A peer counselling program for the elderly with depression living in the community.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Neuroticism predicts falls in older people. In addition, concern about falling and depressive symptoms are associated with fall risk. This study examined whether concern about falling and depressive symptoms mediate the association between neuroticism and falls. METHOD:Cross-sectional data on 314 community-...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Turunen KM,Kokko K,Kekäläinen T,Alén M,Hänninen T,Pynnönen K,Laukkanen P,Tirkkonen A,Törmäkangas T,Sipilä S

更新日期：2020-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the effect of personal (coping strategies and locus of control) and social resources (family and friendship support) on adjustment to chronic vision impairment in older adults at baseline (rehabilitation service application), 6 months, and 18 months later. METHOD:313 community dwelling, English s...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Reinhardt JP,Boerner K,Horowitz A

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Using two waves of panel data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, this study prospectively assessed whether four distinct patterns of productive activity engagement would predict depressive symptoms among older adults in urban China two years later. METHODS:A sample of urban residents a...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Liu H,Lou VWQ

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many publications on dementia start by outlining the current estimated number of people with dementia and how that figure is going to double (in Western societies) or even quadruple (in developing countries) in the coming decades as a result of increasing life expectancy (in itself a good development). Dementia is the...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Steyaert J,Deckers K,Smits C,Fox C,Thyrian R,Jeon YH,Vernooij-Dassen M,Köhler S,Interdem taskforce on prevention of dementia.

更新日期：2020-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: Both caregivers and the older adults they care for can experience declines in quality of life (QOL) over the course of the dementia trajectory. Little research has examined QOL in African-American caregivers and even less in African-American persons with dementia (PWDs), making it difficult to identify asso...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Bonds K,Whitlatch CJ,Song M,Lyons KS

更新日期：2020-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study is to clarify causal relations between coping strategies and burnout in family caregivers of frail elders in Japan. METHODS:Baseline and 1-year follow-up interviews were conducted with 546 caregivers living in suburban Tokyo. Using newly refined measures, five coping strategies of ...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Okabayashi H,Sugisawa H,Takanashi K,Nakatani Y,Sugihara Y,Hougham GW

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate associations between dementia-attitudes and help-seeking intentions. METHOD:An online survey of 611 Australian adults (45-60 years) assessed dementia-related attitudes and help-seeking intentions in response to two scenarios of an experience of early dementia: for themselves (Scenario 1); and...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Phillipson L,Magee C,Jones S,Reis S,Skladzien E

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:There is a paucity of research on antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) in the geriatric population and the majority of knowledge on the disorder is drawn from young adult samples. Researchers posit that the prevalence of ASPD as well as other personality disorders (PDs) is underestimated among older adults...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Holzer KJ,Vaughn MG,Loux TM,Mancini MA,Fearn NE,Wallace CL

更新日期：2020-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Finding meaning in life is often cited as an important outcome of reminiscence, but this theoretical claim has not been empirically tested until now. A new intervention combining integrative reminiscence and elements of narrative therapy was developed and the effects on meaning in life were studied. METHODS...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Bohlmeijer ET,Westerhof GJ,Emmerik-de Jong M

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Depression is common in older adults and is linked to morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to investigate whether specific symptoms of depression (dysphoria, anhedonia and anergia) predicted mortality in older Australian Aged Care residents. METHODS:Eighty older adults (M = 83.16 ± 7.14) witho...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Greenfield L,Mathews S,Toukhsati SR

更新日期：2021-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine whether the incidence of stroke influences affective well-being (positive affect and negative affect), and whether such a relationship is moderated by general self-efficacy. METHOD:Longitudinal data from 2008, 2011 and 2014 were used from a population-based sample of community-residing individual...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Buczak-Stec E,König HH,Hajek A

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was on one hand to examine the associations between health impairment and life satisfaction, as well as social support and life satisfaction, and on the other, to analyze the moderating effect of social support with regard to health impairment and life satisfaction in a sample of commun...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Dumitrache CG,Rubio L,Rubio-Herrera R

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Many people living in long-term care homes (LTCH) experience changes in behaviour termed the behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). The valid and reliable assessment of BPSD is essential to guide treatment and monitor the effect of interventions. The aim of this study was to identify behav...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Penko M,Quirt H,Schindel Martin L,Iaboni A

更新日期：2020-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Humans often hold structured generalizations about themselves, which include attributes of qualities or characteristics they consider as important to their personal self-definitions. In this regard, holding one's age as an important defining personal category (high age awareness) was demonstrated to be con...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Bergman YS,Bodner E

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Frailty affects an estimated 15% of community dwelling older adults. Few studies look at psychosocial variables like self-efficacy (confidence to perform well at a particular task or life domain) in relation to frailty. The purpose of this study was to evaluate associations between pre-frailty/frailty and se...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Hladek MD,Gill J,Bandeen-Roche K,Walston J,Allen J,Hinkle JL,Lorig K,Szanton SL

