Person—environment fit predicts falls in older adults better than the consideration of environmental hazards only

S Iwarsson, V Horstmann, G Carlsson… - Clinical …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: To test the hypotheses that the empirical consideration of objective person—
environment fit in the home environment is a stronger predictor of indoor falls among older …

The home environment and quality of life-related outcomes in advanced old age: findings of the ENABLE-AGE project

HW Wahl, O Schilling, F Oswald, S Iwarsson - European Journal of Ageing, 2009 - Springer
With the present research, we further exploited the potential of the ENABLE-AGE Project,
more precisely the Swedish and German data. We hypothesised that the magnitude of …

Older pedestrians' perceptions of the outdoor environment in a year-round perspective

H Wennberg, A Ståhl, C Hydén - European Journal of Ageing, 2009 - Springer
This paper focuses on older peoples' needs as pedestrians by examining their perceptions
of the outdoor environment in both bare-ground and snow/ice conditions. Qualitative and …

The challenge of using public transport: descriptions by people with cognitive functional limitations

J Rosenkvist, R Risser, S Iwarsson, K Wendel… - Journal of transport and …, 2009 - JSTOR
This paper describes the findings of a study aiming to achieve deeper insight into reasons
people with cognitive functional limitations cease to use public transport. Semi-structured …

Toward a screening tool for housing accessibility problems: a reduced version of the housing enabler

G Carlsson, O Schilling, B Slaug… - Journal of Applied …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
To present a reduced version of the Housing Enabler, useful as a screening tool in practice
contexts and in research, this study identifies the core items of the environmental component …

A 10-year follow-up study on subjective well-being and relationships to person–environment (P–E) fit and activity of daily living (ADL) dependence of older Swedish …

M Werngren-Elgström, G Carlsson… - Archives of gerontology …, 2009 - Elsevier
In order to investigate how well-being and ill health is affected by the process of aging, the
main aim was to investigate these self-perceived aspects of health over a 10-year period …

Very old Swedish women's experiences of mobility devices in everyday occupation: a longitudinal case study

C Löfqvist, C Nygren, Å Brandt… - Scandinavian Journal of …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
The use of mobility devices, such as walking sticks and rollators, increases during the
ageing process. Our aim was to explore how very old single-living Swedish women …

Negotiating and effectuating relocation to sheltered housing in old age: a Swedish study over 11 years

C Nygren, S Iwarsson - European Journal of Ageing, 2009 - Springer
The aim of this study was to explore how very old people consider and arrive at decisions on
relocation, with specific attention to housing and health relationships during the process of …

Walking in old age: A year-round perspective on accessibility in the outdoor environment and effects of measures taken

H Wennberg - 2009 - portal.research.lu.se
Accessibility throughout society has been gaining interest on both international and national
levels in order to meet the transportation needs of, for example, older people as pedestrians …

The nature and treatment of pain-related fear in chronic musculoskeletal pain

MA Jeroen de Jong - Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 2009 - search.proquest.com
Musculoskeletal pain is one of the most frequently reported complaints in primary care. The
last decade's research has evidenced the important role of pain-related fear in the …