abstract：:Objectives: Awareness is considered a heterogeneous and non-linear phenomenon in dementia. We aim to investigate patterns of change of different domains of awareness (awareness of cognitive functioning and health condition, activities of daily living, emotional state, social functioning, and relationships) in people w...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Lacerda IB,Santos RL,Belfort T,Neto JPS,Dourado MCN

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: The relationship between body satisfaction and self-esteem among older women is understudied, in particular the potential mechanisms underlying the relationship. The purpose of this study was to investigate social and temporal comparisons and self-objectification, their relationship to body satisfaction an...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Watt AD,Konnert CA

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Depression in older adults is a growing public health concern. However, limited research has focused on the issues of physical environments and depression in the elderly in Asia. The purpose of the study is to examine the relationship between the built environments and depressive symptoms in older adults u...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Huang NC,Kung SF,Hu SC

更新日期：2020-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: This study aims to analyze the psychometric properties of the new Brazilian-Portuguese version of the Brief Resilience Scale (B-BRS) in older adults.Method: A sample of 1251 participants (54.20% women; M = 68.02 years, SD = 6.52) completed the B-BRS and seven scales on successful aging and mental health. Co...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： da Silva-Sauer L,de la Torre-Luque A,Smith BW,C M C Lins M,Andrade S,Fernández-Calvo B

更新日期：2020-04-17 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：:Objectives: This study aimed to investigate quality of life in nursing home residents and the relationship with personal, organizational, activity-related factors and social satisfaction.Methods: In a cross-sectional survey study in 73 nursing homes in Flanders, Belgium, 171 cognitively healthy residents were randomly...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Maenhout A,Cornelis E,Van de Velde D,Desmet V,Gorus E,Van Malderen L,Vanbosseghem R,De Vriendt P

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: The purpose of this study was to validate the Chinese version of the Brief Aging Perception Questionnaire (B-APQ) for older persons with chronic disease living in Taiwan.Methods: This study recruited older patients with chronic diseases from outpatient departments of a medical center in southern Taiwan. Fi...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Wang YR,Lee HF,Chen CM

更新日期：2020-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: This study investigated the association between healthy lifestyle comprised of multiple domains, gender, and cognitive function in older Chinese people in Hong Kong.Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis with data from 1,831 community-dwellers aged 65 years and above. Participants' basic demograp...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Liu T,Luo H,Tang JY,Wong GH

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background and objectives: People with dementia occupy around one quarter of general hospital beds, with concerns consistently raised about care quality. Improving workforce knowledge, skills and attitudes is a mechanism for addressing this. However little is known about effective ways of training healthcare staff abo...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Surr CA,Sass C,Burnley N,Drury M,Smith SJ,Parveen S,Burden S,Oyebode J

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Emerging evidence suggests that social networks may protect against the development of dementia among older adults. In this study we analysed the association between social networks, the apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 allele, and dementia. We also investigated whether there were gender-specific patterns in thi...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Wu J,Hasselgren C,Zettergren A,Zetterberg H,Blennow K,Skoog I,Halleröd B

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Home dwelling people with dementia and their informal carers often do not receive the formal care services they need. This study examined and mapped the research regarding interventions to improve access and use of formal community care services.Method: This is a scoping review with searches in PubMed, CIN...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Røsvik J,Michelet M,Engedal K,Bieber A,Broda A,Gonçalves-Pereira M,Hopper L,Irving K,Jelley H,Kerpershoek L,Meyer G,Marques MJ,Portolani E,Sjölund BM,Sköldunger A,Stephan A,Verhey F,de Vugt M,Woods B,Wolfs C,Zanet

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: This study aimed to assess how childhood socioeconomic conditions are associated with sleeping problems in older adults and how this association may be mediated by socioeconomic conditions across the lives of individuals using a life course perspective. Since the life course opportunities differ systematic...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： van de Straat V,Cheval B,Schmidt RE,Sieber S,Courvoisier D,Kliegel M,Burton-Jeangros C,Cullati S,Bracke P

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:I examine: whether specific emotion-focused coping and help-seeking strategies adopted by older widow(er)s 6 months postloss affect depressive, anger, and yearning symptoms 1 year later; whether these effects are accounted for by psychosocial factors which guide the selection of coping strategies; and the extent to wh...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Carr D

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: The stress-related psychological symptoms experienced by informal family caregivers do not always improve or resolve after the death of the care recipient. The purpose of this study was to explore the independent associations of sociodemographic variables, personality and coping, environmental variables, a...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Corey KL,McCurry MK,Sethares KA,Bourbonniere M,Hirschman KB,Meghani SH

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Providing care for family members with Alzheimer's disease (AD) might awaken ambivalent feelings in caregivers. This topic, however, has received little research attention. Having reliable and valid scales is a first step in expanding our knowledge in this area, particularly among different cultural groups...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： AboJabel H,Schiffman IK,Werner P

更新日期：2020-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: Both caregivers and the older adults they care for can experience declines in quality of life (QOL) over the course of the dementia trajectory. Little research has examined QOL in African-American caregivers and even less in African-American persons with dementia (PWDs), making it difficult to identify asso...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Bonds K,Whitlatch CJ,Song M,Lyons KS

更新日期：2020-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: To study the association between vitamin D levels and frailty, its components and course in a depressed sample.Methods: Baseline and two-year follow-up data from the depressed sample of the Netherlands Study of Depression in Older persons (NESDO), a prospective observational cohort study, were analyzed. The...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： van den Berg KS,Arts MHL,Collard RM,van den Brink RHS,Comijs HC,Marijnissen RM,Oude Voshaar RC

