Longitudinal changes in physical activity and sedentary time in adults around retirement age: what is the moderating role of retirement status, gender and educational level?

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 1125 - 11
• Main Authors: Van Dyck, Delfien, Cardon, Greet, De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 28.10.2016; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Activities of Daily Living - psychology; Adults; Age; Aged; Belgium; Chronic illnesses; Computer use; Correlation analysis; Demographic aspects; Demographics; Education; Exercise; Female; Gender; Health aspects; Health promotion; Households; Humans; Leisure; Leisure Activities - psychology; Life Change Events; Life expectancy; Longitudinal Studies; Longitudinal study; Male; Middle Aged; Moderators; Physical activity; Physical fitness; Physiological aspects; Psychological aspects; Public health; Questionnaires; Retirement; Retirement - psychology; Retirement age; Sedentary behavior; Sedentary Lifestyle; Social classes; Socio-demographic factors; Surveys and Questionnaires; Teaching methods; Transport; TV viewing; Viewing; Walking; Walking - psychology; Belgium; TV viewing; Computer use; Socio-demographic factors; Exercise; Moderators; Longitudinal study

The start of retirement is an important stage in an (older) adult's life and can affect physical activity (PA) and/or sedentary behaviors, making it an ideal period to implement health interventions. To identify the most optimal timing of such interventions it is important to determine how PA a...