• Carmen Casado-Pérez, Valentín Hernández-Barrera, Rodrigo Jiménez-García, Cesar Fernández-de-las-Peñas, Pilar Carrasco-Garrido, Ana López-de-Andrés, Ma Isabel Jimenez-Trujillo, and Domingo Palacios-Ceña.
• Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Avenida Atenas s/n, 28922 Alcorcon, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: carmencp26@gmail.com.
• Maturitas. 2015 Apr 1; 80 (4): 391-8.

ObjectivesTo estimate the trends in the practice of leisure time physical activity, walking up 10 steps, and walking for 1h, during the years 2006-2011, in elderly Spanish people.Study DesignObservational study, retrospective analysis of Spanish National Health Surveys. We analysed data collected from the Spanish National Health Surveys conducted in 2006 (n=30,072) and 2011 (n=21,007), through self-reported information. The number of subjects aged ≥65 years included in the current study was n=5756 in 2006 (19.14%) and n=4617 in 2011 (21.97%). We included responses from adults aged 65 years and older.Outcome MeasuresThe main variables included leisure-time physical activity, walking up 10 steps, and walking for 1h. We analysed socio-demographic characteristics, individuals' self-rated health status, lifestyle habits, co-morbid conditions and disability using multivariable logistic regression models.ResultsThe total number of subjects was 10,373 (6076 women, 4297 men). The probability of self-reported capacity was significantly higher in 2006 than in 2011 for leisure-time physical activity, walking up 10 steps, and walking for 1h for both sexes (women: OR 2.20, 95%IC 1.91-5.55; OR 2.50, 95%IC 1.99-3.14; OR 1.04, 95%IC 1.01-1.07; men: OR 2.20, 95%IC 1.91-2.55; OR 2.01, 95%IC 1.40-2.89; OR 1.05, 95%IC 1.0-1.1) respectively. Both sexes were associated with a significantly lower probability of performing leisure-time physical activity, walking up 10 steps, and walking for 1h. Additionally, those over 80 years of age, on average, showed a poor or very poor perception of their health and presented with some type of disability.ConclusionA decrease in the proportion of respondents who self-reported undertaking leisure-time physical activity, walking up 10 steps, and walking for 1h was observed in the Spanish population of over 65 years between 2006 and 2011.Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

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