QOL models constructed for the community-dwelling elderly with ikigai (purpose in life) as a composition factor, and the effect of habitual exercise

Journal of Physiological Anthropology and Applied Human Science

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 525-533

  Demura, Shinichi ^a   Kobayashi, Hidetsugu ^b   Kitabayashi, Tamotsu ^c  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUI NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c Kanazawa College of Art   (Japan)

Author keywords

Habitually exercising elderly; Purpose in life; QOL model; SEM

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATISFACTION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 30744464581     PISSN: 13453475     EISSN: 13475355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa.24.525     Document Type: Article

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