Determinants of self-rated health items with different points of reference: implications for health measurement of older adults.

abstract：:This article examines care-related decision making within the context of in-home family care. It also uses the Andersen-Newman model to identify the correlates of physician involvement and centrality in decision making and the impact that it has on family members' caregiving satisfaction. Analysis of data from 244 fam...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Deimling GT,Smerglia VL,Barresi CM

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This article examines the relationship between cognitive functioning and emotional distress in a sample of 2,684 married couples from the 2006 and 2008 Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging. METHOD:Using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CESD) scale and the Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE), we analy...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Lee J,Paddock SM,Feeney K

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of body-mass index (BMI) categories (a proxy for adiposity) on 4-year changes in health-related quality of life (HRQL) independent of baseline disease severity. DESIGN:Secondary analyses of a prospective, longitudinal study. PARTICIPANTS:Data on 7,895 adults ages 51 to 61 years who r...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Damush TM,Stump TE,Clark DO

更新日期：2002-05-01 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:This study examines the associations between social networks and vision-specific health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among Chinese older adults. METHOD:Urban older adults with visual problems (N = 167) were interviewed using a structured questionnaire to assess self-reported visual functioning, general he...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Wang CW,Chan CL,Ho AH,Xiong Z

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We examined the longitudinal association between the severity of fatigue and falls in community-dwelling older adults. METHOD:Subjective fatigue was assessed using the Short Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36) Vitality subscale and classified into four categories by quartile (mildest, mild, moderate, severe). The ...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Kamitani T,Yamamoto Y,Kurita N,Yamazaki S,Fukuma S,Otani K,Sekiguchi M,Onishi Y,Takegami M,Ono R,Konno S,Kikuchi S,Fukuhara S

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the longitudinal association between levels of lower extremity performance (LEP) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in older Mexican Americans aged 72 years or older participating in the Hispanic Established Population for the Epidemiological Study of the Elderly (2000-2006). METHOD:LEP wa...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Bindawas SM,Al Snih S,Ottenbacher AJ,Graham J,Protas EE,Markides KS,Ottenbacher KJ

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: To estimate the prevalence of frailty using five different instruments in a cohort of older adults and explore the association between frailty and various risk factors. Method: 1,867 participants aged 65 years and above were included in the current retrospective cross-sectional study. Frailty was operationa...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Ntanasi E,Yannakoulia M,Mourtzi N,Vlachos GS,Kosmidis MH,Anastasiou CA,Dardiotis E,Hadjigeorgiou G,Megalou M,Sakka P,Scarmeas N

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate tobacco and alcohol consumption as risk indicators for missing teeth in late middle-aged Danes. METHOD:In all, 1,517 Copenhagen Aging and Midlife Biobank (CAMB) participants received a clinical oral examination that included number of teeth. Information on smoking, drinking, and various covar...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Morse DE,Avlund K,Christensen LB,Fiehn NE,Molbo D,Holmstrup P,Kongstad J,Mortensen EL,Holm-Pedersen P

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated outcomes of geriatric rehabilitation and predictors of success among 81 consecutive admissions to a 40-bed rehabilitation unit in a long-term care facility. Predictors measured at admission included sociodemographic variables, functional status (both current and prior to illness), social contac...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： McCusker J,Mundt DJ,Stoddard AM,Cole E,Whitbourne SK,Simmons JE

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Evaluate an advance notice letter for enhancing patient satisfaction survey response rates in African Americans and Whites. METHODS:Randomized trial of an advance notice letter (versus no letter) mailed two weeks prior to a mail satisfaction survey in a random sample of 600 African American and White patient...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Nápoles-Springer AM,Fongwa MN,Stewart AL,Gildengorin G,Pérez-Stable EJ

更新日期：2004-11-01 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：: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 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：OBJECTIVES:This study aims to examine the cognitive and emotional reactions of Chinese elderly people toward death, to extend the use of a Western scale on death anxiety to a Chinese sample, and to explore the correlates of death anxiety. METHODS:A community sample of 237 Chinese elderly people (62 men and 175 women) ...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Wu AM,Tang CS,Kwok TC

更新日期：2002-02-01 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 promote caregiver well-being and to help caregivers persevere in their invaluable roles, personal resources that predict increased self-care and reduced health risk behaviors need to be identified. METHOD:This study examined relationships between self-efficacy beliefs in three distinct domains of caregivi...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Rabinowitz YG,Mausbach BT,Thompson LW,Gallagher-Thompson D

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study is to increase our understanding of declining network size with aging by differentiating between processes of loss and gain and studying the associations with various health problems. METHODS:Six observations of the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA) across a time period of 16 ye...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Broese van Groenou M,Hoogendijk EO,van Tilburg TG

更新日期：2013-03-01 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 examine cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between (a) activity-limiting fall worry (ALW) and (b) self-reported health-related restrictions and social engagement among older adults. Method: The National Health and Aging Trends Study Waves 5 (T1) and 6 (T2) provided data (n = 6,279). Binary and...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Choi NG,Bruce ML,DiNitto DM,Marti CN,Kunik ME

更新日期：2020-06-01 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：:The objectives of this study are to examine whether specific foot disorders and ankle weakness and foot pain are related to functional limitations or disabilities in elders. Community-dwelling adults 65 and older were enrolled in a population-based, cross-sectional study of foot disorders and health outcomes. Demograp...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Keysor JJ,Dunn JE,Link CL,Badlissi F,Felson DT

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: This study examined the link between neighborhood social cohesion, disorder, and physical function in older adults, and identified potential racial/ethnic differences in these associations. Method: Data come from the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS; N = 5,619). A series of linear regression m...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Millar RJ

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study examines the impact of indebtedness on depressive symptomatology, anxiety, and anger. METHOD:We use data from a two-wave panel study of adults in Miami-Dade County. The analytic sample consists of 1,463 mostly older respondents with valid data on all study measures, including education, income, oc...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Drentea P,Reynolds JR

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To present the bother subscales of the Nursing Home Vision-Targeted Health-Related Quality of Life Questionnaire (NHVQoL) and to examine their relationship to the original NHVQoL subscales and objective measures of visual function. METHOD:395 nursing home residents completed the bother subscales. Association...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Elliott AF,Dreer LE,McGwin G Jr,Scilley K,Owsley C

更新日期：2010-06-01 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：OBJECTIVES:We examine how statutory workweeks affect workers' provision of long-term care for their non-coresident elderly parents. METHOD:The Korean government reduced its statutory workweek from 44 to 40 hr, gradually from larger to smaller establishments, between 2004 and 2011. Using multiple regressions, we assess...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Kim EH,Lee C,Do YK

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This research seeks to determine which aspects of social support are most effective in mediating mood state among working-age and elderly adults with disability (N = 442). METHODS:Participants were identified through random-digit dialing of telephone exchanges and administration of a disability screen. Mult...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Allen SM,Ciambrone D,Welch LC

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Multimorbidity in centenarians is common; although investigations of the prevalence of morbidity in centenarians are accumulating, research on profiles of co-occurrence of morbidities is still sparse. Our aim was to explore profiles of comorbidities in centenarians. METHOD:Health insurance data from 1,121 c...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Gellert P,von Berenberg P,Zahn T,Neuwirth J,Kuhlmey A,Dräger D

更新日期：2019-04-01 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