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| Title |
Can physical activity improve the mental health of older adults?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Annals of General Psychiatry, June 2004
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| DOI | 10.1186/1475-2832-3-12 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Nicola T Lautenschlager, Osvaldo P Almeida, Leon Flicker, Aleksandar Janca |
| Abstract |
The world population is aging rapidly. Whilst this dramatic demographic change is a desirable and welcome phenomenon, particularly in view of people's increasing longevity, it's social, financial and health consequences can not be ignored. In addition to an increase of many age related physical illnesses, this demographic change will also lead to an increase of a number of mental health problems in older adults and in particular of dementia and depression. Therefore, any health promotion approach that could facilitate introduction of effective primary, secondary and even tertiary prevention strategies in old age psychiatry would be of significant importance. This paper explores physical activity as one of possible health promotion strategies and evaluates the existing evidence that supports its positive effect on cognitive impairment and depression in later life. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 194 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Austria | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Romania | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 187 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 36 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 34 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 22 | 11% |
| Researcher | 14 | 7% |
| Other | 11 | 6% |
| Other | 34 | 18% |
| Unknown | 43 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 34 | 18% |
| Sports and Recreations | 28 | 14% |
| Psychology | 28 | 14% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 11 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 9 | 5% |
| Other | 34 | 18% |
| Unknown | 50 | 26% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 57. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 October 2021.
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