Exploring the role of built environments and depressive symptoms in community-dwelling older adults: A case of Taiwan.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study is to determine how individual and contextual factors that contribute to homicide-suicide (HS) differ between young adults, middle-aged adults, and older adults, and to describe, in detail, the circumstances that lead to HS by older adults. METHODS:Data were obtained from the Cente...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Schwab-Reese LM,Murfree L,Coppola EC,Liu PJ,Hunter AA

更新日期：2020-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is an increased evidence of an association between inflammatory mediators, particularly serum IL-6, depression and cognitive impairment in the elderly. This study aims at exploring the relation of peripheral IL-6 to cognitive functions in elderly patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). OBJECTIV...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Ali NS,Hashem AHH,Hassan AM,Saleh AA,El-Baz HN

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Given the chronically painful, incurable nature of osteoarthritis, effective cognitive and behavioral coping strategies may be critical for older adults with the disease. Little is known about how and why coping changes over time, nor about stability of coping strategies in persons with osteoarthritis. The a...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Regier NG,Parmelee PA

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have examined either coping strategies or defence mechanisms; however, few have considered both. This research examined age differences in the type of defence mechanisms and coping strategies that people employ. In addition, gender differences, personality, and environmental variables were taken into ...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Whitty MT

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: To provide prevalence estimates of needs of people with dementia living at home, and to determine sources of variation associated with needs for this population.Method: A systematic review and meta-analysis was performed searching CINAHL, MEDLINE, PsycINFO and ASSIA databases. Following quality checks, ran...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Curnow E,Rush R,Maciver D,Górska S,Forsyth K

更新日期：2019-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Research shows that formal and informal social support can facilitate resilience in carers. There is a paucity of research exploring social support and resilience amongst recently bereaved informal carers. Aim: To examine how the presence or absence of distinct dimensions of social support facilitate or hi...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Roper L,Donnellan W,Hanratty B,Bennett K

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The primary purposes of the present study were (1) to assess the living arrangements among urban Chinese elders, (2) to examine the relationship between household living arrangement and elders' mental health, and (3) to investigate how individuals' neighborhood identity affects their mental health. METHOD:T...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Ye M,Chen Y

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a videoconference intervention program in improving nursing home residents' social support, loneliness, and depressive status. METHODS:Fourteen nursing homes were selected from various areas of Taiwan by purposive sampling. El...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Tsai HH,Tsai YF,Wang HH,Chang YC,Chu HH

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to examine factors associated with the bereavement service utilization of bereaved dementia caregivers. Grounded in Andersen's behavioral model of health service use, this study examined predisposing, enabling, and need factors as potential predictors of bereavement service use....

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Bergman EJ,Haley WE,Small BJ

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether caregiver relationship and race modify associations between physical functioning of persons with dementia (PWD) and their caregiver's burden and general depressive symptoms. METHOD:We pooled data from four behavioral intervention trials (N = 1,211). Using latent growth modeling, we eval...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Armstrong NM,Gitlin LN,Parisi JM,Roth DL,Gross AL

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study reports on the psychometric properties and the factorial structure of the Reminiscence Functions Scale (RFS), a 43-item self-report instrument used to assess the frequencies of reminiscence for distinct functions. METHOD:The factorial validity (exploratory factor analysis, n = 453; confirmatory f...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Robitaille A,Cappeliez P,Coulombe D,Webster JD

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare health-related quality of life (HRQOL) between younger and older patients with established rheumatic disorders and to assess the relative impact of a number of psychosocial parameters on HRQOL. METHODS:In a cross-sectional study of 320 patients (245 < 65 and 75 > or = 65 years old, response rate:...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Goulia P,Voulgari PV,Tsifetaki N,Drosos AA,Hyphantis T

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Impaired cognition and pre-frailty are associated with poor health outcomes. However, research has not examined the combined impact of cognitive impairment and pre-frailty on future frailty and mortality among older Mexican Americans. Methods: Data for this analysis came from the 2006-2007 and 2010-2011 wa...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Downer B,Al Snih S,Howrey BT,Raji MA,Markides KS,Ottenbacher KJ

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is becoming increasingly clear that, in order to better understand the implications of global aging, more cross-cultural research is needed. In the present study, the structure and validity of the Geriatric Depression Scale-Short Form (GDS-SF) was examined in Korean and US samples of older adults. The participants ...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Jang Y,Small BJ,Haley WE

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The current research explores how family caregivers (1) make sense of caregiving and (2) cope with their circumstance. METHOD:We analysed semistructured interviews of 13 caregivers of people with either stroke (n = 5) or dementia (n = 8) and used photographs that caregivers took exemplifying their caregivin...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Williams KL,Morrison V,Robinson CA

