An Umbrella Review of the Best and Most Up-to-Date Evidence on the Built Environment and Physical Activity in Older Adults ≥60 Years.

Objectives: To present the best and most up-to-date evidence on associations between built environment (BE) attributes and overall and specific domains of physical activity (PA) (i.e., leisure, transport, walking, and cycling) in older adults (≥60 years). Methods: An umbrella review was undertaken to compile evidence from systematic reviews using the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology. A comprehensive search (updated 16 August 2022), inclusion/exclusion of articles via title/abstract and full-text reviews, data extraction, and critical appraisal were completed. Only reviews with a good critical appraisal score were included. Results: Across three included systematic reviews, each BE attribute category was positively associated with ≥1 PA outcome. A larger number of significant associations with BE attributes were reported for transport walking (13/26), total walking (10/25), and total PA (9/26), compared to leisure walking (4/34) and transport cycling (3/12). Fewer associations have been examined for leisure cycling (1/2). Conclusion: Although the causality of findings cannot be concluded due to most primary studies being cross-sectional, these best and most up-to-date findings can guide necessary future longitudinal and experimental studies for the (re)design of age-friendly communities.

Ambient air pollution and movement behaviours: A scoping review.

This scoping review summarizes the literature about how ambient (outdoor) air pollution impacts movement behaviours (i.e., physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and sleep), or beliefs about movement behaviours. Of 6552 potential documents, 58 documents and 218 findings were included in the final synthesis. Most studies were from the United States and China, involved cross-sectional designs, and included mixed age groups. Overall, unfavourable changes/associations (i.e., decreased/lower physical activity, increased/higher sedentary-related behaviour, and decreased/lower sleep duration and quality) or no change/association in movement behaviours in relation to ambient air pollution were identified. Our findings suggest that more attention should be given to understanding the impact of ambient air pollution on movement behaviours in general and in diverse countries and vulnerable populations such as children or older adults.

Potential Impact of Autonomous Vehicles on Movement Behavior: A Scoping Review.

CONTEXT: This scoping review examines the literature as it relates to autonomous vehicles and impact on movement behavior (i.e., physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep) or mode choice (e.g., public transit), beliefs about movement behavior or mode choice, or impact on environments that may influence movement behavior or mode choice. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION: A search was conducted in June 2018 and updated in August 2019 of numerous databases (e.g., SPORTDiscuss, PubMed, and Scopus) and hand searching using terms such as autonomous cars and walking. Documents were included if they were databased studies, published in English, and related to the research question. They were then coded by 6 reviewers for characteristics of the document, design, sample, autonomous vehicles, movement behavior, and findings. The coding and analysis were conducted between August 2018 and September 2019. EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS: Of 1,262 possible studies, 192 remained after a title and abstract scan, and 70 were included after a full-article scan. Most of the studies were conducted in Europe (42%) or North America (40%), involved simulation modeling (50%) or cross-sectional (34%) designs, and were published mostly in transportation (83%) journals or reports. Of the 252 findings, 61% related to movement behavior or mode choice. Though the findings were equivocal in some cases, impacts included decreased demand for active transportation, increased demand for autonomous vehicles, increased sitting and sleeping, and reduced walking. CONCLUSIONS: Though no experimental or longitudinal studies have been published to date, the available research suggests that autonomous vehicles will impact aspects of mode choice and the built environment of people residing in much of the developed world, resulting in reduced walking and more sitting.

The extent to which family physicians record their patients' exercise in medical records: a scoping review.

OBJECTIVE: Exercise is an effective modality for the prevention and treatment of chronic conditions and family physicians are the healthcare providers tasked to manage patients' chronic disease status. However, little is known about the exercise documentation in family-physician records. Therefore, a scoping review was conducted to describe family-physician-recorded exercise-related advice to patients in electronic medical records. DESIGN: Scoping review. SETTING: Primary care clinics. SEARCH STRATEGY: PubMed, Medline, SPORTDiscus, Google, Dissertations & Theses Global, OCLC PapersFirst (via First Search) and included references were searched between 1 January 1990 and 10 June 2018. Extracted information included year, geographic origin, data input structure, input frequency and content of exercise inputs in family physicians' electronic medical records. The primary outcomes are the structure, purpose and frequency of inputs. RESULTS: Of a possible 1758 documents, 83 remained after a title and abstract scan and 22 after a full-text review. These documents included 32 findings of physical activity/exercise medical record documentation: counselling/advising patients (50.0%), status (12.5%), embedded questionnaires (12.5%), status as a risk factor (12.5%), health promotion documentation (6.3%), inactivity status (3.1%) and grading (3.1%). The frequency of exercise inputs in primary care records vary from as low as 0.4% of patients with documentation of physical activity health promotion inputs to as high as 87.8% of patients with exercise or physical activity status recorded. The majority of included documents (63.6%) were focused on patients with identified chronic conditions. CONCLUSION: The findings suggest that the structure and purpose of exercise documentation is often unclear or unspecified. Studies that present exercise information from family-physician medical records tend to focus on patients with specific chronic conditions and present little detail about the field from which information was extracted. The review found that the proportion of patients with physical activity or exercise information is often less than half.

