The Correlation Research Between Built Neighborhood Environment And Elders’ Leisure-time Physical Activity

Background:To explore the correlation research between the subjective perception factors of built environment and leisure-time physical activity among the elders in Ningbo.Method: Residents are over 50 to 90 years old were selected from ningbo university for the elderly by random sampling from 2018 to 2019.The short questionnaire of the international physical activity scale(IPAQ-S)and the short questionnaire of the walking environment scale for communities in China(NEWS-C)were used to evaluate the leisure physical activity spent by elders in the last one week and the subjective perception of the built environment from the elders in Ningbo.At last we figure out the correlation between leisure physical activity time and subjective perception score of built environment and it was analyzed by general linear regression.Result:(1)The totally physical activity dates from the local elders was 2845.97met/min*week in Ningbo,the average leisure walking time was 675 minutes per week;(2)Under controlling the age,education level,employment,salary,community location,walking mode,the Exercise disease of lower limbs,the MET score of leisure-time physical activity of the elderly was significantly positively correlated with the mean score of walking road condition(P=0.021,correlation coefficient is 0.223);(3)significantly negatively correlated with the mean score of diversity(P=0.001,correlation coefficient is-0.307);(4)The remaining variables had no statistical significance with the built environment factors.Conclusion:To improve the conditions of the pedestrian paths and crosswalk and to decreasing the diversity of the type ofthe residential buildings in Ningbo are very helpful to increased the leisure physical activity time of the elderly,so that to improve the health status of the elderly...