“My Wife and I Invariably Go Together”: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Physical Activity and its Influences on Older Adult Dyads
Jenny L Wales, Calum Alexander Hamilton, Louis McCarthy, Sayeh Bayat, Gro Gujord Tangen, Neil Ireson, Vita Lanfranchi, Nicolas Farina, Ben Hicks, Ríona Mc Ardle · 2025
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Jenny Wales and nine co-authors studied in 2025 how older couples shape each other's physical activity. Movement protects thinking and function in old age, yet most older adults move too little. Partners often do things together, as the title quote shows, so influence may run through the pair rather than the person.
Volunteers wore a back-mounted motion sensor for a week. The team measured how much and what kind of activity each partner did, then explored what pushed or blocked it. Findings feed the design of activity monitors and programs built for two.
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| CREATOR | Jenny L Wales, Calum Alexander Hamilton, Louis McCarthy, Sayeh Bayat, Gro Gujord Tangen, Neil Ireson, Vita Lanfranchi, Nicolas Farina, Ben Hicks, Ríona Mc Ardle |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |