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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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Aging in thermal active glasses

Physical Review Research, 2022
It is well established that glassy materials can undergo out-of-equilibrium aging, i.e., their properties gradually change over time. There is rapidly growing evidence that dense active and living systems also exhibit many features of glassy behavior ...
Giulia Janzen, Liesbeth M. C. Janssen
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The promotion of active aging through older adult education in the context of population aging

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
We have entered an era of population aging, and many public health problems associated with aging are becoming more serious. Older adults have earlier onset of chronic diseases and suffer more disability.
Kexin Zhang, Kexin Zhang, Chengxia Kan, Chengxia Kan, Youhong Luo, Youhong Luo, Hongwei Song, Hongwei Song, Zhenghui Tian, Wenli Ding, Wenli Ding, Linfei Xu, Linfei Xu, Fang Han, Fang Han, Ningning Hou, Ningning Hou   +16 more
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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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Older people and ‘active ageing’: Subjective aspects of ageing actively [PDF]

Journal of Health Psychology, 2011
Following a critical overview of the active ageing concept, a thematic decomposition of 42 transcribed interviews with British people aged 72 years and over indicates that active ageing is understood in relation to physical, cognitive, psychological and social factors, but that these co-exist in complex combinations.
Stenner, Paul, McFarquhar, Tara, Bowling, Ann   +2 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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Population Aging and Inventive Activity [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2016
This research empirically establishes and interprets the hypothesis that the relationship between population aging and inventive activity is hump-shaped. We estimate a reduced form, hump-shaped relationship in a panel of 33 OECD countries over the period 1960–2012, as well as in a panel of 248 NUTS 2 regions in Europe over the period 2001–2012.
IRMEN, Andreas, LITINA, Anastasia
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