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Social intelligence is the ability to understand others and the social context effectively and thus to interact with people successfully. Research has suggested that the theory of mind (ToM) and executive function may play important roles in explaining social intelligence. The specific aim of the present stu...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Yeh ZT

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: This study set out to empirically identify joint health trajectories in individuals of advanced age. Predictors of subgroup allocation were investigated to identify the impact of psychological characteristics, stress, and socio-demographic variables on more favorable aging trajectories.Method: The sample co...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Thoma MV,Höltge J,McGee SL,Maercker A,Augsburger M

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: There is an association between depression and diminished social support; indeed, interpersonal dysfunction is often a central feature of depression. The purpose of this study is to examine the role that an emotion regulation (ER) strategy, cognitive reappraisal, plays in influencing the association betwee...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Sachs-Ericsson N,Carr D,Sheffler J,Preston TJ,Kiosses D,Hajcak G

更新日期：2019-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine whether the incidence of stroke influences affective well-being (positive affect and negative affect), and whether such a relationship is moderated by general self-efficacy. METHOD:Longitudinal data from 2008, 2011 and 2014 were used from a population-based sample of community-residing individual...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Buczak-Stec E,König HH,Hajek A

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study is to investigate gender-specific trajectories in well-being among older people with coronary heart disease (CHD) and to compare them with those of healthy people. METHOD:The study included a sample of 4496 participants from the first three waves of the English Longitudinal Study...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Zaninotto P,Sacker A,Breeze E,McMunn A,Steptoe A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Survivors of the Holocaust have reached an age during which it is common for them to look back on their lives. Previous research has shown that reminiscence can take on either adaptive ('self-positive') or detrimental ('self-negative') forms, which in turn are differently linked to psychological well-being...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Zimmermann S,Forstmeier S

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Assessment of personality changes in patients with dementia has received little systematic investigation, although caregivers report personality modifications in every phase of dementia. METHODS:A group of 52 patients with probable Alzheimer's disease (AD) vs. a group of fifteen control subjects were select...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Talassi E,Cipriani G,Bianchetti A,Trabucchi M

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Hong Kong - Vigilance and Memory Test (HK-VMT) is developed to distinguish early cognitive impairment in the pre-symptomatic phase from normal cognitive ageing in older adults. The objectives were to validate HK-VMT to differentiate mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and healthy control (HC), and to explore t...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Fung AW,Lam LCW

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many healthcare professionals in Hong Kong are now working in dementia care, but little is known about their informational needs in this area. This study explored the level of knowledge about dementia that healthcare professionals perceived themselves as having, and the informational needs of dementia care. 320 respon...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Chung JC,Lai CK

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Finding meaning in life is often cited as an important outcome of reminiscence, but this theoretical claim has not been empirically tested until now. A new intervention combining integrative reminiscence and elements of narrative therapy was developed and the effects on meaning in life were studied. METHODS...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Bohlmeijer ET,Westerhof GJ,Emmerik-de Jong M

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Few studies have examined health anxiety in older adults, and it is unknown which factors account for age-related differences in health anxiety. Given similarities between health anxiety and the anxiety disorders, anxiety-related constructs, including anxiety sensitivity, intolerance of uncertainty, emotion r...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Gerolimatos LA,Edelstein BA

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The effect of chronic disease status on quality of life (QoL) has been well established. However, less is known about how chronic diseases affect QoL. This article examines impairment in three domains of the WHO International Classification of Functioning, Health and Disability (ICF) - body function, activit...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Sexton E,King-Kallimanis BL,Layte R,Hickey A

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Little is known about the patterns of psychotropic medication use in community-dwelling minority persons with dementia (PWD). The purpose of this study was to investigate racial/ethnic differences in psychotropic medication use across a diverse population of community-dwelling PWD and to examine the extent t...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Grace EL,Allen RS,Ivey K,Knapp SM,Burgio LD

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study documents correlates of psychotropic drug use among older adults and compares the results observed in this group to those observed in individuals aged 18-64. A multivariate logistic regression analysis using data from the Quebec Health Survey (1992-1993) was employed to study predisposing and facilitating f...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Préville M,Hébert R,Boyer R,Bravo G

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate what empirical studies report on the perceptions of community-dwelling LGBT adults regarding sexuality and sexual expression in residential aged care (RAC), and how their sexuality should be addressed in RAC. METHODS:Relevant papers were identified through electronic searches in databases; an...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Mahieu L,Cavolo A,Gastmans C

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00