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The influence of social support on active aging in chronic disease patients among older adults: mediating role of coping strategies [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundActive aging is pivotal for addressing population aging. Older adults chronic disease patients face greater active aging challenges, and while social support and coping strategies correlate with it, their mediating mechanism in this population ...
Chengping Jian, Xiangdong Peng, Haiyan Tian, Qian Ding   +3 more
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Factors affecting the active aging situation in Bangladesh [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundThe older population in Bangladesh is growing rapidly, from 8.0% in 2020 to 22.0% in 2050. However, the determinants of active aging are scarcely known.ObjectiveThe study aimed to assess the determinants influencing the active aging situation ...
Sadiya Afrin, Md. Mehedi Hasan Khan, Md. Aminul Haque   +2 more
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The impact mechanism of physical activity levels on active aging among middle-aged and older adults: an age-period-cohort analysis from 2011 to 2018 [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Background With the adoption of active aging as a national strategy in China, physical activity has emerged as a vital factor in fostering active aging due to its practicality, feasibility, and accessibility.
Ji-ru Guo, Long-yin Chen, Xiao-li Zhang, Gu-yue Wang   +3 more
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Level measurement, regional variations, and the dynamic evolution of active aging in China—analysis based on CHARLS tracking data [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionGiven the world’s largest and increasingly serious aging population, China has elevated “positively responding to aging of population” to a national strategy.
Jiru Guo, Xiaoli Zhang, Xiaoli Zhang, Longyin Chen, Hong Yang   +4 more
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Active Ageing

, 2014
PART I: REALISING VOLUNTEERING BY OLDER PEOPLE IN EUROPE: AN OVERARCHING APPROACH Introduction: enhancing volunteering in later life in Europe ~ Jensen, P.H. and Principi, A. Volunteering in older age: a conceptual and analytical framework ~ Jensen, P.H., Lamura, G. and Principi, A. PART II: OPPORTUNITIES AND RESTRICTIONS FOR OLDER VOLUNTEERS: NATIONAL
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“It makes me feel not so alone”: features of the Choose to Move physical activity intervention that reduce loneliness in older adults

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Despite the well-known health benefits of physical activity (PA), older adults are the least active citizens. Older adults are also at risk for loneliness.
Thea Franke, Joanie Sims-Gould, Lindsay Nettlefold, Callista Ottoni, Heather A. McKay   +4 more
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Physical and psychological effects of outdoor fitness equipment training on middle-aged and older adults: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial

BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 2023
This project will investigate the effectiveness of an 8-week outdoor fitness equipment (OFE) programme on health parameters in healthy community-dwelling middle and older adults, corresponding to the present paper to the study protocol, which follows a ...
Noelia González-Gálvez, Pablo Jorge Marcos-Pardo, Raquel Vaquero-Cristóbal, Tomás Abelleira-Lamela, Alejandro Espeso-García, Francisco Esparza-Ros   +5 more
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Influence of physical fitness components on personality factors and risk perception of children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study

BMJ Open, 2023
Objectives To examine the associations of cardiorespiratory fitness (VO2 max) and muscular strength with indicators related to the risk scale, such as perceived competence, sensation seeking, competitiveness, risk taking and risk perception in sports ...
Noelia González-Gálvez, Raquel Vaquero-Cristóbal, María José Maciá-Andreu, Marta García-Tascon, Antonio Soler-Marín, Ana María Gallardo-Guerrero   +5 more
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Association of Pneumococcal and Influenza Vaccination With Patient–Physician Communication in Older Adults: A Nationwide Cross-sectional Study From the JAGES 2016

Journal of Epidemiology, 2022
Background: Increasing the coverage of vaccinations recommended by the World Health Organization in the older adult population is an urgent issue, especially in the context of avoiding co-epidemics during the current coronavirus disease 2019 crisis.
Koryu Sato, Naoki Kondo, Chiyoe Murata, Yugo Shobugawa, Kousuke Saito, Katsunori Kondo   +5 more
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Covid-19 Pandemic: Maximizing Future Vaccination Treatments Considering Aging and Frailty

Frontiers in Medicine, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is proving to be a multiplier of inequalities. Especially toward the elderly population. A voiceless scream that comes from geriatrics, nursing homes, hospices from all over Italy.
Sara Palermo, Sara Palermo
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