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Context of walking and loneliness among community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional study

BMC Geriatrics, 2023
Background Older adults are more likely to experience loneliness than younger people. Moreover, greater loneliness in older adults is associated with poor mental health and increased risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality.
Sachiko Mizuta, Kazuaki Uchida, Ryuichi Sawa, Junya Nakamura, Haruhi Encho, Toshihiro Akisue, Rei Ono   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Aging in Place: Technology and Independence for Community-Dwelling Older Adults [PDF]

, 2016
Primary Focus: Productive Aging Learning Objectives: By the end of this presentation, participants will be able to: Explain the rationale for the use of technology-based interventions for community-dwelling older adults.
Avery, OTS, Mikael, Barber, OTS, Devon, Derstine, OTS, Maggie, Licon, OTS, Clarice   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Relationship between neighborhood walkability and older adults' physical activity : results from the Belgian Environmental Physical Activity Study in Seniors (BEPAS Seniors) [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Adequate knowledge on environmental correlates of physical activity (PA) in older adults is needed to develop effective health promotion initiatives.
De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse, Deforche, Benedicte, Van Cauwenberg, Jelle, Van de Weghe, Nico, Van Dyck, Delfien, Van Holle, Veerle   +5 more
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Developing and Evaluating a Laboratory‐Based Frailty Index (FI‐Lab) for the Prediction of Long‐Term Health Outcomes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective We aimed to construct and evaluate the first laboratory‐based frailty index (FI‐Lab) for predicting adverse outcomes in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to compare its predictive ability to that of an existing clinical frailty index (FI).
Grace Burns, Samuel D. Searle, Alexandra Legge   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fall Prevention Interventions for Community-Dwelling Older Adults [PDF]

, 2016
Primary Focus: Productive Aging Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the learner will be able to: 1. Recognize the impact of falls on community-dwelling older adults 2. Describe ways to include fall prevention interventions into current
Heacock, OTS, Monica, Kelly, OTS, Erin, Muscella, OTS, Alex, Park, OTS, June, Thierolf, OTS, Tony   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Cumulative Social Disadvantage and Disease Activity in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry Study

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Background Social determinants of health (SDOH) contribute to JIA disparities, but most studies have assessed SDOH independently rather than cumulatively across individual, family, and neighborhood levels. Using a socioecological framework, we investigated the relationship between cumulative social disadvantage, neighborhood disadvantage, and JIA ...
William Daniel Soulsby, John Boscardin, Andrea Knight, Daniel B. Horton, Karine Toupin‐April, Emily von Scheven, The CARRA Registry Investigators and for the CARRA Health Equity Work Group   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disparities in anxiety and related factors among Chinese older adults across different aged-care models: a comparison of two cross-sectional studies

BMC Geriatrics
Background Anxiety disorders in older adults have become a prominent public health problem due to their concomitant chronic conditions, reduced quality of life and even death.
Xin Zheng, Ziwen Xu, Jiajie Zhao, Sanyuan Hao, Fuqin Xu, Shuo Ding, Guoqing Liu, Shufan Yang, Benjamin Otsen, Wen Zhu, Zhongliang Bai, Jie Yang, Ren Chen   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Changes in objectively measured lifestyle factors during the COVID-19 pandemic in community-dwelling older adults

BMC Geriatrics, 2022
Background In this manuscript, we investigate whether objectively measured lifestyle factors, including walking steps, sedentary time, amount of unforced physical activity, level of slight and energetic physical activity, conversation time, and sleep ...
Takuya Ataka, Noriyuki Kimura, Atsuko Eguchi, Etsuro Matsubara   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Elopement among community-dwelling older adults with dementia

International Psychogeriatrics, 2011
Adverse consequences following elopement among older people with dementia have been widely reported but the phenomenon of elopement has been under-researched. This study aimed to examine patterns of elopement incidents, search processes and subsequent prevention strategies and to explore factors that predict elopement among community-dwellers with ...
Chung, CCJ, Lai, KYC
openaire   +3 more sources

Immersive Virtual Reality for the Management of Pain in Community-Dwelling Older Adults. [PDF]

, 2018
Immersive virtual reality (VR) can provide a high level of engagement and distraction analgesia to address pain. However, community-based applications of this technology for older adults have not been studied.
Benham, Sara, Grampurohit, Namrata, Kang, Minhee   +2 more
core   +1 more source