Frequency of Going Outdoors: A Predictor of Functional and Psychosocial Change among Ambulatory Frail Elders Living at Home

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 275-280

  Kono, Ayumi ^a,d   Kai, Ichiro ^b   Sakato, Chiyoko ^c   Rubenstein, Laurence Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Saku City Government Office   (Japan)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 1642376590     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/59.3.m275     Document Type: Article

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