Reliability and validity of observer ratings of neighborhoods.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study examined the relationship between volunteer activity and hypertension, a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, renal failure, and cognitive impairment. METHOD:Employing data from the Health and Retirement Study, we estimated regression models of hypertension status that include volunteer activit...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Burr JA,Tavares J,Mutchler JE

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: This study examines effects of physical and functional limitations on health care utilization among older cancer survivors, compared with those without cancer and without physical and functional limitations. Method: Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey data from 2008 to 2011 were used. Physical limitations (...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Chavan PP,Kedia SK,Yu X

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the use of postacute services alone or in combination following a hospitalization for a hip fracture or stroke by Medicare beneficiaries who were relatively well and living in the community prior to the index event. METHODS:Health-service use histories were constructed using Medicare claims. Pat...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Berg K,Intrator O

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective. This research was guided by a stress and support model to examine the effects of frontline workers' background characteristics, personal stressors, job-related stressors, and workplace support on satisfaction with supervision. Method. Survey data were collected from 644 workers in 49 long-term-care settings...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Noelker LS,Ejaz FK,Menne HL,Bagaka's JG

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Visual impairment and, to a lesser extent, hearing impairment are independent predictors of reduced survival in selected studies of community-residing adults. To date, the association of severity of concurrent impairment and mortality has not been examined. METHOD:The National Health Interview Survey is a cont...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Lee DJ,Gómez-Marín O,Lam BL,Zheng DD,Arheart KL,Christ SL,Caban AJ

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Cognitive training has been shown to improve both cognitive and everyday abilities in older adults; however, little is known concerning the amount of training needed or the characteristics of those who benefit. These analyses examined the longitudinal impact of dosage (number of training sessions) on the imp...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Ball KK,Ross LA,Roth DL,Edwards JD

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data from a survey of anglophone Canadian snowbirds wintering in Florida and one of U.S. snowbirds in the Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley are used to compare the two groups in terms of sociodemographics, chronic health conditions, and use of health services. The Canadians were younger and reported fewer chronic problems...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Martin HW,Hoppe SK,Marshall VW,Daciuk JF

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to analyze whether the associations between perceived environmental and individual characteristics and perceived walking limitations in older people differ between those with intact and those with poorer lower extremity performance. METHOD:Persons aged 75 to 90 ( N = 834) participat...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Sakari R,Rantakokko M,Portegijs E,Iwarsson S,Sipilä S,Viljanen A,Rantanen T

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study identified associations between chronic diseases (diabetes, asthma, depression, and arthritis) and workforce participation patterns with a gendered perspective. METHOD:We used data from 1,261 middle-aged participants of the Australian Life Histories and Health (LHH) Survey, aged 60 to 64 years in ...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Majeed T,Forder PM,Mishra G,Kendig H,Byles JE

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study is to investigate how socioeconomic position (SEP) is associated with multidimensional measures of successful aging (SA), and how this varies and accumulates across the life-course. METHOD:Using data from 1,733 Scottish men and women from two cohorts aged around 57 and 76, respectively,...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Whitley E,Benzeval M,Popham F

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article introduces a conjecture and reviews partial evidence about peculiarities in the aging of populations in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) that may impact future elderly health status. Using Survey on Health and Well-Being of Elders data (SABE; n = 10,902), the authors estimated effects of early childh...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Palloni A,McEniry M,Wong R,Peláez M

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: This study examined the trajectories of depressive symptoms and associated factors in older adults using an enhanced group-based trajectory modeling. Method: The study sample consisted of 7,573 adults aged ≥65 years from the National Health and Aging Trends Study (Rounds 1-7). Depressive trajectories were e...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Xiang X

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article is a retrospective case-control study of patients from a Veteran's Affairs Medical Center and an urban public hospital. Patients (53) older than 55 at the time of their HIV diagnosis were age- and gender-matched to 106 HIV-negative controls. Potential predictors of HIV-infection were abstracted from the m...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Szerlip MA,DeSalvo KB,Szerlip HM

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aims to identify social, psychological, and biomedical risk factors for current and future driving cessation in older adults. METHOD:Data from six waves (1998-2008) of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) were pooled. Participants aged 65 and above were included in the study (N = 17,349). RESULT...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Dugan E,Lee CM

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The present study aimed to clarify the circumstances under which activity restriction (AR) is associated with depressive symptoms among patients with osteoarthritis (OA) and their spouses. METHOD:A total of 220 older adults with OA and their caregiving spouses participated in the study. The actor-partner int...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Lee JE,Martire LM,Zarit SH,Rovine MJ

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study evaluates the effect of a care management service (CMS) on falls in older adults. METHOD:This is a retrospective case-control study with 78 CMS recipients as the case group who received CMS and another 312 community-dwelling frail elders as the control group.The groups were matched by age, gender,...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Leung AY,Lou VW,Chan KS,Yung A,Chi I

