Informal and Formal Social Integration Shape Eating and Drinking of Older Black and White Americans.

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. To evaluate the effect of individually tailored programs on perceived autonomy in institutionalized physically disabled older people and to describe participants' activity wishes and content of the programs. METHOD. This blinded randomized trial with follow up included a total of nine nursing homes and 50 n...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Andresen M,Runge U,Hoff M,Puggaard L

更新日期：2009-12-01 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：: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: 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

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: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 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：OBJECTIVE:To determine the contributions of personal, structural, and neighborhood characteristics to differential access to health care for older persons in the United States. METHODS:This study used the 1994 National Health Interview Survey, ages 65 and older (n = 12,341), 1990 census block group data, and data on h...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Auchincloss AH,Van Nostrand JF,Ronsaville D

更新日期：2001-08-01 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: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：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: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: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：: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：PURPOSE:Visual impairment and, to a lesser extent, hearing impairment are independent predictors of reduced survival in selected studies of community-residing adults. To date, the association of severity of concurrent impairment and mortality has not been examined. METHOD:The National Health Interview Survey is a cont...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Lee DJ,Gómez-Marín O,Lam BL,Zheng DD,Arheart KL,Christ SL,Caban AJ

更新日期：2007-06-01 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:The current study examined racial differences in the relationship between late-life stress and health functioning and the moderating role of perceived social support (PSS) in older adults. METHOD:A biracial sample of community-dwelling older adults (65+) from the first two waves of the Duke University's Esta...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Sheffler J,Sachs-Ericsson N

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Examine the relationship between frailty and falls. METHOD:A total of 847 Mexican Americans from the Hispanic Established Population for the Epidemiological Study of the Elderly were evaluated. The outcome variable was fall occurrence. Some predictor variables included were frailty, sociodemographic variable...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Samper-Ternent R,Karmarkar A,Graham J,Reistetter T,Ottenbacher K

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We estimated the 2-year incidence of poor physical performance according to gender roles and examined mediating pathways related to health behaviors and chronic conditions. METHOD:Data are from the International Mobility in Aging Study ( n = 1,676). The Bem Sex Role Inventory was used to classify participant...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Ahmed T,Vafaei A,Auais M,Phillips SP,Guralnik J,Zunzunegui MV

更新日期：2018-08-01 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: 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：:Objective: The objective of study is to examine the relationships between health status and changes in cognition over time among middle to older aged Blacks. Method: Data come from the Baltimore Study of Black Aging-Patterns of Cognitive Aging. At baseline, 602 Black participants, ranging from ages 48 to 95 years, wer...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Byrd DR,Thorpe RJ Jr,Whitfield KE

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study has attempted to validate the Geriatric Depression Scale translated version (Chinese) with a psychiatric outpatient sample (N = 461) of males and females aged 60 or above, from 10 government-maintained psychiatric outpatient clinics between January 1992 and February 1993. Reliabilities and validities were ...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Chan AC

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to assess how well physiological measures, including biomarkers and genetic indicators, predict receipt of Social Security Administration (SSA) disability benefits among U.S. adults aged 51 to 65 years. METHOD:We used data from the 2006 to 2012 waves of the Health and Retirem...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Blue L,Gill L,Faul J,Bradway K,Stapleton D

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the growth of the Hispanic population in the Midwest states of the United States, to present disability levels in older Mexican and non-Mexican-origin Midwest Hispanics by place of birth and poverty status, and compare disability levels among older Midwest Hispanics with those among Southwest His...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： de Leon CF,Eschbach K,Markides KS

更新日期：2011-10-01 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 investigates whether the health effects of informal caregiving for aging parents vary by employment status in the United States. Two opposing hypotheses are tested: dual role strain and role enhancement. Method: Using national longitudinal data from the U.S. Health and Retirement Study, multivari...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Kohl NM,Mossakowski KN,Sanidad II,Bird OT,Nitz LH

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our objective was to describe behavioral change trajectories for healthful eating and exercise in a group of community-dwelling older adults. A secondary aim was to determine predictors of maintenance and resilience. METHOD:Subjects were participants in the Study of Exercise and Nutrition in Older Rhode Isla...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Clark PG,Greene GW,Blissmer BJ,Lees FD,Riebe DA,Stamm KE

更新日期：2019-06-01 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