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Qualitative Research on the Primary Effect of Fish Pet Ownership Using the Bottleium, a Bottle-Type Aquarium, on Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Japan: A Potential Preventive Measure towards Social Isolation

Aging increases the risk of social isolation, which could lead to conditions such as depressive mood. Pet ownership is known to reduce social isolation. However, previous studies have mainly focused on mammals as pets, which could be difficult at old age. A small ornamental fish is relatively easy t...

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Autores principales: Takase, Mai, Ogino, Ryogo, Yoshida, Keishiro, Kusu, Hikari, Kenmochi, Tetsuya, Goto, Jun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7985762/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33578783
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics6010017