title: Sedentary Behavior and Physical Activity Patterns in Older Adults After Hip Fracture: A Call to Action.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To characterize patterns of sedentary behavior and physical activity in older adults recovering from hip fracture and to determine characteristics associated with activity.
  
  
  METHODS
  Community-dwelling, Canadian adults (65 years+) who sustained hip fracture wore an accelerometer at the waist for seven days and provided information on quality of life, falls self-efficacy, cognitive functioning, and mobility.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were 53 older adults (mean age [SD] 79.5 [7.8] years) enrolled in the study; 49 had valid data and demonstrated high levels of sedentary time (median [p10, p90] 591.3 [482.2, 707.2] minutes/day), low levels of light activity (186.6 [72.6, 293.7]), and MVPA (2 [0.1, 27.6]), as well as few daily steps (2467.7 [617.1, 6820.4]). Regression analyses showed that age, gender, gait speed, and time since fracture were associated with outcomes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Older adults have long periods of sedentary time with minimal activity. Results are a call to action to encourage people to sit less and move more.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Hip Health and Mobility, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: Lena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fleig
authors.forename: Megan M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: McAllister
authors.forename: Penny
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brasher
authors.forename: Wendy L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Guy
authors.forename: Joseph H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Puyat
authors.forename: Karim M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Heather A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: McKay
authors.forename: Maureen C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Ashe
mesh_terms: D061725:Accelerometry; D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000368:Aged; D002170:Canada; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005684:Gait / Q000502:physiology; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051346:Mobility Limitation; D009043:Motor Activity; D011788:Quality of Life; D020127:Recovery of Function; D057185:Sedentary Behavior; D020377:Self Efficacy