title: Positive impact of social intervention on disturbed neurobehavioral function in an elderly community-dwelling population: longitudinal investigation for longevity and aging in Hokkaido County (LILAC).
abstract: Several kinds of health consultation and rehabilitation for functional disorders aimed at stroke prevention and maintenance of cognitive function in an elderly population in Hokkaido county, Japan. Changes in cardiovascular and neurobehavioral endpoints between 2000 and 2002 were assessed in 72 of 115 subjects over 75 years of age. Direct social intervention, including lifestyle modification can have a positive impact, notably on subjects with cardiovascular disorders.
authors.affiliation: Tokyo Women's Medical University, Daini Hospital, Department of Medicine, Division of Neurocardiology and Chronoecology, Nishiogu 2-1-10, Arakawa-ku, Tokyo 116-8567, Japan. shougo17@gb3.so-net.ne.jp
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Otsuka
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yamanaka
authors.forename: Y
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authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Matsuoka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamanaka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shinagawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nunoda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohkawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsubayashi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yano
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cornélissen
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Halberg
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016852:Housing for the Elderly; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000208:ethnology; D008019:Life Style; D008136:Longevity / Q000502:physiology*; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D012944:Social Support; D020521:Stroke / Q000517:prevention & control; D013997:Time Factors