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Life-Space and Cognitive Decline in Older Adults in Different Social and Economic Contexts: Longitudinal Results from the IMIAS Study
Psychosocial, socioeconomic and sociocultural aspects can influence cognitive function among community-dwelling older adults. Life-space restriction...
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Cutoffs to Identify Restricted Life-space Mobility in Older Adults Across Different Contexts: The International Mobility in Aging Study
different populations have different averages of life-space assessment scores and defining cutoff values of clinical significance by each population...
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Low Socioeconomic Status but Resilient: Panacea or Double Trouble? John Henryism in the International IMIAS Study of Older Adults
John Henry (JH) theory provides a framework for understanding the physiological toll exerted on low socioeconomic status (SES) individuals as they...
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Gender Differences in Active Aging in Canada
We recently developed an index of aging well following the WHO framework and our own results taking into account older adults expressions of aging...
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Age at First Birth, Parity and History of Hysterectomy Are Associated to Frailty Status: Cross-Sectional Analysis from the International Mobility in Aging Study -Imias
Frailty at older ages is an adverse health condition that is more prevalent in women than men and the excess prevalence in women cannot be adequately...
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Can Sex Differences in Old Age Disabilities be Attributed to Socioeconomic Conditions? Evidence from a Map** Review of the Literature
Old age disabilities are more common among women than men, and adverse socioeconomic conditions are associated with a higher prevalence of...
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Association of Socioeconomic Characteristics with Health and Well-Being of Rural Older Cambodians
This study examined the demographic, socioeconomic, health, and well-being of rural-dwelling older Cambodians and identified differentials based on...
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Validation of a Social Networks and Support Measurement Tool for Use in International Aging Research: The International Mobility in Aging Study
The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a new instrument to assess social networks and social support (IMIAS-SNSS) for different types...
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Urban Environment, Health and Ageing in Latin America
The concept of disability has evolved from a biomedical perspective with an individual-centred approach to an interdisciplinary perspective ranging...