Outdoor built environment barriers and facilitators to activity among midlife and older adults with mobility disabilities

Purpose: To gain better understanding of how the built environment impacts neighborhood-based physical activity among midlife and older adults with mobility disabilities. Design and meth-ods: We conducted in-depth interviews with 35 adults over age 50, which used an assistive device and lived in King County, Washington, U.S. In addi-tion, participants wore Global Positioning Systems (GPS) devices for 3 days prior to the interview. The GPS maps were used as prompts during the inter-views. Open coding of the 35 interviews using latent content analysis resulted in key themes and subthemes that achieved consensus between cod-ers. Two investigators independently coded the text of each interview. Results: Participants wer