Advances in medical technology and improvements in health behavior have greatly increased the proportion of Americans who survive into old age. Consequently, identifying environmental and behavioral factors that enhance or protect the health and functional capacity of older adults is an important goal. This study investigated the extent to which social interactions and physical activity can protect older adults from the declines in functional ability that typically occur with age and the extent to which they buffer the negative effects of widowhood on physical functioning. Data were from the Longitudinal Study of Aging, a six-year follow-up of over 7,000 respondents in the 1984 National Health Interview Survey. Using individual growth curve...
158 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1997.These data suggest that self-...
Objective: Despite evidence that social support is strongly related to health, very little is known ...
A growing body of work suggests that social and activity participation (SAP) may contribute to healt...
Advances in medical technology and improvements in health behavior have greatly increased the propor...
BACKGROUND: Previous studies have examined physical risk factors in relation to functional health, b...
Previous studies have examined physical risk factors in relation to functional health, but less work...
Conference abstract: Reduced participation in physical activity has been associated with functional ...
Reduced participation in physical activity has been associated with functional decline in older adul...
Objectives. The present study of a representative sample of older adults quantified everyday physica...
Background: Major life events are associated with a change in daily routine and could thus also affe...
Government departments and scholars have focused on promoting health care for older adults in respon...
Aging is an inevitable process and is associated with declining physiological and functional capacit...
International audienceThe purposes of this study were to determine the impact of physical activity o...
Declines in physical function vary substantially across older individuals due to, among others, seve...
Background: Major life events are associated with a change in daily routine and could thus also affe...
158 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1997.These data suggest that self-...
Objective: Despite evidence that social support is strongly related to health, very little is known ...
A growing body of work suggests that social and activity participation (SAP) may contribute to healt...
Advances in medical technology and improvements in health behavior have greatly increased the propor...
BACKGROUND: Previous studies have examined physical risk factors in relation to functional health, b...
Previous studies have examined physical risk factors in relation to functional health, but less work...
Conference abstract: Reduced participation in physical activity has been associated with functional ...
Reduced participation in physical activity has been associated with functional decline in older adul...
Objectives. The present study of a representative sample of older adults quantified everyday physica...
Background: Major life events are associated with a change in daily routine and could thus also affe...
Government departments and scholars have focused on promoting health care for older adults in respon...
Aging is an inevitable process and is associated with declining physiological and functional capacit...
International audienceThe purposes of this study were to determine the impact of physical activity o...
Declines in physical function vary substantially across older individuals due to, among others, seve...
Background: Major life events are associated with a change in daily routine and could thus also affe...
158 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1997.These data suggest that self-...
Objective: Despite evidence that social support is strongly related to health, very little is known ...
A growing body of work suggests that social and activity participation (SAP) may contribute to healt...