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Table 2 Neighborhood definitions and PA domains observed

From: Measuring the association of objective and perceived neighborhood environment with physical activity in older adults: challenges and implications from a systematic review

 

Objective

Perceived

Administrativea

Buffer sizes (meter)b

Otherc

N.A

Walk from home

Otherd

N.A

 ≤ 250

250—500

800—1000

 > 1000

5 min

10–20 min

Arvidsson et al. [104]

    

     

Bodeker [140]

  

     

  

Bracy et al. [147]

  

      

 

Compernolle et al. [121]

     

x

   

x

 

Dadvand et al. [127]

  

     

  

Ding et al. [82]

  

       

Duncan and Mummery [138]

  

    

 

Fisher et al. [144]

       

  

Forjuoh et al. [126]

      

  

 

Gauvin et al. [133]

     

 

   

Gómez et al. [134]

  

       

Hajna et al. [119]

  

     

  

Hall and Mc Auley [132]

   

      

Hanibuchi et al. [123]

         

Hu et al. [139]

      

   

King [146]

     

  

  

Lee et al. [151]

        

 

Li et al. [153]

  

     

  

Mathis et al. [143]

        

 

Michael et al. [53]

     

   

 

Mowen et al. [40]

     

   

 

Nagel et al. [137]

  

     

 

Nathan et al. [152]

  

     

  

Nathan et al. [120]

  

     

  

Ng et al. [125]

       

  

Nyunt et al. [136]

  

       

Orstad et al. [131]

    

   

  

Piro et al. [149]

         

Satariano et al. [145]

  

     

  

Strath et al. [129]

 

       

 

Towne et al. [122]

     

   

 

Trinh et al. [128]

   

    

  

Troped et al. [130]

    

   

  

Van Holle et al. [148]

       

  

Wu et al. [124]

       

  

Sum: objective/perceived assessment

     

∆ = 32/28

 = 16/16

 = 11/11

x = 1/1

∆ = 6

 = 4

 = 3

x = 0

∆ = 1

 = 0

 = 0

x = 0

∆ = 11

 = 5

 = 4

x = 0

∆ = 4

 = 2

 = 1

x = 0

∆ = 3

 = 2

 = 1

x = 0

∆ = 6

 = 3

 = 2

x = 1

∆ = 2

 = 0

 = 0

x = 0

∆ = 1

 = 0

 = 0

x = 0

∆ = 12

 = 7

 = 6

x = 0

∆ = 10

 = 4

 = 2

x = 1

∆ = 6

 = 3

 = 3

x = 0

Number of different studies (some studies used more than one buffer size)

∑ = 8

∑ = 1

∑ = 13

∑ = 4

∑ = 4

∑ = 6

∑ = 2

∑ = 1

∑ = 15

∑ = 11

∑ = 8

  1. 1i.e. postal code, census area
  2. be.g. circular or network buffer around participant’s home addresses (Additional file 4 provides the exact definition for each study)
  3. ce.g. straight line distances, Euclidian distances or network distances
  4. de.g. “in your neighborhood”
  5. ∆: total/neighborhood walking/walking level; total PA, PA level/MVPA
  6. : walking/PA for recreation
  7. : walking/PA for transport
  8. x: sedentary behavior