Association of physical activity with utilization of long-term care in community-dwelling older adults in Germany: results from the population-based KORA-Age observational study.

Autor: Steinbeisser K; Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany. kathrin.steinbeisser@th-deg.de.; Faculty for Applied Healthcare Sciences, Technical University of Deggendorf, Dieter-Görlitz-Platz 1, 94469, Deggendorf, Germany. kathrin.steinbeisser@th-deg.de., Schwarzkopf L; Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany.; IFT Institut für Therapieforschung, Leopoldstr. 175, 80804, Munich, Germany., Schwettmann L; Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany.; Department of Economics, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 06099, Halle (Saale), Germany., Laxy M; Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany.; TUM Department of Sport and Health Sciences, Professorship of Public Health and Prevention, Technical University of Munich, Georg-Brauchle-Ring 60/62, 80992, Munich, Germany.; School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.; German Center of Diabetes Research (DZD), Munich, Germany., Grill E; Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry and Epidemiology (IBE), Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, Munich, Germany.; German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, Munich, Germany., Rester C; Faculty for Applied Healthcare Sciences, Technical University of Deggendorf, Dieter-Görlitz-Platz 1, 94469, Deggendorf, Germany., Peters A; Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany., Seidl H; Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany.; Quality Management and Gender Medicine, München Klinik Schwabing, Kölner Platz 1, 80804, Munich, Germany.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity [Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act] 2022 Aug 08; Vol. 19 (1), pp. 102. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Aug 08.
DOI: 10.1186/s12966-022-01322-z
Abstrakt: Background: Physical activity (PA) is a proven strategy to prevent chronic diseases and reduce falls. Furthermore, it improves or at least maintains performance of activities of daily living, and thus fosters an independent lifestyle in older adults. However, evidence on the association of PA with relevant subgroups, such as older adults with utilization of long-term care (LTC), is sparse. This knowledge would be essential for establishing effective, need-based strategies to minimize the burden on healthcare systems due to the increasing need for LTC in old age.
Methods: Data originate from the 2011/12 (t 1 ) baseline assessment and 2016 (t 2 ) follow-up of the population-based Cooperative Health Research in the Region of Augsburg (KORA-)Age study in southern Germany. In 4812 observations of individuals ≥65 years, the association between various types of PA (walking, exercise (i. e., subcategory of PA with the objective to improve or maintain one or more components of physical fitness), walking+exercise) and utilization of LTC (yes/no) was analyzed using generalized estimating equation logistic models. Corresponding models stratified by sex (females: 2499 observations; males: 2313 observations) examined sex-specific associations. Descriptive analyses assessed the proportion of individuals meeting the suggested minimum values in the German National Physical Activity Recommendations for older adults (GNPAR).
Results: All types of PA showed a statistically significant association with non-utilization of LTC in the entire cohort. "Walking+exercise" had the strongest association with non-utilization of LTC in the entire cohort (odds ratio (OR): 0.52, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.39-0.70) and in males (OR: 0.41, CI: 0.26-0.65), whereas in females it was "exercise" (OR: 0.58; CI: 0.35-0.94). The proportion of individuals meeting the GNPAR was higher among those without utilization of LTC (32.7%) than among those with LTC (11.7%) and group differences were statistically significant (p ≤ 0.05).
Conclusions: The GNPAR are rarely met by older adults. However, doing any type of PA is associated with non-utilization of LTC in community-dwelling older adults. Therefore, older adults should be encouraged to walk or exercise regularly. Furthermore, future PA programs should consider target-groups' particularities to reach individuals with the highest needs for support.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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