Prevalence and incidence rates of dementia and cognitive impairment no dementia in the Mexican population: data from the Mexican Health and Aging Study.

abstract：:The articles in this special issue make it clear that there are interesting and policy-relevant research to identify place-based strategies to improve health and reduce health disparities among older adults. The articles also reveal important areas of future research and policy innovation that are needed related to pl...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Michael YL,Yen IH

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We examine the association between poverty, economic inequality, and health among elderly in Myanmar. METHOD:We analyze 2012 data from Myanmar's first representative survey of older adults to investigate how health indicators vary across wealth quintiles as measured by household possessions and housing quali...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Teerawichitchainan B,Knodel J

更新日期：2015-12-01 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：:Objectives: This study examined the associations between parent-child relationships and sleep difficulty among older parents in the context of Chinese multiple-children and one-child families. Methods: Using the 2014 China Longitudinal Aging Social Survey, this study analyzed older parents' (N = 8,450) reports of slee...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Wang H,Kim K,Burr JA,Wu B

更新日期：2020-12-01 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 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：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：OBJECTIVES:Older female smokers are highly vulnerable, yet little is known about their attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors regarding smoking cessation. METHODS:Southeast region Women's Health Initiative participants identified as smokers on at least one prior assessment were surveyed in 2012 regarding current tobacco us...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Weaver KE,Snively BM,Hogan P,Josephs K,Johnson KC,Coday M,Progovac AM,Cirillo DJ,Ockene JK,Tindle HA

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This was a cross-sectional study of the ability of independently living healthy elders to follow a medication regimen. Participants were divided into a group with High Cognitive Function (HCF) or Low Cognitive Function (LCF) based on their scores on the ADAS-Cog. METHOD:Thirty-eight participants aged 65 or o...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Hayes TL,Larimer N,Adami A,Kaye JA

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: Lack of social support is linked to lower cognitive function and cognitive decline. We investigated the effects of a specific type of social relationship, family ties, on cognitive trajectories in non-Hispanic whites, non-Hispanic blacks, and Hispanics. Methods: Using multiple-group latent growth curve mode...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Ying G,Vonk JMJ,Sol K,Brickman AM,Manly JJ,Zahodne LB

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Many studies have examined quality effects of nursing facility (NF) staffing, but few have examined effects of unionization. Concerned with possible effects of unionization on quality, we analyzed unionization and local market climate of unionization, predicting both complaints (reflecting either quality prob...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Swan JH,Harrington C

更新日期：2007-04-01 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 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:The aim of this study was to investigate the association between aspects of social capital and loneliness among the very old living at home and in institutional settings. METHOD:Half of those aged 85 years, and all 90- and 95-year-olds and older in urban and rural municipalities in northern Sweden and wester...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Nyqvist F,Cattan M,Andersson L,Forsman AK,Gustafson Y

更新日期：2013-09-01 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：:This article compares the recruitment costs and participant characteristics associated with the use of probability and nonprobability sampling strategies in a longitudinal study of older hemodialysis patients and their spouses. Contrasts were made of people who accrued to the study based on probability and nonprobabil...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Feild L,Pruchno RA,Bewley J,Lemay EP Jr,Levinsky NG

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effectiveness of psychosocial interventions for the prevention of depression in older people. METHOD:Systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective controlled trials. RESULTS:Thirty studies were included. Overall, psychosocial interventions had a small but statistically significant effect ...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Forsman AK,Schierenbeck I,Wahlbeck K

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Evaluate research on nonpharmacological treatments for symptoms of mild cognitive impairment (MCI). METHOD:We searched for relevant English-language articles published from 2000 to 2010 using PUBMED and PsycINFO. We included nonpharmacological interventions for treating cognitive and behavioral symptoms in p...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Hahn EA,Andel R

更新日期：2011-12-01 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:People in poor health tend to view life-prolonging treatments (e.g., tube feeding) as more acceptable than do healthier people. Do proxies' substituted judgments reveal a similar tendency, showing greater acceptance when the elder is in worse health? METHOD:In a cross-sectional telephone-based survey of 202 ...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Winter L,Parks SM

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Use of medication has become an increasingly important issue in the health and health care of older populations. The demographic changes resulting in greater numbers of individuals 65 and over, accompanied by a higher prevalence of chronic disease, focus attention on prescription and over-the-counter drugs, the major ...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： German PS,Burton LC

更新日期：1989-02-01 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：:The article examines the association of disability and sociodemographic background with the type of social network in which elders are embedded and considers the implications of such associations for network continuity. METHODS. Secondary analysis of data from a national probability sample of Jewish adults aged 60 and...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Litwin H

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Responses of older adults ( greater than 65 years) from the 1990 National Health Interview Survey and Assistive Device Supplement are analyzed to determine if selected demographic and health variables are associated with the use of assistive devices, multiple-device use, and the expressed need for such devices. Bivar...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Hartke RJ,Prohaska TR,Furner SE

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study examined perceptions and correlates of both positive and negative social support among U.S. Chinese older adults. METHOD:Data were drawn from the Population Study of Chinese Elderly in Chicago study, a population-based study of U.S. community-dwelling Chinese older adults aged 60 years and above i...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Chen R,Simon MA,Chang ES,Zhen Y,Dong X

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test current marital status as a moderator on the influence of depressive symptoms and chronic conditions on subsequent functional limitations. METHOD:Data come from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS; 1998-2010). Hierarchal linear modeling models tested differences in functional limitations among a sam...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Kail BL

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the association between baseline life-space mobility and nursing home (NH) admission among community-dwelling older adults over 6 years. METHODS:Using data from a prospective, observational cohort study consisting of a random sample of 1,000 Medicare beneficiaries ≥ 65 years of age stratified by r...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Sheppard KD,Sawyer P,Ritchie CS,Allman RM,Brown CJ

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In this prospective study of smoking cessation among married individuals in midlife we examine correspondence in the change of each partner's smoking status with that of the other, independent of established psychosocial correlates of smoking cessation. METHODS:Using longitudinal data from the first two wav...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Franks MM,Pienta AM,Wray LA

更新日期：2002-08-01 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: The aim of this study was to investigate whether an index of overall cardiovascular health (CVH) is associated with disability in older individuals. Method: Data on 925 participants of the InCHIANTI study (Invecchiare in Chianti, aging in the Chianti area, ≥65 years, 55% women) with median follow-up of 9 ye...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Jin Y,Tanaka T,Ma Y,Bandinelli S,Ferrucci L,Talegawkar SA

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00