TY - JOUR
T1 - Physical activity measurement by accelerometry among older Malay adults living in semi-rural areas-a feasibility study
AU - Abidin, Nurdiana Zainol
AU - Brown, Wendy J.
AU - Clark, Bronwyn
AU - Muhamed, Ahmad Munir Che
AU - Singh, Rabindarjeet
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Human Kinetics, Inc.
PY - 2016/10
Y1 - 2016/10
N2 - We evaluated feasibility of physical activity measurement by accelerometry among older Malay adults living in semi-rural areas in Malaysia. Results showed that 95% of 146 participants (aged [SD] 67.6 [6.4] years) were compliant in wearing the accelerometer for at least fve days. Fifteen participants were asked for re-wear the accelerometer because they did not have enough valid days during the frst assessment. Participants wore the accelerometer an average of 15.3 hr in a 24-hr day, with 6.5 (1.2) valid wear days. No signifcant difference in valid wear day and time was found between men and women. Participants who are single provide more valid wear days compared with married participants (p <.05), and participants with higher levels of education provide longer periods of accelerometer wearing hours (p <.01). Eighty-seven percent of participants reported 'no issues' with wearing the meter. This study suggests that accelerometry is a feasible method to assess the physical activity level among older Malay adults living in semi-rural areas.
AB - We evaluated feasibility of physical activity measurement by accelerometry among older Malay adults living in semi-rural areas in Malaysia. Results showed that 95% of 146 participants (aged [SD] 67.6 [6.4] years) were compliant in wearing the accelerometer for at least fve days. Fifteen participants were asked for re-wear the accelerometer because they did not have enough valid days during the frst assessment. Participants wore the accelerometer an average of 15.3 hr in a 24-hr day, with 6.5 (1.2) valid wear days. No signifcant difference in valid wear day and time was found between men and women. Participants who are single provide more valid wear days compared with married participants (p <.05), and participants with higher levels of education provide longer periods of accelerometer wearing hours (p <.01). Eighty-seven percent of participants reported 'no issues' with wearing the meter. This study suggests that accelerometry is a feasible method to assess the physical activity level among older Malay adults living in semi-rural areas.
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U2 - 10.1123/japa.2015-0157
DO - 10.1123/japa.2015-0157
M3 - Article
C2 - 26964887
AN - SCOPUS:84995543250
SN - 1063-8652
VL - 24
SP - 533
EP - 539
JO - Journal of Aging and Physical Activity
JF - Journal of Aging and Physical Activity
IS - 4
ER -