Pet Ownership and Physical Activity in Older Adults: Cross-Sectional Analyses from the NICOLA Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Population
2.2. Data Collection
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
Limitations
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Overall (n = 4040) | Owned Pet (n = 1301) | No Pet (n = 2739) | |
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Gender | |||
Male | 1894 (46.9%) | 630 (48.4%) | 1264 (46.1%) |
Female | 2145 (53.1%) | 671 (51.6%) | 1475 (53.9%) |
Age | |||
65 to <85 years old | 3699 (91.6%) | 1235 (94.9%) | 2464 (90.0%) |
85 years and older | 341 (8.4%) | 66 (5.1%) | 275 (10.0%) |
Smoking Status | |||
Current | 524 (13.0%) | 191 (14.7%) | 333 (12.2%) |
Ex | 1546 (38.3%) | 529 (40.7%) | 1017 (37,1%) |
Never | 1964 (48.6%) | 580 (44.6%) | 1384 (50.5%) |
Refused | 6 (0.1%) | 1 (0.1%) | 5 (0.2%) |
Drinking Status | |||
Current | 2038 (50.4%) | 693 (53.3%) | 1345 (49.1%) |
Ex | 893 (22.1%) | 274 (21.1%) | 619 (22.6%) |
Never | 1102 (27.3%) | 332 (25.5%) | 770 (28.1%) |
Refused | 7 (0.2%) | 2 (0.2%) | 5 (0.2%) |
Education | |||
Primary or some primary | 1343 (33.2%) | 445 (34.2%) | 898 (32.8%) |
GCSE/Intermediate/Junior/Group certificate or equivalent | 1296 (32.1) | 431 (33.1%) | 865 (31.6%) |
A-level/Leaving certificate or equivalent | 289 (7.2%) | 91 (7.0%) | 198 (7.2%) |
Diploma/Certificate | 460 (11.4%) | 147 (11.3%) | 313 (11.4%) |
Primary degree | 247 (6.1%) | 74 (5.7%) | 173 (6.3%) |
Postgraduate/higher degree | 228 (5.6%) | 55 (4.2%) | 173 (6.3%) |
None or refused | 177 (4.4%) | 58 (4.5%) | 119 (4.5%) |
Marital Status | |||
Married or living as married | 2391 (59.2%) | 861 (66.2%) | 1539 (55.9%) |
Single | 382 (9.5%) | 108 (8.3%) | 274 (10.0%) |
Separated, divorced, or widowed | 1267 (31.4%) | 332 (25.5%) | 935 (34.1%) |
Moderate PA (over last 7 days) | |||
None | 3479 (86.1%) | 890 (68.4%) | 1937 (70.7%) |
1–2 days | 283 (7.0%) | 151 (11.6%) | 375 (13.7%) |
3–4 days | 135 (3.3%) | 93 (7.1%) | 189 (6.9%) |
5–6 days | 56 (1.4%) | 46 (3.5%) | 98 (3.6%) |
Everyday | 87 (2.2%) | 121 (9.3%) | 140 (5.1%) |
Vigorous PA (over last 7 days) | |||
None | 2827 (70.0%) | 1101 (84.6%) | 2378 (86.8%) |
1–2 days | 526 (13.0%) | 98 (7.5%) | 185 (6.8%) |
3–4 days | 282 (7.0%) | 41 (3.2%) | 94 (3.4%) |
5–6 days | 144 (3.6%) | 16 (1.2%) | 40 (1.5%) |
Everyday | 260 (6.4%) | 45 (3.5%) | 42 (1.5%) |
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Neill, R.D.; Cunningham, C.; O’Doherty, M.; Smith, L.; Tully, M.A. Pet Ownership and Physical Activity in Older Adults: Cross-Sectional Analyses from the NICOLA Study. J. Ageing Longev. 2023, 3, 142-152. https://doi.org/10.3390/jal3020011
Neill RD, Cunningham C, O’Doherty M, Smith L, Tully MA. Pet Ownership and Physical Activity in Older Adults: Cross-Sectional Analyses from the NICOLA Study. Journal of Ageing and Longevity. 2023; 3(2):142-152. https://doi.org/10.3390/jal3020011
Chicago/Turabian StyleNeill, Ruth D., Conor Cunningham, Maeve O’Doherty, Lee Smith, and Mark A. Tully. 2023. "Pet Ownership and Physical Activity in Older Adults: Cross-Sectional Analyses from the NICOLA Study" Journal of Ageing and Longevity 3, no. 2: 142-152. https://doi.org/10.3390/jal3020011