title: Mobility Limitation and Changes in Personal Goals Among Older Women.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Several theoretical viewpoints suggest that older adults need to modify their personal goals in the face of functional decline. The aim of this study was to investigate longitudinally the association of mobility limitation with changes in personal goals among older women.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eight-year follow-up of 205 women aged 66-78 years at baseline.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Health-related goals were the most common at both measurements. Goals related to independent living almost doubled and goals related to exercise and to cultural activities substantially decreased during the follow-up. Higher age decreased the likelihood for engaging in new goals related to cultural activities and disengaging from goals related to independent living. Women who had developed mobility limitation during the follow-up were less likely to engage in new goals related to exercise and more likely to disengage from goals related to cultural activities and to health and functioning.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of this study support theories suggesting that age-related losses such as mobility limitation may result in older adults modifying or disengaging from personal goals.
authors.affiliation: Gerontology Research Center, Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. milla.saajanaho@jyu.fi.
authors.forename: Milla
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saajanaho
authors.affiliation: Gerontology Research Center, Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Viljanen
authors.affiliation: Department of Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK.
authors.forename: Sanna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Read
authors.affiliation: Gerontology Research Center, Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
authors.forename: Johanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Eronen
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and Institute for Molecular Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland. Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: Jaakko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kaprio
authors.affiliation: Gerontology Research Center, School of Health Sciences, University of Tampere, Finland.
authors.forename: Marja
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jylhä
authors.affiliation: Gerontology Research Center, Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
authors.forename: Taina
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rantanen
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology*; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland / Q000453:epidemiology; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods; D006040:Goals; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D057187:Independent Living / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D051346:Mobility Limitation; D009043:Motor Activity; D011597:Psychomotor Performance
keywords: Aging; Goal disengagement; Goal modification; Mobility; Personal goals.