Home and social role as factors leading to health maintenance among the elderly living in rural Japan: A longitudinal study

Purpose: Our study aimed to clarify home and social factors by gender that lead to maintenance of health in the elderly, such as taking care of others and having social activities. Methods: A total of 14,712 and 14,799 respondents to the “Survey of Needs in the Spheres of Daily Life” conducted in Na...

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Main Authors: Shota Kuroiwa, Keiichiro Kita, Maiko Kuroiwa, Shinji Minami, Seiji Yamashiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-11-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023089715