Association between Sedentary Behaviour and Physical, Cognitive, and Psychosocial Status among Older Adults in Assisted Living

Table 3

Spearman’s rank correlations between measures of physical, cognitive, and psychosocial function and accelerometry-derived measures of sedentary behaviour.

Independent variable	Dependent variable
	Percentage of time sedentary		Number of sedentary bouts per day		Average duration of sedentary bouts
	TUG	.373	<0.00	−.425	<0.00	.309	<0.00
SPPB	−.282		.382	<0.00	−.266
Gait speed	−.248		.244		−.206
GDS	.161	0.086	−.231		.184
MFES	−.261		.394	<0.00	−.277

Notes. (1) level, level; (2) no significant associations were observed for age, length of stay in AL, number of reported health concerns, and MoCA; (3) TUG: Timed Up and Go; SPPB: Short Physical Performance Battery; MoCA: Montreal Cognitive Assessment; GDS: Geriatric Depression Scale; MFES: Modified Fall Efficacy Scale.