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Social participation as an indicator of successful aging: an overview of concepts and their associations with health.

Australian Health Review, 2017
Objectives Social participation has generated a wealth of research in gerontology, but the concept suffers from a lack of conceptual clarity that renders it difficult to define and measure. This means that research on social participation is difficult to
H. Douglas, A. Georgiou, J. Westbrook
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The Wako Cohort Study: Design and Profile of Participants at Baseline

Journal of Epidemiology
Background: We launched the Wako Cohort Study in 2023 to identify individual and socio-environmental factors related to the extension of healthy life expectancy and the reduction of health disparities among community-dwelling adults and to develop health
Yuri Yokoyama, Yu Nofuji, Takumi Abe, Kumiko Nonaka, Yumi Ozone, Yuka Nakamura, Shiina Chiaki, Takumi Suda, Naoko Saito, Mai Takase, Hidenori Amano, Susumu Ogawa, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Hiroshi Murayama   +13 more
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Effectiveness of Balancing Everyday Life (BEL) versus standard occupational therapy for activity engagement and functioning among people with mental illness – a cluster RCT study

BMC Psychiatry, 2017
Background Many with a mental illness have an impoverished everyday life with few meaningful activities and a sedentary lifestyle. The study aim was to evaluate the effectiveness of the 16-week Balancing Everyday Life (BEL) program, compared to care as ...
Mona Eklund, Carina Tjörnstrand, Mikael Sandlund, Elisabeth Argentzell   +3 more
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Crowdsourcing social values data: Flickr and public participation GIS provide different perspectives of ecosystem services in a remote coastal region

, 2023
Tahlia Daymond, Margaret E. Andrew, H. Kobryń   +2 more
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Novel Insights into Energy Storage Mechanism of Aqueous Rechargeable Zn/MnO2 Batteries with Participation of Mn2+ [PDF]

, 2019
Yongfeng Huang, Jian Mou, Wenbao Liu, Xianli Wang, Liubing Dong, Feiyu Kang, Chengjun Xu   +6 more
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Impact of the First–Fourth Waves of the COVID-19 Pandemic on New Applications for Long-term Care Insurance in a Metropolitan Area of Japan

Journal of Epidemiology, 2022
Satoshi Seino, Shoji Shinkai, Akihiko Kitamura, Yu Nofuji, Yuri Yokoyama, Toshiki Hata, Yoshinori Fujiwara   +6 more
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Staff ratings of occupational engagement among people with severe mental illness – psychometric properties of a screening tool in the day center context

BMC Health Services Research, 2017
Background Staff who plan and organize day center activities may need to observe the attendees’ performance and progression. This led us to develop a tool for that purpose, termed General Occupational Engagement in people with Severe mental illness (GOES)
Mona Eklund, Ulrika Bejerholm
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Public Participation in Scientific Research: a Framework for Deliberate Design

, 2012
Members of the public participate in scientific research in many different contexts, stemming from traditions as varied as participatory action research and citizen science.
Jennifer Shirk, H. Ballard, Candie C. Wilderman, T. Phillips, A. Wiggins, R. Jordan, E. McCallie, Matthew Minarchek, B. Lewenstein, M. Krasny, R. Bonney   +10 more
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Observational Evidence of the Association Between Handgrip Strength, Hand Dexterity, and Cognitive Performance in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Systematic Review

Journal of Epidemiology, 2018
Background: Deterioration of hand motor function is a possible risk factor of cognitive impairment in older adults. Despite a growing body of research, a lack of clarity exists regarding the relationships.
Kimi Estela Kobayashi-Cuya, Ryota Sakurai, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Susumu Ogawa, Toru Takebayashi, Yoshinori Fujiwara   +5 more
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“It’s not just the residents who need to be motivated for activity”: a qualitative study of the perspectives of staff on providing activity support for people with psychiatric disabilities in supported housing in Sweden

Frontiers in Psychiatry
BackgroundThe goals for staff in Supported Housing for people with psychiatric disabilities include helping to develop the residents’ independence and self-confidence in activities.
Rosita Brolin, Carina Tjörnstrand, Mette Friis, Elisabeth Argentzell, Ulrika Bejerholm, Mona Eklund, David Brunt   +6 more
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