Promotion of health and physical activity improves the mental health of elderly immigrants:Results of a group randomised controlled trial among Turkish immigrants in the Netherlands aged 45 and over
Objectives: Older immigrants from non-industrialised countries are a growing group, they have comparatively many health problems and are often hard to reach through health promotion and other preventive services. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of a short health education and physical exercise programme on the health and the physical activity of Turkish first generation elderly immigrants. Design: Randomised controlled trial. Setting: Welfare services in six Dutch cities. Participants: 126 people born in Turkey and aged 45 years and over, of whom 92 completed the trial. Interven... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2003 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Reijneveld , S A , Westhoff , M H & Hopman-Rock , M 2003 , ' Promotion of health and physical activity improves the mental health of elderly immigrants : Results of a group randomised controlled trial among Turkish immigrants in the Netherlands aged 45 and over ' , Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health , vol. 57 , no. 6 , pp. 405-411 . https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.57.6.405 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26846022 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://research.vumc.nl/en/publications/92a16326-bb2d-461a-b68a-a9a0befcdfa9 |