Lived experiences of hypertensive older adults living alone in Kendari City: a phenomenological aprroach DOI Creative Commons
Asminarsih Zainal Prio, Junaiti Sahar, Etty Rekawati

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Jurnal NERS, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 19(4), P. 398 - 411

Published: Nov. 30, 2024

Introduction: This study aimed to explore lived experiences as evidence-based in developing health services for hypertensive older adults living alone. Methods: employed a qualitative phenomenological approach, with in-depth and semi-structured interviews of alone Kendari City Southeast Sulawesi. Purposive sampling was utilized. 15 participating adults, predominantly female, ages ranging from 61-80. Data were collected April until July 2022, Colaizzi’s steps used guide the data analysis. Results: Three themes identified: 1) changes consisting physical, emotional, social, spiritual changes; 2) coping mechanisms emotion-focused coping, biobehavior-focused social-focused spiritual-focused coping; 3) healthcare needs information needs, regular checks, group activities, activities. Conclusions: research highlights adapt their requiring holistic care well services. Recommendations this include program psychological, Further effectiveness hypertension on blood pressure, stress, quality life by comparing family, using ethnographic methods determine adaptation process according culture.

Language: Английский

Associations of body mass index, waist circumference and the weight‐adjusted waist index with daily living ability impairment in older Chinese people: A cross‐sectional study of the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey DOI Creative Commons

Jie Sun,

Jie Lin,

Wenqin Shen

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Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 26(9), P. 4069 - 4077

Published: July 4, 2024

Abstract Aim To investigate the associations of body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and weight‐adjusted (WWI) with impairment activities daily living (ADL) in older Chinese people. Methods A total 13 260 participants aged 65 years from 2018 Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey were included this cross‐sectional study. BMI, WC WWI calculated measurements height, weight WC. Binary logistic regression was used to estimate odds ratios (ORs) 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs). Non‐linear correlations investigated using restricted cubic spline curves. Results In multivariate fully adjusted for confounding variables, our analyses revealed significant between ADL impairment, ORs CI) 1.01 (1.00, 1.01) 1.08 (1.03, 1.12), respectively. Meanwhile, a high had higher risk compared those low WWI, an OR 1.12 (1.02, 1.23). Subgroup showed that only association did not differ any different populations. addition, we found non‐linearly associated impairment. Conclusions There are The findings show ability serve as comprehensive effective indicator obesity people emphasize importance assessing screening preventing

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Association between diverse obesity indicators and sleep quality in elderly Chinese people: a National Study DOI Creative Commons
Zhenzhen Liang,

Wei Jin,

Li Huang

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Frontiers in Nutrition, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 11

Published: Oct. 11, 2024

The association between obesity indicators and sleep quality remains unclear among elderly Chinese people. Therefore, we aimed to assess this by utilizing data from the Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS).

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

Ziwen Xu,

Jie Zhao

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BMC Geriatrics, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 25(1)

Published: Jan. 21, 2025

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. However, fewer studies been conducted on differences anxiety among individuals different aged-care models, the interactive relationship between influencing factors remains unclear. The study aimed examine disparities prevalence community-dwelling institutionalized related factors. Data were collected from Anhui Healthy Longevity Survey (AHLS) Elderly Caring Social Organizations (AECSOS). demographic variables, lifestyle health-related variables 6968 used for analysis. symptoms evaluated using Generalized Disorder Assessment Scale (GAD-7). Binary logistic regression models Classification Regression Tree model (CART) utilized variables. 24.3% 16.7% adults, respectively. Several including age, gender, residence, education, income level, live alone, number diseases showed linkage with adults. For source income, exhibited significant association anxiety. We noted effect, suggesting that female an level less than 6500 RMB per year reported disease comorbidities had highest likelihood anxiety, sources such as pension, subsidy, family providing, resident rural areas greatest risk experiencing This has brought light higher compared Targeted interventions are, therefore emphasized address negative impact populations at risk.

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Predictors of postoperative delirium in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy: a prospective study DOI
Hao Wang, Jie Chen, Jing Chen

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Supportive Care in Cancer, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 33(4)

Published: March 10, 2025

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Association between living alone and generalized anxiety disorder in Korean adults DOI Creative Commons

Su Min Park,

Dan Bi Kim,

Min Jeong Joo

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Journal of Affective Disorders, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 362, P. 630 - 637

Published: July 17, 2024

Globally, the rise in single-person households poses a potential risk to mental health, with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) being prominent concern. The proliferation of may exacerbate social isolation and foster loneliness anxiety. Notably, research investigating association between GAD remains limited. Therefore, this study aimed investigate across sexes Korea.

