or increasing PA levels during the COVID-19 pandemic among 41,443 participants of the Women's Health Initiative Extension Study. Outcomes of logistic regression models were decreasing PA activity (reference: maintaining or increasing) and increasing PA activity (reference: maintaining or decreasing). The main predictor was social connectedness as a combined variable: not living alone (reference: living alone) and communicating with others outside the home more th

SUBMITTER: Crandall CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9129221 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature