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Functional Limitations, Social Integration, and Daily Activities in Late Life [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
ObjectivesDisability in late life has been associated with increases in receiving care and loss of autonomy. The Disablement Process Model suggests that physical impairments lead to functional limitations that contribute to disabilities in managing ...
Birditt, Kira S   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Functional Limitations, Volunteering, and Diurnal Cortisol Patterns in Older Adults [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
OBJECTIVES: Older adults often experience functional limitations that affect their everyday lives, but many of them continue to make positive contributions to society and benefit from these contributions themselves.
Han, Sae Hwang   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Spousal Concordance in the Development of Functional Limitations Among Married Adults in China

open access: yes, 2021
Importance: Functional limitation is increasingly common as people age and is often associated with negative consequences. Evidence of the dynamics of functional limitation within couples in China is still inadequate.
Chen, Sunan   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Using the ICF and psychological models of behavior to predict mobility limitations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Aims to test the ability of a model that integrates the theory of planned behavior (TPB) into the International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health (ICF) to predict walking limitations in adults awaiting hip or knee replacement surgery ...
Dixon, D.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Sexual orientation and functional limitations: Cross-sectional analyses from the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Objective: To assess the association between sexual orientation and functional limitations in a large representative sample of the English population. Design: Cross-sectional. Setting: Data were from the 2007 Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS)
Karel Kostev (2577346)   +8 more
core   +3 more sources

Comparative analysis of health expectancy indicators in older adult men and women in selected European countries

open access: yesBulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series, 2022
The study concerns the assessment of the health of older adults in selected European countries using summary measures of population health. These measures show to what extent increasing life span goes hand in hand with a healthier life, and to what ...
Wiktoria Wróblewska
doaj   +1 more source

Increasing Functional Abilities of People with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome through Occupational Therapy

open access: yesOpen Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2019
The level of functional impairment that people with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) experience is life changing. Reduced engagement in purposeful and meaning activities because of functional impairments increases the emotional impact of ...
Jennifer R. Dochod   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Functional limitation among older adults in a rural area in South Kerala and its associated factors

open access: yesJournal of the Indian Academy of Geriatrics, 2023
Background: A person is said to have a functional limitation when he/she does not have the physical or cognitive ability to independently perform the routine activities of daily living. If recognized at an early stage, these can often be improved greatly,
Rahul S Pillai, Sherin Susan Paul
doaj   +1 more source

Self-reported health and functional limitations among older people in the Kassena-Nankana District, Ghana

open access: yesGlobal Health Action, 2010
Background: Ghana is experiencing significant increases in its ageing population, yet research on the health and quality of life of older people is limited.
Cornelius Debpuur   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Urban-rural differences in the impacts of multiple chronic disease on functional limitations and work productivity among Chinese adults

open access: yesGlobal Health Action, 2021
Background Chronic disease multimorbidity has become a major challenge for health systems. While a lot of research has evaluated the direct economic burden of multimorbidity on health care utilization and cost, little attention has been given to the ...
Yang Zhao   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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