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Explorations of relationships between loneliness and depression have focused on loneliness as a uni-dimensional construct. We hypothesised that reciprocal relationships may exist between depressive symptomatology and social and emotional subtypes of loneliness.Methods: Using data from 373 adults aged over ...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： McHugh Power J,Hannigan C,Hyland P,Brennan S,Kee F,Lawlor BA

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The WM training protocol proposed by Borella et al. found specific and transfer effects among seniors, however, the studies were carried out in the same socio-cultural context and variations in the procedure were never tested. The present study aimed at analyzing the efficacy of Borella et al.'s training, in terms of ...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Brum PS,Borella E,Carretti B,Sanches Yassuda M

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：: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：:Research suggests that the use of creative, artistic activities in later life may positively impact the psychological well-being of older adults. Social robots have been utilized in research with older adults, however, few studies have integrated participatory arts (e.g. theatre) into social robotic platforms for the ...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Fields N,Xu L,Greer J,Murphy E

更新日期：2019-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: The aim of the current study was to assess the associations between dynapenia and the onset and persistence of depression and anxiety among older adults.Methods: This prospective cohort study enrolled community-living older adults (N = 5271; 51.1% females) aged ≥ 50 years (mean age = 63.2, standard deviati...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Carvalho AF,Maes M,Solmi M,Brunoni AR,Lange S,Husain MI,Kurdyak P,Rehm J,Koyanagi A

更新日期：2019-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: We examined: 1. depression rates among senior center clients; and 2. the acceptability of a lay-delivered intervention for depression ("Do More, Feel Better") from the perspective of key stakeholders prior to its implementation.Method: We conducted cross-sectional surveys at four Seattle-area senior centers...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Raue PJ,Dawson A,Hoeft T,Russo J,Ferguson D,Green L,Petersky C,Kaplan C

更新日期：2019-12-04 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：:Objectives: Although numerous studies have documented that negative age stereotypes and perceived age discrimination are related to older adults' lower well-being, few studies have investigated the mechanisms underlying these relationships. In this study, we tested whether self-perceptions of aging and subjective age ...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Marquet M,Chasteen AL,Plaks JE,Balasubramaniam L

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Fear of falling is common amongst older adults with and without a prior experience of falling. It is related to decreased quality of life, isolation, and institutionalisation. It also poses a risk for future falls when activity is avoided because of fear of falling and muscle deconditioning occurs. Relativ...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Scarlett L,Baikie E,Chan SWY

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: To examine the extent to which time perspective, an individual's habitual way of relating to the past, the present, and the future time frames, accounts for variations in self-reported depressive symptoms among older adults. Method: Four hundred two participants (60-90 years) completed the Center for Epide...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Åström E,Rönnlund M,Adolfsson R,Grazia Carelli M

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Poor social connections may be associated with poor cognition in older people who are not experiencing mental health problems, and the trajectory of this association may be moderated by cognitive reserve. However, it is unclear whether this relationship is the same for older people with symptoms of depress...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Evans IEM,Llewellyn DJ,Matthews FE,Woods RT,Brayne C,Clare L

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: The well documented demographic shift to an aging population means that more people will in future be in need of long term residential care. Previous research has reported an increased risk of mental health issues and suicidal ideation among older people living in residential care settings. However, there i...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Gleeson H,Hafford-Letchfield T,Quaife M,Collins DA,Flynn A

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Retirement is not only an important later-life transition for the retiring individual, but also for his or her life partner. This study aims to improve our understanding of the partner's adjustment to the retirement of the older worker, by paying attention to the multidimensional nature of adjustment, and ...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Damman M,Segel-Karpas D,Henkens K

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Little research examines trajectories of carer resilience or the factors that facilitate or hinder resilience over time. We use qualitative longitudinal methods to examine trajectories of resilience and which assets and resources are associated with resilience and care status transitions in spousal dementi...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Donnellan WJ,Bennett KM,Soulsby LK

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Preventing the onset of depression among older people in Japan requires clarifying the social determinants of depression by using longitudinal data, while also taking biological and psychological factors into account. Identification of such determinants may enable more active intervention through social po...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Misawa J,Kondo K

更新日期：2019-10-01 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：:Purposes: Responding to the growing needs of the largest aging population in the world, China has been experimenting interventions introduced from other countries to serve its older citizens. Using the life review approach, this study aimed to understand stress and coping experiences of a group of rural older adults l...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Luo Y,Sun F,Jiang L,Zhang A

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Informal caregivers who recognize patients' depressive symptoms can better support self-care and encourage patients to seek treatment. We examined patient-caregiver agreement among patients with heart failure (HF). Our objectives were to (1) identify distinct groups of HF patients and their out-of-home inf...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Bouldin ED,Aikens JE,Piette JD,Trivedi RB

更新日期：2019-09-01 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: Previous studies pointed at positive associations between spirituality and Subjective Wellbeing (SWB) in later life, but were typically limited to one dimension of spirituality and/or one measure of SWB. Applying Fisher's (2010) multidimensional approach to spirituality and measuring both positive and nega...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Lifshitz R,Nimrod G,Bachner YG

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alterations in brain structure are viewed as neurobiological indicators which are closely tied to cognitive changes in healthy human aging. The current study used diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) tractography to investigate the relationship between age, brain variation in white matter (WM) integrity, and cognitive funct...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Fan YT,Fang YW,Chen YP,Leshikar ED,Lin CP,Tzeng OJL,Huang HW,Huang CM

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to investigate physical decline over 1-year in a cohort of older people across the cognitive spectrum. METHODS:Physical function was assessed using the Physiological Profile Assessment (PPA) in 593 participants (cognitively normal [CN]: n = 342, mild cognitive impairment [MCI]: n =...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Taylor ME,Boripuntakul S,Toson B,Close JCT,Lord SR,Kochan NA,Sachdev PS,Brodaty H,Delbaere K

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00