Adopting an Active Lifestyle During Adulthood and Health-Related Quality of Life

The Doetinchem Cohort Study

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ID11037708
AuthorsSandra H van Oostrom (0000-0003-3086-6641, Sandra H. van Oostrom, G. C. Wanda Wendel-Vos, W. M. Monique Verschuren, and H. Susan J. Picavet are with the Centre for Prevention and Health Services Research at the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands. Henriëtte A. Smit and W. M. M. Verschuren are with the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care at the University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands. Marjolein Visser is with the Department of Health Sciences at the Faculty of...), Henriette A Smit (0000-0001-5023-0304, Sandra H. van Oostrom, G. C. Wanda Wendel-Vos, W. M. Monique Verschuren, and H. Susan J. Picavet are with the Centre for Prevention and Health Services Research at the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands. Henriëtte A. Smit and W. M. M. Verschuren are with the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care at the University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands. Marjolein Visser is with the Department of Health Sciences at the Faculty of...), G C Wanda Wendel-Vos (Sandra H. van Oostrom, G. C. Wanda Wendel-Vos, W. M. Monique Verschuren, and H. Susan J. Picavet are with the Centre for Prevention and Health Services Research at the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands. Henriëtte A. Smit and W. M. M. Verschuren are with the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care at the University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands. Marjolein Visser is with the Department of Health Sciences at the Faculty of...), Wanda Wendel‐Vos (0000-0002-0653-3620, Cal Humanities), Marjolein Visser (0000-0002-5136-298X, Sandra H. van Oostrom, G. C. Wanda Wendel-Vos, W. M. Monique Verschuren, and H. Susan J. Picavet are with the Centre for Prevention and Health Services Research at the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands. Henriëtte A. Smit and W. M. M. Verschuren are with the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care at the University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands. Marjolein Visser is with the Department of Health Sciences at the Faculty of...), W M Monique Verschuren (0000-0003-2134-4227, Sandra H. van Oostrom, G. C. Wanda Wendel-Vos, W. M. Monique Verschuren, and H. Susan J. Picavet are with the Centre for Prevention and Health Services Research at the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands. Henriëtte A. Smit and W. M. M. Verschuren are with the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care at the University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands. Marjolein Visser is with the Department of Health Sciences at the Faculty of...), H Susan J Picavet (0000-0002-6895-165X, Sandra H. van Oostrom, G. C. Wanda Wendel-Vos, W. M. Monique Verschuren, and H. Susan J. Picavet are with the Centre for Prevention and Health Services Research at the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands. Henriëtte A. Smit and W. M. M. Verschuren are with the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care at the University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands. Marjolein Visser is with the Department of Health Sciences at the Faculty of...)
Year2012
Volume102
Issue11
Pagese62-e68
Publication date2012-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2012.301008
PMID22994283
PMCIDPMC3477937
OpenAlexW2145959144
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited25

Objectives. We examined health-related quality of life in adults who became physically active at recommended levels over a 10-year period compared with adults with different physical activity patterns. Methods. We examined men and women aged 26 to 70 years (mean [SD] = 47.4 [10.1]) in the Doetinchem Cohort Study 3 times between 1995 and 2009. We distinguished participants who became physically active (n = 618), remained active (n = 1286), remained inactive (n = 727), became physically inactive (n = 535), or with varying activity levels (n = 455) over 10 years. We used multivariable linear regression analyses to determine differences in health-related quality of life (survey similar to the 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey) at 10-year follow-up. Results. Adults who became physically active reported better physical functioning, vitality, and general health after 10 years than did persistently inactive adults and adults who became inactive. They also reported less bodily pain and better social functioning than adults who became inactive. No differences were observed with adults who remained active or with varying activity levels. Conclusions. Adopting a physically active lifestyle may result in a better health-related quality of life, comparable to remaining physically active over 10 years

Cohort · Cohort study · Physical activity · Physical therapy · Quality of life (healthcare) · Vitality · Young adult · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Demography · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Physical Activity and Health · Gerontology

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