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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Paul Gellert, Professor Miles WithamORCiD, Professor Falko Sniehotta
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Objective: to test the predictive utility of perceived barriers to objectively measured physical activity levels in a stratified sample of older adults when accounting for social-cognitive determinants proposed by the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB), and economic and demographic factors.Methods: data were analysed from the Physical Activity Cohort Scotland survey, a representative and stratified (65-80 and 80+ years; deprived and affluent) sample of 584 community-dwelling older people, resident in Tayside, Scotland. Physical activity was measured objectively by accelerometry.Results: perceived barriers clustered around the areas of poor health, lack of interest, lack of safety and lack of access. Perceived poor health and lack of interest, but not lack of access or concerns about personal safety, predicted physical activity after controlling for demographic, economic and TPB variables.Discussion: perceived person-related barriers (poor health and lack of interest) seem to be more strongly associated with physical activity levels than perceived environmental barriers (safety and access) in a large sample of older adults. Perceived barriers are modifiable and may be a target for future interventions.
Author(s): Gellert P, Witham MD, Crombie IK, Donnan PT, McMurdo MET, Sniehotta FF
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Age and Ageing
Year: 2015
Volume: 44
Issue: 3
Pages: 384-390
Print publication date: 01/05/2015
Online publication date: 17/02/2015
Acceptance date: 21/11/2014
ISSN (print): 0002-0729
ISSN (electronic): 1468-2834
Publisher: Oxford University Press
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afv001
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afv001
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