Transitions in caregiving and health dynamics of caregivers for people with AIDS: a prospective study of caregivers in Nairobi Slums, Kenya.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The study examined whether ethnicity or socioeconomic status influenced a group's ability to meet eligibility criteria and willingness to enroll. METHOD:The eligibility and enrollment status of 904 women aged 65 years and older who responded to recruitment efforts of an estrogen and osteoporosis clinical tr...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Unson CG,Ohannessian C,Kenyon L,Case A,Reisine S,Prestwood K

更新日期：2004-06-01 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：:Objective: There is limited knowledge about whether childhood disadvantage, defined as economic and health disadvantage, influences recovery from functional impairment. Method: Using data from the Health and Retirement Study (2008-2010), this research explores whether childhood disadvantage shapes recovery from mobili...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Latham-Mintus K,Aman KM

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In this article, we examine the demographics of living arrangements and household headship status among Mexican-origin individuals aged 85+ years. METHOD:Data come from the Hispanic Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly (H-EPESE) caregiver and respondent surveys. RESULTS:Finance...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Cantu PA,Angel JL

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: This paper analyzes the double jeopardy effect of age and double benefit of leisure activities in the incidence of disability. Methods: This study uses data from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey between 2002 and 2014. Disability status is measured by activities of daily living. Leisure act...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Sun R

更新日期：2020-12-29 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: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：:The authors surveyed a community-based population of 628 persons who were 65 and over and who lived either in a rural Maryland county or in Baltimore. For each subject, the number of different medical problems, the subject's capacity to perform physical tasks, and the ability to function were assessed. The number and ...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Kashner TM,Krompholz B,McDonnell C,Magaziner J,Schumann B

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Examine differences in health care utilization and out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditures among older Mexican adults in 2001 and 2012, and identify individual characteristics associated with utilization and expenditures in both years. Method: Data from the 2001 and 2012 cross-sections of the Mexican Health and A...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Avila JC,Kaul S,Wong R

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Determine if complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use for treating existing conditions and for health maintenance differs by age and ethnicity. METHODS:Data from the 2002 National Health Interview Survey were used to operationalize distinct types of CAM in terms of (a) no use, (b) use for treatment ...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Grzywacz JG,Lang W,Suerken C,Quandt SA,Bell RA,Arcury TA

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and thirty-five initially healthy men and women older than 65 years of age were studied prospectively to identify factors associated with health outcomes. At study onset, measures of personality, social interaction, and health locus of control were obtained while participants were still healthy. A reliabl...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Willis L,Goodwin J,Lee KO,Mosqueda L,Garry P,Liu P,Linn R,Wayne S

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To use anchoring vignettes to evaluate reporting heterogeneity (RH) in self-rated mobility and cognition in older adults. METHOD:We analyzed vignettes and self-rated mobility and cognition in 2,558 individuals aged 50 years and above. We tested for assumptions of vignette equivalence (VE) and response consis...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Hirve S,Verdes E,Lele P,Juvekar S,Blomstedt Y,Tollman S,Wall S,Chatterji S,Ng N

更新日期：2014-09-01 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: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：:A national sample of persons who died in 1986 was analyzed to obtain a valid estimate of the relationship between functional status and the provision of formal home care during the last year of life. Community-based care has become increasingly important as the size of the elderly population increases and the cost fo...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Grabbe L,Demi AS,Whittington F,Jones JM,Branch LG,Lambert R

更新日期：1995-08-01 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：: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 examines how the linkage of surveys to death records differs for Hispanics and non-Hispanic Whites and how such differences affect estimates of ethnic differences in U.S. adult mortality. METHOD:I use data from the 1989-2000 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) linked to the National Death Inde...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Lariscy JT

更新日期：2011-12-01 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:This study sought to evaluate the relationship between baseline depression and prospective engagement in walking and exercise behavior after enrollment in an exercise intervention. METHODS:The study used baseline, 1-month, 12-month, and 24-month in-person interview and pedometer data collected from Latinos a...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Hernandez R,Prohaska TR,Wang PC,Sarkisian CA

更新日期：2013-03-01 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：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:To examine the association between perceived environmental barriers to and facilitators for outdoor mobility with life-space among older people. METHODS:Community-dwelling, 75- to 90-year-old people (n = 848) were interviewed face-to-face using standard questionnaires. The Life-Space Assessment (LSA), indica...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

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

更新日期：2015-06-01 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：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：OBJECTIVES:This article seeks to review debates about age-based rationing in health care. METHODS:The article identifies four different levels (or types) of decision-making in health resources allocation--societal, strategic, programmatic, and clinical--and assesses how the issues of rationing vary in relation to each...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Dey I,Fraser N

更新日期：2000-11-01 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：:The purpose of this study was to assess the stability of short-term plans to retire and to evaluate the role of self-reported health status in predicting both plans to retire and actual retirement from a sample of 1,165 older members of a prepayment, group practice model, health maintenance organization. The study sam...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Midanik LT,Soghikian K,Ransom LJ,Polen MR

更新日期：1990-11-01 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: Timing and accumulation of work-related exposures may influence later life health. This study evaluates the association between women's work patterns and physical functioning. Method: Work history and physical functioning information was collected at baseline for U.S. women ages 50 to 79 years in the Women'...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Palumbo AJ,Cannuscio C,De Roos AJ,Robinson L,Mossey J,Wallace R,Garcia L,Shadyab AH,Sealy-Jefferson S,Michael Y

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00