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SPAHRQ (Salutogenic Physical Activity Health Resources Questionnaire)

https://doi.org/10.5878/h8qw-ax80
Data contains a survey studying different physical activity initiatives that older adult men and women (aged 60 and above) participate in with the goal of staying healthy. The overall purpose of this study was to explore different physical activity initiatives for older adults and explore in what ways the initiatives can result in an upward spiral in the process of aging well. The data focuses on environmental factors and health resources to which the older adults have access to help them remain physically active throughout life. This survey contains a questionnaire; older adults participating in ongoing organized physical activity initiatives were the sample of interest. Data is about physical activity, health and meaningfulness as older adults describes important in ther exercise.Variables used are age, gender, physical activity, education level. city size. Software used are IBM SPSS Statistics version 26.
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Creator/​Principal investigator(s):

Research principal:

Data contains personal data:

Yes

Type of personal data:

Dataset contains, age, gender, type of physical activity, living, how long physically active, activity cost, booking of the activity, how contact with activity, what they are looking forward to in the activity, total physical activity in one day, SOC-13

Code key exists:

Yes

Sensitive personal data:

Yes

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Language:

Method and outcome

Unit of analysis:

Population:

Middle Aged; Aged; Aged, 80 and over

Time method:

Study design:

  • Cross-sectional study
  • Observational study

Description of study design:

A cross sectional study on an old adult population. The survey had the datacollection from December 2019 until March 2020 (covid-19 outbreak).

Sampling procedure:

Description of sampling:

A procedure with sampling on regular physical activity initiatives including exercise for old adults.

Variables:

46

Number of individuals/​objects:

372

Response rate/​participation rate:

90%

Description of the response rate/​participation rate:

Response rate at almost 90%

Data format/​data structure:

Data collection Self-administered questionnaire

Mode of collection:

Self-administered questionnaire

Time period(s) for data collection:

2019-12-12 - 2020-03-05

Source of the data:

  • Population group

Geographic coverage

Geographic location:

Lowest geographic unit:

County (NUTS 3)

Highest geographic unit:

County (NUTS 3)

Administrative information

Responsible department/​unit:

School of Health Sciences

Ethical Review

Reviewer:

Registration number:

2019-04818

Topic and keywords

Swedish Standard Classification of Research Subjects 2025:

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Publications

Citation:

Ericson, H., Quennerstedt, M., & Geidne, S. (2021). Physical activity as a health resource: a cross-sectional survey applying a salutogenic approach to what older adults consider meaningful in organised physical activity initiatives. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 9(1), 858-874.

Citation:

Ericson, H. (2022). Physical activity as a health resource : a cross-sectional survey applying a salutogenic approach to what older adults consider meaningful in organised physical activity initiatives [Poster presentation]. Presented at the 11th Conference of Health-enhancing Physical Activity (HEPA), Nice, France, August 31-September 2, 2022.

SwePub:

oai:DiVA.org:oru-103024

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Örebro University
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