caa a22 4500 605450935 CHVBK 20210128100149.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10433-015-0345-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10433-015-0345-0 Neighborhood and healthy aging in a German city: distances to green space and senior service centers and their associations with physical constitution, disability, and health-related quality of life [Elektronische Daten] [Susanne Vogt, Andreas Mielck, Ursula Berger, Eva Grill, Annette Peters, Angela Döring, Rolf Holle, Ralf Strobl, Anja-Kerstin Zimmermann, Birgit Linkohr, Kathrin Wolf, Klaus Kneißl, Werner Maier] The composition of the residential environment may have an independent influence on health, especially in older adults. In this cross-sectional study, we examined the associations between proximity to two features of the residential environment (green space and senior service centers) and three aspects of healthy aging (self-rated physical constitution, disability, and health-related quality of life). We included 1711 inhabitants from the city of Augsburg, Germany, aged 65years or older, who participated in the KORA-Age study conducted in 2008/2009. We calculated the Euclidian distances between each participant's residential address and the nearest green space or senior service center, using a geographic information system. Multilevel logistic regression models were fitted to analyze the associations, controlling for demographic and socioeconomic factors. Contrary to expectations, we did not find clear associations between the distances to the nearest green space or senior service center and any of the examined aspects of healthy aging. The importance of living close to green space may largely depend on the study location. The city of Augsburg is relatively small (about 267,000 inhabitants) and has a high proportion of greenness. Thus, proximity to green space may not be as important as in a densely populated metropolitan area. Moreover, an objectively defined measure of access such as Euclidian distance may not reflect the actual use. Future studies should try to assess the importance of resources of the residential environment not only objectively, but also from the resident's perspective. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2015 Residential environment nationallicence Green space nationallicence Distance nationallicence Geographic information system nationallicence Healthy aging nationallicence Vogt Susanne Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany aut Mielck Andreas Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany aut Berger Ursula Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometrics and Epidemiology (IBE), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, Munich, Germany aut Grill Eva Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometrics and Epidemiology (IBE), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, Munich, Germany aut Peters Annette Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany aut Döring Angela Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany aut Holle Rolf Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany aut Strobl Ralf Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometrics and Epidemiology (IBE), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, Munich, Germany aut Zimmermann Anja-Kerstin Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany aut Linkohr Birgit Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany aut Wolf Kathrin Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany aut Kneißl Klaus City of Augsburg, Department of Social Planning, Schießgrabenstr. 4, 86150, Augsburg, Germany aut Maier Werner Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany aut European Journal of Ageing Springer Netherlands 12/4(2015-12-01), 273-283 1613-9372 12:4<273 2015 12 10433 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-015-0345-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-015-0345-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Vogt Susanne Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mielck Andreas Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Berger Ursula Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometrics and Epidemiology (IBE), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, Munich, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Grill Eva Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometrics and Epidemiology (IBE), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, Munich, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Peters Annette Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Döring Angela Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Holle Rolf Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Strobl Ralf Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometrics and Epidemiology (IBE), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, Munich, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zimmermann Anja-Kerstin Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Linkohr Birgit Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wolf Kathrin Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kneißl Klaus City of Augsburg, Department of Social Planning, Schießgrabenstr. 4, 86150, Augsburg, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Maier Werner Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Journal of Ageing Springer Netherlands 12/4(2015-12-01), 273-283 1613-9372 12:4<273 2015 12 10433