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Received: 1 February 2023

Accepted: 6 November 2023

First Online: 6 December 2023

Declarations

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: Ethical approval for the study was granted by the Ethics Committee of the University of Tübingen (no. AZ A2.5.4-096_aa).

: The study presented in the paper was designed as an observation to study naturally occurring physical activity behaviours, patterns, and interactions. Therefore, it was deemed essential that the researchers would neither directly nor indirectly interact with participants during observation periods. Prior to the study, heads of the nursing homes gave informed written consent for this study. We also informed residents, significant others, and legal representatives in written form prior to observation and via public displays on observation days about the study processes and contents.According to the Ethics Committee and in compliance with German law, this study is not regarded as a human subject research. Given the interdisciplinary design of the overall BaSAlt project, we committed ourselves to comply with the guidelines for human studies and declare that the research was conducted ethically in accordance with the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.