Effect of physical activity counseling on home care use in older people: Letters to the editor

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 571-573

  Von Bonsdorff, Mikaela B ^a   Leinonen, Raija ^b   Kujala, Urho M ^a   Heikkinen, Eino ^a   Törmäkangas, Timo ^a   Hirvensalo, Mirja ^a   Rasinaho, Minna ^a   Karhula, Sirkka ^c   Mänty, Minna ^a   Rantanen, Taina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b GeroCenter Foundation for Research and Development   (Finland)

^c Center for Social and Health Services   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LETTER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SELF CARE; SENESCENCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 61449218040     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02163.x     Document Type: Letter

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