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Body mass index, waist circumference, hip circumference, abdominal volume index, and cognitive function in older Chinese people: a nationwide study DOI Creative Commons
Zhenzhen Liang,

Wei Jin,

Huang Li

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BMC Geriatrics, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 24(1)

Published: Nov. 8, 2024

Numerous studies have indicated an obesity paradox in observational research on aging health, where being normal weight or underweight adversely affects cognitive function, while moderate may offer protective benefits. This study aims to investigate the association between body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), hip (HC), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), waist-to-hip (WHR), abdominal volume (AVI), and joint effect of BMI HC impairment older Chinese people.

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Association of depression with widowhood, loneliness, and social non-participation among older women in India DOI Creative Commons
Priya Das, Subhadeep Saha, Tanu Das

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Journal of Medicine Surgery and Public Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 3, P. 100111 - 100111

Published: May 5, 2024

Widowhood is a disastrous incident occurring at any stage of life for surviving oneself particularly the older women having critical reflexes on their physical, emotional and as well socio-economic well-bring. Living alone being cornered to home may also have serious repercussions psychological health conditions geriatric population, public concern in recent times.The main essence this present study was investigate impact widowhood, loneliness social non-participation depression Indian context. Data were obtained from first wave Longitudinal Ageing Study India (LASI), conducted during 2017-2018. A total 15,559 adult availed study. Descriptive analyses, association studies finally multinominal logistic regression analyses performed fulfill objectives. Currently, 5% participant's suffered most times. Findings suggested that widowhood catastrophiceventgiving rise old later life. With this, living age period had great prevalence depression. Preponderance found among those, not getting involved events. This reduce depression, targeted interventions form counseling, screening services community involvement are very much needed.

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Utility of Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS) in evaluating a multicomponent exercise programme for community-dwelling pre-frail older adults DOI Creative Commons

Juan Fang,

Jianping Ren, Jinjing Wang

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Family Medicine and Community Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12(1), P. e002410 - e002410

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Objectives This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS) in assessing an intervention for pre-frail senior citizens. Additionally, explain how GAS goals were established based on International Classification Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) categories, including body function, activity participation environmental factors. Methods In this study, 220 older adults randomly selected participate a controlled trial. The group engaged multicomponent exercise three times week, once at community health service location twice home. control received advice physical but did not have supervised exercise. Participants both groups individualised from 23 developed ICF by focus discussion. used generalised estimating equations analyse differences between groups. Results included 144 participants, 72 group. top all participants vestibular functions (53.5%), pain management (43.1%) lifting carrying objects (31.9%). Both saw significant increase scores week 8 24 (p<0.05), showed more improvement (p<0.05). living alone associated with lower postintervention improvements scores. contrast, who using smartphone likely get higher Conclusions can be valuable tool setting evaluating meaningful functions, interventions help achieve their expected as measured GAS.

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Effect of long-term care insurance policy on depression in non-disabled people: evidence from China DOI Creative Commons
Wenjing Jiang, Hongyan Yang

BMC Public Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 24(1)

Published: April 4, 2024

Abstract Background Policy effect might be multidimensional and spill over to non-recipients. It is unclear how the implementation of Long-Term Care Insurance (LTCI) policy affects depression in non-disabled people this differs different groups. Methods Using time-varying differences-in-differences method nationally representative health survey data wave 2011, 2013, 2015 2018 from China Health Retirement Longitudinal Study, we assessed LTCI on aged 45 years older, discussed heterogeneity across population characteristics: retirement, financial support social participation status. Results We found statistically significant reduced by 0.76 units compared non-pilot cities. Depression who unretired, with without was 0.8267, 0.7079 1.2161 units, respectively. Conclusions because China, benefited more policy. Our findings highlight depression-reducing non-recipients suggest that should concerned during progress.

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The effect of long-term care insurance on women’s health outcomes in China: evidence from a disability inclusion action DOI Creative Commons
Wenjing Jiang, Hongyan Yang

BMC Public Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 24(1)

Published: Aug. 20, 2024

Long-term care insurance (LTCI) in China provides financial and security for persons with disabilities includes caregivers the paid labour workforce. However, it is unclear how LTCI affects health outcomes female recipients, caregivers, non-recipients non-caregivers.

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