title: Daily pedometer steps among older men: associations with health-related quality of life and psychosocial health.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the associations of daily pedometer steps with health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and psychosocial health.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional.
  
  
  METHODS
  Alberta, Canada.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three hundred eighty-five older-aged men 55 years of age and older.
  
  
  METHODS
  Subjects completed a mailed survey that assessed HRQoL (RAND-12 Health Status Inventory [RAND-12]), depression, anxiety, and satisfaction with life. Steps/day were assessed with a pedometer via a 3-day step-monitoring period.
  
  
  METHODS
  Average pedometer steps/d were categorized into quartiles (Qs). The primary model assessed the association between average pedometer steps/d as the independent variable of interest and our dependent variables of interest (physical, mental, and global health component scores of the RAND-12).
  
  
  RESULTS
  For HRQoL, all three adjusted models (i.e., physical, mental, and global health) indicated a significant linear trend between HRQoL indices across pedometer step Qs, with participants in Q3 and Q4 demonstrating higher physical, mental, and global health compared to participants in the lowest Q of pedometer steps (Q1) (all p < .05). For depression, significant differences were observed between Q1 and Q3 (Mdiff = 3.3, p = .006, η(2) = .019) and Q1 and Q4 (Mdiff = 2.7, p = .025, η(2) = .013).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Higher average steps/d were significantly associated with HRQoL across all domains. Older men in the higher Qs of pedometer steps/d reported less depressive symptoms compared to those in the lowest Q of pedometer steps/d.
authors: Faculty of Health Disciplines, Centre for Nursing and Health Studies, Athabasca University, 1 University Drive, Athabasca, AB, Canada. jeffv@athabascau.ca
authors: Jeff K
authors: JK
authors: Vallance
authors: Dean
authors: D
authors: Eurich
authors: Celeste
authors: C
authors: Lavallee
authors: Steven T
authors: ST
authors: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000416:Alberta; D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology; D015438:Health Behavior; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory; D011788:Quality of Life; D016138:Walking / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*