Personal goals and changes in life-space mobility among older people

Preventive Medicine
M SaajanahoTaina Rantanen

Abstract

Life-space mobility - the spatial extent of mobility in daily life - is associated with quality of life and physical functioning but may also be influenced by future orientation expressed in personal goals. The aim of this study was to explore how different personal goals predict changes in older people's life-space mobility. This prospective cohort study with a 2-year follow-up included 824 community-dwelling people aged 75 to 90 years from the municipalities of Jyväskylä and Muurame in Central Finland. As part of the Life-Space Mobility in Old Age study (LISPE), which was conducted between 2012 and 2014, the participants responded to the Life-Space Assessment and Personal Project Analysis in addition to questions on socio-demographics and health. Data were analyzed using generalized estimation equation models. The results showed that goals indicating a desire to be active in daily life, to stay mentally alert, and to exercise were associated with higher life-space mobility, and that the associations remained over the follow-up years. Goals related to maintaining functioning predicted higher life-space mobility at the 2-year follow-up. In contrast, goals reflecting improvement of poor physical functioning predicted lower life-...Continue Reading

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Mar 16, 2016·The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences·Li-Tang TsaiErja Portegijs
Mar 23, 2017·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Erja PortegijsMerja Rantakokko
Jan 3, 2018·Journal of Aging and Health·Taina RantanenMilla Saajanaho
Jun 4, 2019·Journal of Aging and Health·Anu TourunenMilla Saajanaho
Nov 9, 2019·European Review of Aging and Physical Activity : Official Journal of the European Group for Research Into Elderly and Physical Activity·Eleftheria GiannouliWiebren Zijlstra
Dec 28, 2018·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Tiina E LaatikainenMarketta Kyttä
Sep 29, 2020·Clinical Interventions in Aging·Jason JohnsonSoham Al Snih
Jul 3, 2021·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Eeva AartolahtiMerja Rantakokko

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