Mobility and cognition are associated with wellbeing and health related quality of life among older adults: A cross-sectional analysis of the Vancouver Falls Prevention Cohort

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Davis, Jennifer C ^a,b,d   Bryan, Stirling ^a,b,d   Li, Linda C ^c,d,e   Best, John R ^c,d,f,g,h   Hsu, Chun Liang ^c,d,f,g,h   Gomez, Caitlin ^d,f   Vertes, Kelly A ^d,f   Liu Ambrose, Teresa ^c,d,f,g,h  

^a Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c Department of Physical Therapy ^*  (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e ARTHRITIS RESEARCH CENTRE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^f and Cognitive Neuroscience Lab   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^h CENTRE FOR HIP HEALTH AND MOBILITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognition; Mobility; Quality of life; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CANADA; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CANADA; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTURAL BALANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84934343541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12877-015-0076-2     Document Type: Article

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