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Dose-response relationships between physical activity, walking and health-related quality of life in mid-age and older women.

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BACKGROUND:Although physical activity is associated with health-related quality of life (HRQL), the nature of the dose-response relationship remains unclear. OBJECTIVES:To examine the concurrent and prospective dose-response relationships between total physical activity (TPA) and (only) walking with HRQL in two age cohorts of women. METHODS:Participants were 10 698 women born in 1946-1951 and 7646 born in 1921-1926, who completed three mailed surveys for the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. They reported weekly TPA minutes (sum of walking, moderate and vigorous minutes). HRQL was measured with the Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form 36 Health Status Survey (SF-36). Linear mixed models, adjusted for socio-demographic and health-related variables, were used to examine associations between TPA level (none, very low, low, intermediate, sufficient, high and very high) and SF-36 scores. For women who reported walking as their only physical activity, associations between walking and SF-36 scores were also examined. RESULTS:Curvilinear trends were observed between TPA and walking with SF-36 scores. Concurrently, HRQL scores increased significantly with increasing TPA and walking, in both cohorts, with increases less marked above sufficient activity levels. Prospectively, associations were attenuated although significant and meaningful improvements in physical functioning and vitality were observed across most TPA and walking categories above the low category. CONCLUSION:For women in their 50s-80s without clinical depression, greater amounts of TPA are associated with better current and future HRQL, particularly physical functioning and vitality. Even if walking is their only activity, women, particularly those in their 70s-80s, have better HRQL.

journal_name

J Epidemiol Community Health

journal_title

Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors

Heesch KC,van Uffelen JG,van Gellecum YR,Brown WJ

doi

10.1136/jech-2011-200850

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2012-08-01 00:00:00

pages

670-7

issue

eissn

0143-005X

issn

1470-2738

pii

jech-2011-200850

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Dose-response relationships between physical activity, walking and health-related quality of life in mid-age and older women.