TY - JOUR
T1 - Associations between perceived proximity to neighborhood resources, disability, and social participation among community-dwelling older adults
T2 - Results from the VoisiNuAge Study
AU - Levasseur, Mélanie
AU - Gauvin, Lise
AU - Richard, Lucie
AU - Kestens, Yan
AU - DANIEL, Mark
AU - Payette, Hélène
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Objective: To examine the associations between perceived proximity to neighborhood resources, disability, and social participation and the potential moderating effect of perceived proximity to neighborhood resources on the association between disability and social participation in community-dwelling older women and men. Design: Cross-sectional. Setting: Community. Participants: Older adults (296 women, 258 men). Interventions: Not applicable. Main Outcome Measures: Data for age, education, depressive symptoms, frequency of participation in community activities, perceived proximity to neighborhood resources (services, amenities), and functional autonomy in daily activities (disability) were collected by means of interviewer-administered questionnaire. Results: Greater perceived proximity to resources and lower level of disability were associated with greater social participation for both women (R(2)=.10; P<.001) and men (R(2)=.05; P<.01). The association between disability and social participation did not vary as a function of perceived proximity to neighborhood resources in women (no moderating effect; P=.15). However, in men, greater perceived proximity to neighborhood resources enhanced social participation (P=.01), but only in those with minor or no disability. Conclusions: Future studies should investigate why perceived proximity to services and amenities is associated with social participation in older men with minor or no disabilities and with women overall, but has no association in men with moderate disabilities.
AB - Objective: To examine the associations between perceived proximity to neighborhood resources, disability, and social participation and the potential moderating effect of perceived proximity to neighborhood resources on the association between disability and social participation in community-dwelling older women and men. Design: Cross-sectional. Setting: Community. Participants: Older adults (296 women, 258 men). Interventions: Not applicable. Main Outcome Measures: Data for age, education, depressive symptoms, frequency of participation in community activities, perceived proximity to neighborhood resources (services, amenities), and functional autonomy in daily activities (disability) were collected by means of interviewer-administered questionnaire. Results: Greater perceived proximity to resources and lower level of disability were associated with greater social participation for both women (R(2)=.10; P<.001) and men (R(2)=.05; P<.01). The association between disability and social participation did not vary as a function of perceived proximity to neighborhood resources in women (no moderating effect; P=.15). However, in men, greater perceived proximity to neighborhood resources enhanced social participation (P=.01), but only in those with minor or no disability. Conclusions: Future studies should investigate why perceived proximity to services and amenities is associated with social participation in older men with minor or no disabilities and with women overall, but has no association in men with moderate disabilities.
U2 - 10.1016/j.apmr.2011.06.035
DO - 10.1016/j.apmr.2011.06.035
M3 - Article
C2 - 22133245
SN - 0003-9993
VL - 92
SP - 1979
EP - 1986
JO - Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
JF - Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
IS - 12
ER -