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The structural equation modeling of personal aspects, environmental aspects, and happiness among older adults living alone: a cross-sectional study

BMC Geriatrics, 2021
Background The happiness of older adults living alone warrants attention because they are more vulnerable to unhappiness than those living with families.
Eun Jeong Hwang, In Ok Sim
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Factors Related to Care Managers’ Experiences of Making Proxy Decisions about Older Adults Living Alone: A Cross-Sectional Study

Nursing Reports, 2023
In Japan, the number of older adults living alone who require nursing care continues to rise. The purpose of this study was to identify factors associated with care managers’ experiences of making proxy decisions about life directions for older adults ...
Hisao Nakai, Kuniko Ishii, Takako Sagino
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Living Arrangements of Iranian Older Adults and Its Socio-demographic Correlates

Sālmand, 2023
Objectives In the context of family changes and population aging, changing the pattern of life arrangements of older adults has become a social and policy issue.
Rasoul Sadeghi, Fatemeh Sadat Khodaparast   +1 more
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Living alone and mortality among older people in Västerbotten County in Sweden: a survey and register-based longitudinal study

BMC Geriatrics, 2020
Background Living alone is increasingly common and has been depicted as an important cause of mortality. We examined the association between living alone and mortality risks among older men and women in northern Sweden, by linking two unique longitudinal
Nawi Ng, Ailiana Santosa, Lars Weinehall, Gunnar Malmberg   +3 more
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Health‐Related Social Needs in Children With Sickle Cell Disease Are Associated With Worse Health‐Related Quality of Life

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell disease (SCD) face multiple acute and chronic medical complications that may impact their quality of life as reported by patients themselves. Health‐related social needs (HRSNs), such as food and housing insecurity, are common in people with SCD, but the association between HRSNs and patient‐reported ...
Sarah J. Marks, Molly Sonenklar, Cerelia Donald, Cecelia Valrie, Wally Smith, India Sisler   +5 more
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Seasonal variation in appetite status in adults aged 65 and older living alone and living with others: a four-season longitudinal study

Journal of Nutritional Science
Maintaining appetite in older adults is important for preventing malnutrition. Previous studies have shown seasonal variations in dietary intake, suggesting that appetite itself may vary with the seasons.
Kyoko Fujihira, Masaki Takahashi, Ai Iizuka, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Naoyuki Hayashi   +4 more
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Living alone in Japan: Relationships with happiness and health

Demographic Research, 2015
Background: One-person households are the most common type of household in Japan, but relatively little is known about the causes and potential consequences of the rise in solo living in young adulthood.
James M. Raymo
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Associations between living alone, depression, and falls among community-dwelling older adults in the US

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2020
Social isolation is closely linked to depression and falls in late life and are common among seniors. Although the literature has highlighted age-related variations in these three geriatric conditions, evidence on heterogeneities across older adult age ...
Debasree Das Gupta, Uma Kelekar, Dominique Rice   +2 more
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Associations between physical frailty and living arrangements in Japanese older adults living in a rural remote island: The Shimane CoHRE study

Journal of General and Family Medicine, 2022
Background Living arrangements have been known to be associated with physical frailty. However, the prevalence of frailty and its risk factors in remote islands is not understood.
Ryo Miyazaki, Takafumi Abe, Shozo Yano, Kenta Okuyama, Naoki Sakane, Hitoshi Ando, Minoru Isomura, Masayuki Yamasaki, Toru Nabika   +8 more
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Are Fertility Preservation Procedures Before Gonadotoxic Therapy and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Feasible and Safe in Very Young Children? A Retrospective Cohort Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Fertility preservation (FP) is increasingly integrated into the care of pediatric patients exposed to gonadotoxic therapy or conditioning for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), yet perioperative data in infants and toddlers remain scarce.
Kerstin Saalabian, Yannick Braun, Till‐Martin Theilen, Anke Barnbrock, Theresa Rohm, Fabienne Hammant, Nicole Sänger, Aynura Abbasova‐Semiz, Jan‐Henning Klusmann, Thomas Klingebiel, Udo Rolle, Peter Bader, Henning C. Fiegel, Andrea Jarisch   +13 more
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