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study documents correlates of psychotropic drug use among older adults and compares the results observed in this group to those observed in individuals aged 18-64. A multivariate logistic regression analysis using data from the Quebec Health Survey (1992-1993) was employed to study predisposing and facilitating f...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Préville M,Hébert R,Boyer R,Bravo G

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: To examine the extent to which time perspective, an individual's habitual way of relating to the past, the present, and the future time frames, accounts for variations in self-reported depressive symptoms among older adults. Method: Four hundred two participants (60-90 years) completed the Center for Epide...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Åström E,Rönnlund M,Adolfsson R,Grazia Carelli M

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present paper discusses recruitment of older African-Americans for a psycho-physiological study using the matching model of recruitment proposed by Levkoff, Levy, and Weitzman (2000). The hallmark of the model by Levkoff et al. is that there must be a match between research and minority communities' perspectives i...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： McCallum TJ,Arlien CR

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study describes the development of the Music Engagement Questionnaire (MusEQ), a 35-item scale to measure engagement with music in daily life. Music has implications for well-being and for therapy, notably for individuals living with dementia. A number of excellent scales or questionnaires are now avail...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Vanstone AD,Wolf M,Poon T,Cuddy LL

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Given the chronically painful, incurable nature of osteoarthritis, effective cognitive and behavioral coping strategies may be critical for older adults with the disease. Little is known about how and why coping changes over time, nor about stability of coping strategies in persons with osteoarthritis. The a...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Regier NG,Parmelee PA

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study is to determine how individual and contextual factors that contribute to homicide-suicide (HS) differ between young adults, middle-aged adults, and older adults, and to describe, in detail, the circumstances that lead to HS by older adults. METHODS:Data were obtained from the Cente...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Schwab-Reese LM,Murfree L,Coppola EC,Liu PJ,Hunter AA

更新日期：2020-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for depression and anxiety for older adults living in residential aged care facilities (RACFs) needs to accommodate the care needs of residents and the circumstances of RACFs. This systematic review examines the delivery and content characteristics of these interventions, i...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Chan P,Bhar S,Davison TE,Doyle C,Knight BG,Koder D,Laidlaw K,Pachana NA,Wells Y,Wuthrich VM

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the prospective effects of an evidence-based exercise intervention on depressive symptoms in older Hispanics/Latinos and the potential synergistic effects (if any) of an attribution-retraining component to counter negative ascriptions to the aging process. METHOD:We analyzed baseline, 1-, 12-, 2...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Hernandez R,Andrade FCD,Piedra LM,Tabb KM,Xu S,Sarkisian C

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The WM training protocol proposed by Borella et al. found specific and transfer effects among seniors, however, the studies were carried out in the same socio-cultural context and variations in the procedure were never tested. The present study aimed at analyzing the efficacy of Borella et al.'s training, in terms of ...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Brum PS,Borella E,Carretti B,Sanches Yassuda M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In younger populations childhood sexual and physical abuse have been found to be associated with suicidal ideation. Such associations have not been examined among older adults. SETTING:Data from the National Comorbidity Study-Replication (NCS-R). PARTICIPANTS:Older adults (60+, N = 1610) from the NCS-R sam...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Sachs-Ericsson N,Corsentino E,Rushing NC,Sheffler J

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This paper reports on the acceptability and effectiveness of the FITS (Focussed Intervention Training and Support) into Practice Programme. This intervention was scaled up from an earlier cluster randomised-controlled trial that had proven successful in significantly decreasing antipsychotic prescribing in c...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Brooker DJ,Latham I,Evans SC,Jacobson N,Perry W,Bray J,Ballard C,Fossey J,Pickett J

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Late-life suicide is a complex clinical and public health problem. METHOD:In this article, some of the key complexities inherent in studying late-life suicide are discussed in the service of promoting high-quality late-life suicide prevention science. RESULTS:We discuss the following research issues: the re...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Van Orden KA,Conwell Y

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of older adults' health status and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) often rely on proxy responses when subjects have problems that affect their ability to respond. With the increased interest in outcomes research in health care, it is important to examine proxy reliability on HRQoL instruments. This stud...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Yip JY,Wilber KH,Myrtle RC,Grazman DN

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study explored how war commemorations such as the Cenotaph Service in the UK enable older veterans to benefit from a feeling of integration and belonging gained from both comradeship and acknowledgement from wider society. METHOD:Focus groups preceded by a video clip of the Cenotaph Service with 45 vet...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Barron DS,Davies SP,Wiggins RD

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a videoconference intervention program in improving nursing home residents' social support, loneliness, and depressive status. METHODS:Fourteen nursing homes were selected from various areas of Taiwan by purposive sampling. El...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Tsai HH,Tsai YF,Wang HH,Chang YC,Chu HH

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00