Exploring 2.5-Year Trajectories of Functional Decline in Older Adults by Applying a Growth Mixture Model and Frequency of Outings as a Predictor: A 2010-2013 JAGES Longitudinal Study.
Junko SaitoNaoki KondoMasashige SaitoDaisuke TakagiYukako TaniMaho HasedaTakahiro TabuchiKatsunori KondoPublished in: Journal of epidemiology (2018)
While the majority of older adults showed a slow functional decline, some showed persistent moderate disability. Providing more opportunities to go out or assistance in that regard may be important for preventing persistent disability, and such needs might be greater among men.