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. 2021 Dec 16;18(24):13252.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph182413252.

Association of Self-Reported and Device-Measured Sedentary Behaviour and Physical Activity with Health-Related Quality of Life among European Older Adults

Oriol Sansano-Nadal  1 , Maria Giné-Garriga  1   2 , Beatriz Rodríguez-Roca  3 , Myriam Guerra-Balic  1 , Kelly Ferri  1 , Jason J Wilson  4   5 , Paolo Caserotti  6 , Pia Øllgaard Olsen  6 , Nicole E Blackburn  7 , Dietrich Rothenbacher  8 , Dhayana Dallmeier  9   10 , Marta Roqué-Fíguls  11 , Emma McIntosh  12 , Carme Martín-Borràs  1   2
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Association of Self-Reported and Device-Measured Sedentary Behaviour and Physical Activity with Health-Related Quality of Life among European Older Adults

Oriol Sansano-Nadal et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

Human movement behaviours such as physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviour (SB) during waking time have a significant impact on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in older adults. In this study, we aimed to analyse the association between self-reported and device-measured SB and PA with HRQoL in a cohort of community-dwelling older adults from four European countries. A subsample of 1193 participants from the SITLESS trial (61% women and 75.1 ± 6.2 years old) were included in the analysis. The association between self-reported and objective measures of SB and PA with HRQoL were quantified using Spearman's Rho coefficients. The strength of the associations between self-reported and device-measured PA and SB with self-rated HRQoL (mental composite score, MCS; physical composite score, PCS) were assessed through multivariate multiple regression analysis. Self-reported and device-measured PA and SB levels showed significant but poor associations with PCS (p < 0.05). The association with MCS was only significant but poor with self-reported light PA (LPA) and moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA). In conclusion, the findings of this study suggest that both self-reported and device-measured PA of all intensities were positively and significantly associated, while SB was negatively and significantly associated with the PCS of the SF-12.

Keywords: accelerometer; health-related quality of life; older adults; physical activity; sedentary behaviour.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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