Observational studyJournal of the American Geriatrics Society2016
Life-Space Mobility and Mortality in Older Women: Prospective Results from the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures.
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- The association between restricted activity and patient outcomes in older adults: systematic literature review and meta-analysis.BMC geriatrics · 2024Pooled it
- Global Positioning System Indicators of Community Mobility and Future Health Outcomes Among Older Adults.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2024Trial
- Change in GPS-assessed walking locations following a cluster-randomized controlled physical activity trial in older adults, results from the MIPARC trial.Health & place · 2021Trial
- Life-Space Mobility Trajectories After Elective Surgery in Older Adults.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- Factors associated with the life-space assessment in community-dwelling older adults requiring support.Journal of physical therapy science · 2026Article
- Life-Space Mobility in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction.Journal of cardiac failure - intersections · 2026Article
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- Long-Term Bedridden Status as a Predictor of in-Hospital Mortality in Older Adults with Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Clinical interventions in aging · 2025Article
- Life-space mobility and cognition in community-dwelling late-life women: A cross-sectional analysis.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2025Article
- Constricting Life Space and Likelihood of Neurodegenerative Disease in Community-Dwelling Older Men.JAMA network open · 2023Article
- Life-space mobility and post-hospitalization outcomes among older Mexican American Medicare beneficiaries.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2023Article
- Sex-stratified reference values for the life-space assessment in the Canadian longitudinal study on aging.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2023Article
- Lower urinary tract symptom severity, urinary bother, and incident life-space mobility restriction among older men.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2023Article
- Predictors of life-space mobility in patients with fracture 3 months after discharge from convalescent rehabilitation ward: a prospective longitudinal study.Journal of physical therapy science · 2023Article
- Change in four measures of physical function among older adults during lung cancer treatment: A mixed methods cohort study.Journal of geriatric oncology · 2023Article
- Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mobility of older adults: A scoping review.International journal of older people nursing · 2023Article
- Comparisons Between GPS-based and Self-reported Life-space Mobility in Older Adults.AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium · 2022Article
- Short-, Medium-, and Long-term Weight Changes and All-Cause Mortality in Old Age: Findings From the National Survey of the Japanese Elderly.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2021Article
- Mobility of Older Adults: Gait Quality Measures Are Associated With Life-Space Assessment Scores.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2021Article
- Life-space mobility and healthcare costs and utilization in older men.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo evaluate the relationship between life-space mobility (extent, frequency, independence of movement) and mortality in older women.
designProspective cohort study.
settingFour U.S. clinical sites.
participantsWomen (N = 1,498) aged 75 to 102 (mean 87.6) followed from 2006 to 2015. MEASUREMENTS: Life-space during the past 4 weeks was assessed in an interview, scored from 0 (daily restriction to bedroom) to 120 (daily trips outside town without assistance), and categorized (0-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-80, 81-120). All-cause mortality was the primary outcome; noncancer, cardiovascular, cancer, and noncardiovascular noncancer mortality were secondary outcomes.
resultsOver a mean 5.2 years, 842 (56.2%) women died. Unadjusted risk of all-cause mortality was 82.6% in women with the lowest level of life-space (0-20 points) and 36.2% in those with the highest level (81-120 points). In multivariable proportional hazards models, there was a strong relationship between less life-space and greater risk of all-cause mortality (P
conclusionLife-space scores of 60 or less were associated with mortality in older women independent of other strong risk factors.
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