Association of Alcohol Use and Loneliness Frequency Among Middle-Aged and Older Adult Drinkers.

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：OBJECTIVES:This study analyzes trajectories of disability from onset until death in an 80+ population. METHODS:The study population (N = 434) consists of all persons born before 1902 living in the town of Larvik, Norway, in January 1981 (N = 434). By registering illnesses and activities of daily living (ADL) limitatio...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Romoren TI,Blekeseaune M

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

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:A cohort of older people living in a low-resource setting in Nairobi is followed to understand the transitions in caregiving status and trajectories in health over a 3-year period. METHODS:Three categories of older people comprising 65 AIDS caregivers, 102 Other caregivers and 1,322 noncaregivers identified ...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Chepngeno-Langat G,Evandrou M

更新日期：2013-06-01 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：:Objective: To develop an assessment method of active aging for research on older people. Method: A multiphase process that included drafting by an expert panel, a pilot study for item analysis and scale validity, a feedback study with focus groups and questionnaire respondents, and a test-retest study. Altogether 235 ...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Rantanen T,Portegijs E,Kokko K,Rantakokko M,Törmäkangas T,Saajanaho M

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: We investigated changes in the prevalence of disabilities among individuals with type 2 diabetes and analyzed the contribution of comorbidities on this change. Methods: Data were drawn from the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). We estimated predicted probabilities of impaired (ins...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Sperlich S,Beller J,Epping J,Safieddine B,Tetzlaff J,Geyer S

更新日期：2020-10-31 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 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: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: 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: 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: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: Geriatricians are skilled in the recognition of asymptomatic and atypical presentations that occur in the elderly and provide comprehensive medication management including recognizing adverse drug events, reducing polypharmacy, and de-prescribing. However, despite the increasing average age of the U.S. popu...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Lester PE,Dharmarajan TS,Weinstein E

更新日期：2020-10-01 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：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：OBJECTIVE:This study investigated nativity disparities in life satisfaction among ethnoracial groups of older adults in the United States and the factors associated with such disparities. METHOD:Cross-sectional data from 7,348 respondents aged 60 and older from the 2012/2014 waves of the Health and Retirement Study (H...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Calvo R,Carr DC,Matz-Costa C

更新日期：2019-02-01 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 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:Studies have reported that rural elders in China have higher levels of depression than their urban peers. We aimed to examine the extent to which four sets of factors (socioeconomic status [SES], health care access, health status, and social support and participation) account for such rural-urban differences....

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Li LW,Liu J,Xu H,Zhang Z

更新日期：2016-03-01 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:This article examines the relationship of social network and self-rated health among different cultural groups. METHODS:This study examined associations between network structure, interaction, support and social engagement and self-rated health, controlling for sociodemographic background and psychobiologica...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Litwin H

更新日期：2006-06-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To better understand future home-based care needs and costs for disabled elders in China. METHOD:To further develop and apply the ProFamy extended cohort-component method and the most recent census and survey data. RESULTS:(a) Chinese disabled elders and the annual growth rate of the percentage of national...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Zeng Y,Chen H,Wang Z,Land KC

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: This study examined whether older patients' greater daily pain perceived by their spouses was associated with spouses' higher daily negative affect. We further investigated whether spouses' lower confidence in patients' ability to manage pain exacerbated the daily association between perceived patient pain...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Nah S,Martire LM,Zhaoyang R

更新日期：2020-10-01 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: 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. 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：OBJECTIVE:Emotional competence (EC) has been found to be an important predictor of individuals' health. While it is well known that EC predicts important outcomes in young adults, its importance is less clear in the elderly. We aimed to address this gap: Is the structure of EC the same in older as in younger adults? Ho...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Fantini-Hauwel C,Mikolajczak M

更新日期：2014-09-01 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