Going outdoors daily predicts long-term functional and health benefits among ambulatory older people

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 259-272

  Jacobs, Jeremy M ^a   Cohen, Aaron ^a,b   Hammerman Rozenberg, Robert ^a   Azoulay, Daniel ^a   Maaravi, Yoram ^a   Stessman, Jochanan ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Elderly cohort; Going out of the house; Longitudinal study

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RECREATION; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMEBOUND PERSONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ISRAEL; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SLEEP DISORDERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 40349100420     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264308315427     Document Type: Article

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