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T. Parkatti

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Physical Activity and Related Factors Among Nursing Home Residents

1994

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine physical activity and the predictors of physical activity and exercise among nursing home residents. DESIGN: Population study. PARTICIPANTS: The sample (n = 190) was obtained by selecting every man and every second women from the entire nursing home population (n = 346) in the city of Jyvaskyla, central Finland, in autumn 1989. Information was eventually collected by interview from 158 persons (49 men and 109 women). SETTING: An in-home interview carried out among nursing home populations. MEASUREMENTS: Independent variables were the questions describing physical activity among nursing home populations. Dependent variables were the predict…

MaleGerontologyActivities of daily livingmedia_common.quotation_subjectPopulationPhysical exerciseAffect (psychology)Quality of life (healthcare)Activities of Daily LivingHumansMedicineExercise physiologyEveryday lifeeducationExerciseGeriatric AssessmentAgedmedia_commonAged 80 and overeducation.field_of_studyDepressionbusiness.industryContentmentNursing HomesQuality of LifeFemaleGeriatrics and GerontologybusinessJournal of the American Geriatrics Society
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