Frequency of going outdoors as a good predictors for incident disability of physical function as well as disability recovery in community-dwelling older adults in rural Japan

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 261-270

  Fujita, Koji ^a,c   Fujiwara, Yoshinori ^a   Chaves, Paulo H M ^b   Motohashi, Yutaka ^c   Shinkai, Shoji ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community dwelling elderly; Frequency of going outdoors; Functional transition; Predictor

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 33750896701     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.16.261     Document Type: Article

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