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Autor:
Razak M. Gyasi, Padmore Adusei Amoah, Seth Agyemang, Lawrencia Pokua Siaw, Foster Frempong, Ritu Rani, David R. Phillips
Publikováno v:
Scientific Reports, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2022)
Abstract Females on average live longer but with higher rates of functional impairment and lower physical and economic activities than men. However, research linking retirement to functional impairment and the modifying role of gender and physical ac
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https://doaj.org/article/5b981fcc7534491aa7833e6f3e35e063
Publikováno v:
International Journal for Equity in Health, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2021)
Abstract Background The importance of social and economic capital as predictors of health is widely documented, yet the complexity of interactions between them and effects on older people’s health is still unclear. Combining the material and psycho
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https://doaj.org/article/3f3f52fa7e3f4d85ab1dde4630a64232
Autor:
Razak M. Gyasi, Prince Peprah, Kabila Abass, Lawrencia Pokua Siaw, Yvonne Dodzi Ami Adjakloe, Emmanuel Kofi Garsonu, David R. Phillips
Publikováno v:
Preventive Medicine Reports, Vol 26, Iss , Pp 101721- (2022)
Background: Although loneliness and physical function impairment (PFI) are common geriatric syndromes and public health issues, little is known about how their associations vary via self-perception of health. We examine how loneliness is associated w
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https://doaj.org/article/f0d0c8ae1174406cafa4fa7cda57f6ea
Autor:
Padmore Adusei Amoah, David R. Phillips, Razak Mohammed Gyasi, Adwoa Owusuaa Koduah, Joseph Edusei
Publikováno v:
Cogent Medicine, Vol 4, Iss 1 (2017)
Street youth often have poor health. A number of studies have been commissioned across contexts to appreciate and address the problem. Conspicuously missing from extant researches about street youth in relation to their health however are those relat
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https://doaj.org/article/00692d4888eb418095734b65728ee4d4
Autor:
Fon Sim Ong, David R. Phillips
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Ageing and Later Life, Vol 2, Iss 1 (2007)
The main objective of this study was to understand the concerns and problems faced by older people in an industrializing middle-income country, Malaysia, in their process of acquiring products to meet their everyday needs. Respondents aged 55 and ove
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https://doaj.org/article/9420128a808b414e95f6affdecd44f89
Autor:
Gavin J. Andrews, David R. Phillips
During recent years, an increasing amount of academic research has focused on older people with a particular emphasis on settings, places and spaces. This book provides a comprehensive review of research and the policy area of'ageing and place'. An i
Autor:
Razak M. Gyasi, André Hajek, Richmond Owusu, Peter Bai James, Mary Sefa Boampong, Burnett Tetteh Accam, Kabila Abass, Ellis Owusu-Dabo, David R. Phillips
Publikováno v:
The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
Autor:
Zhixin Feng, David R. Phillips
Publikováno v:
Ageing and Society. :1-28
Many existing studies lack a comprehensive picture of the social exclusion statuses and health outcomes of empty nesters and those empty nesters living alone or with a spouse only. Cross-sectional analysis was conducted on representative national dat
Autor:
David R. Phillips
First Published in 2004. The Asia-Pacific region is now clearly witnessing the rapid ageing of many of its nations and Asia is already the region with, relatively, the largest number of older persons. This book focuses on the challenges that this dem
Autor:
Razak M. Gyasi, Yvonne Dodzi Ami Adjakloe, Lawrencia Pokua Siaw, Peter Bai James, Padmore Adusei Amoah, Kabila Abass, Samuel Adu-Gyamfi, David R. Phillips
Publikováno v:
Experimental Gerontology. 163:111791
OBJECTIVES: Pain is prevalent among older adults and may result in impairment in physical function. However, little is known about the effect-modification of this relationship by physical activity (PA) participation. This large and representative stu