Mental health is important in older age; neighborhood environment is considered a protective factor of depression. Research has established that a critical indicator of neighborhood environment, street connectivity, is related to older people's he...
Urbanization and population aging may affect prevalence of chronic pain from various causes. This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the prevalence of chronic musculoskeletal pain, including some subtypes, in indepe...
Yuta Mori   Taishi Tsuji   Ryota Watanabe   Masamichi Hanazato   Takuto Miyazawa   Katsunori Kondo   
Archives of gerontology and geriatrics 103 104773-104773 2022年7月 [査読有り]
BACKGROUND: This study investigated the relationship between built environments and the onset of frailty after 3 years. METHODS: This was a longitudinal study using prospective cohort data from the 2013 Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study on 38,...
There is a growing, but inconclusive, evidence on the beneficial influence of the Internet on the health/wellbeing of older people. This study aims to examine outcomes-wide associations between frequency of internet use and subsequent health/well-...
Archives of gerontology and geriatrics 100 104656-104656 2022年2月 [査読有り]
OBJECTIVES: Elder abuse is a growing global public health concern. Previous studies have reported that elder abuse increases the risk of dementia; however, to the best of our knowledge, no studies have investigated the association between differen...