Análise do comportamento das variáveis antropométricas e respostas hemodinâmicas em crianças / Analysis the behavior of anthropometric variables and hemodynamic responses in children

O objetivo do estudo foi analisar o comportamento das variáveis antropométricas e respostas hemodinâmicas em crianças, relacionado à comorbidades cardiovasculares e estado nutricional. A amostra foi composta por 93 crianças (sexo masculino), com idades entre 6 a 12 anos (8,8±1,6 anos). Foram coletadas as seguintes variáveis: massa corporal, estatura, índice de massa corporal (IMC), porcentagem de gordura, circunferência da cintura, relação cintura/estatura e pressão arterial (sistólica e diastólica). As crianças com presença de comorbidades cardiovasculares foram aquelas que apresentaram uma ou mais das variáveis fora dos parâmetros de saúde. Para a classificação do estado nutricional das crianças, utilizou-se o indicativo de peso normal, excesso de peso e obesidade. Os dados foram analisados através de estatística descritiva, diferenças de médias estandardizadas e os respectivos intervalos de confiança. As diferenças entre os momentos foram analisadas através de diferenças de médias estandardizadas e os respectivos intervalos de confiança. Adicionalmente foi calculado o tamanho do efeito seguido a seguinte escala: 0 - 0.2 trivial, > 0,2 - 0.6 pequeno, > 0.6 - 1.2 moderado, > 1.2 - 2.0 grande, e > 2.0 muito grande. Os resultados mostraram que as crianças com presença de comorbidades cardiovasculares apresentaram valores substancialmente mais elevados (tamanho do efeito grande) nas variáveis antropométricas (IMC, percentual de gordura, circunferência da cintura e relação cintura/estatura) quando comparadas com as crianças ausentes de comorbidades cardiovasculares. Além disso, as crianças com excesso de peso e obesidade apresentaram valores substancialmente mais elevados (tamanho do efeito muito grande e grande) no IMC, no percentual de gordura, na circunferência da cintura e na relação cintura/estatura quando comparada com as que possuem peso normal. Conclui-se que as crianças classificadas com a presença de comorbidades cardiovasculares possuem valores substancialmente mais elevados nas variáveis antropométricas, assim como as crianças com excesso de peso e obesidade....(AU)

The aim of the study was to analyze the behavior of anthropometric variables and hemodynamic responses in children relate to cardiovascular comorbidities and nutritional status. Crosssectional study with 93 children (male), aged 6-12 years (8.8 ± 1.6 years). The following variables were collected: body weight, height, body mass index (BMI), body composition, waist circumference, waist-toheight ratio and blood pressure (systolic and diastolic). Children, with one or more variables outside the health parameters, were considered with the presence of cardiovascular comorbidities. For the classification of children nutritional status, it was used the indicative of normal weight, overweight and obesity. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, magnitude-based inferences and interval confidence. In addition, the effect size was calculated following scale: 0 - 0.2 trivial,> 0.2 - 0.6 small,> 0.6 - 1.2 moderate,> 1.2 - 2.0 large, and> 2.0 very large. The results showed that children with cardiovascular comorbidities had substantially higher values (large effect size) in the anthropometric variables (BMI, fat percentage, waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio) when compared to children without cardiovascular comorbidities. In addition, overweight and obese children had substantially higher (very large and large effect size) values on BMI, in fat percentage, waist circumference and waist/height when compared to those with normal weight. It is concluded that children classified with the presence of cardiovascular comorbidities have substantially higher values in the anthropometric variables, as well as children with overweight and obesity....(AU)