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We aimed to explore correlates and predictors of bereavement severity and persistence (triggered by "loss of a loved one"; referent group partner loss) in the Rotterdam cohort. METHOD:We used linear regression to examine factors associated with grief severity using a cross-sectional analysis and logistic reg...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Milic J,Muka T,Ikram MA,Franco OH,Tiemeier H

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Hearing and vision impairment were examined across several health-related outcomes and across a set of quality indicators (QIs) in home care clients with both vision and hearing loss (or dual sensory impairment [DSI]). METHOD:Data collected using the Resident Assessment Instrument for Home Care (RAI-HC) wer...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Davidson JGS,Guthrie DM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: This study examines how the patterns of life partner concordance on preventive health service uptake vary by a partner's previous behavioral history and between genders. Method: This study uses 2008 and 2012 waves of Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a nationally representative sample of U.S. aging popula...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Cao YJ,Noyes K,Homish GG

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This article explores psychosocial variables associated with illness and age-related losses during old age. METHOD:The study is cross-sectional and comprised 999 people aged 65 and older. The variables included health problems and limitations, self-perceptions of health, optimism, and quality of life. RESUL...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Paúl C,Ayis S,Ebrahim S

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Examine the relationship between frailty and falls. METHOD:A total of 847 Mexican Americans from the Hispanic Established Population for the Epidemiological Study of the Elderly were evaluated. The outcome variable was fall occurrence. Some predictor variables included were frailty, sociodemographic variable...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Samper-Ternent R,Karmarkar A,Graham J,Reistetter T,Ottenbacher K

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the effect of a fall prevention program offered under real-world conditions on balance maintenance several months after the program. To explore the program's impact on falls. METHOD:A quasi-experimental study was conducted among community-dwelling seniors, with pre- and postintervention measures ...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Robitaille Y,Fournier M,Laforest S,Gauvin L,Filiatrault J,Corriveau H

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: The objective of this study is to examine the relationship between loneliness and work disability and whether depression mediates the hypothesized relationship. Method: We draw on data from the 2013 and 2015 waves of the Survey of Health, Aging, and Retirement in Europe. We limited the sample to adults betw...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Morris ZA

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: The objective of study is to examine the relationships between health status and changes in cognition over time among middle to older aged Blacks. Method: Data come from the Baltimore Study of Black Aging-Patterns of Cognitive Aging. At baseline, 602 Black participants, ranging from ages 48 to 95 years, wer...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Byrd DR,Thorpe RJ Jr,Whitfield KE

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: For long-term care (LTC) residents, transfers to emergency departments (EDs) can be associated with poor health outcomes. We aimed to describe characteristics of residents transferred, factors related to decisions during transfer, care received in emergency medical services (EMS), ED settings, outcomes on r...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Cummings GG,McLane P,Reid RC,Tate K,Cooper SL,Rowe BH,Estabrooks CA,Cummings GE,Abel SL,Lee JS,Robinson CA,Wagg A

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This aim of this study was to characterize trends in alcohol-related hospital admissions among middle-aged and older adults from 1993 to 2010 in relation to age, gender, race, and cohort membership. METHOD:This study utilized repeated cross-sectional data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample. Using alcohol-r...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Sacco P,Unick GJ,Kuerbis A,Koru AG,Moore AA

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: To investigate the influence of single and dual sensory impairments prospectively on cognition in adults aged ⩾50 years. Method: Community-dwelling English adults (n = 4,621) were followed up from 2008 to 2014. Self-reported hearing and vision were collected in 2008. Change in cognitive performance on worki...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Liljas AEM,Walters K,de Oliveira C,Wannamethee SG,Ramsay SE,Carvalho LA

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This research examines the role that relationship and household arrangement have in explaining the levels of care-related stress effects experienced by spouse and adult-child caregivers in shared and separate residences. Data from 180 spouse and adult-child caregivers were analyzed to identify differences in caregiver...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Deimling GT,Bass DM,Townsend AL,Noelker LS

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE. To evaluate the effect of individually tailored programs on perceived autonomy in institutionalized physically disabled older people and to describe participants' activity wishes and content of the programs. METHOD. This blinded randomized trial with follow up included a total of nine nursing homes and 50 n...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Andresen M,Runge U,Hoff M,Puggaard L

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine how the experience of a negative health event (i.e., onset of heart disease, diabetes, lung disease, cancer, or stroke) of one spouse affects the mental and physical well-being of the other partner as measured by depressive symptoms and self-reported health. METHODS:We employ latent growth curve a...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Valle G,Weeks JA,Taylor MG,Eberstein IW

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00