Behavioral Sciences,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
13(12), P. 975 - 975
Published: Nov. 27, 2023
Difficulty
in
performing
instrumental
activities
of
daily
living
(IADLs)
is
currently
considered
an
important
indicator
cognitive
impairment
the
elderly.
A
non-experimental
case–control
investigation
was
conducted
to
assess
convergent
validity
PA-IADL
with
traditional
(standard)
assessment
tests
its
ability
identify
adults
mild
impairment.
The
analysis
data
carried
out
by
means
various
multivariate
statistical
tests,
and
sequence
execution
led
conclusion
that
8
12
Tasks
make
up
allow
for
identification
people
(MCI)
same
extent
as
regardless
age.
Age
found
be
a
moderating
variable
performance
eight
tasks;
however,
results
us
hypothesize
MCI
experience
significant
decline
when
it
happens
but
thereafter,
deterioration
occurs
does
so
at
rate
experienced
healthy
people.
They
also
difference
skills
required
functional
tasks,
therefore
person
compared
age
without
(Healthy),
approximately
10
years.
These
hypotheses
have
remarkable
relevance
should
tested
via
longitudinal
research.
In
meantime,
highlight
importance
IADL
diagnosis
complement
standard
assessment.
BMC Medicine,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
22(1)
Published: Jan. 10, 2024
Abstract
Background
The
associations
between
trajectories
of
different
health
conditions
and
cognitive
impairment
among
older
adults
were
unknown.
Our
cohort
study
aimed
to
investigate
the
impact
various
trajectories,
including
sleep
disturbances,
depressive
symptoms,
functional
limitations,
multimorbidity,
on
subsequent
risk
impairment.
Methods
We
conducted
a
prospective
by
using
eight
waves
national
data
from
Health
Retirement
Study
(HRS
2002–2018),
involving
4319
aged
60
years
or
in
USA.
Sleep
disturbances
symptoms
measured
Jenkins
Scale
Centers
for
Epidemiologic
Research
Depression
(CES-D)
scale,
respectively.
Functional
limitations
assessed
activities
daily
living
(ADLs)
instrumental
(IADLs),
Multimorbidity
status
was
self-reporting
physician-diagnosed
diseases.
identified
8-year
at
four
examinations
2002
2010
latent
class
trajectory
modeling.
screened
participants
27-point
HRS
scale
2018
across
waves.
calculated
hazard
ratios
(HR)
Cox
proportional
models.
Results
During
25,914
person-years,
1230
developed
In
fully
adjusted
model
3,
ADLs
not
associated
with
Compared
low
trajectory,
we
found
that
increasing
(HR
=
1.39;
95%
CI
1.17–1.65),
IADLs
1.88;
1.43–2.46),
high
multimorbidity
1.48;
1.16–1.88)
all
posed
an
elevated
higher
urban
areas
2.30;
1.65–3.21)
those
who
smoked
2.77;
1.91–4.02)
(all
P
interaction
<
0.05).
Conclusions
results
suggest
tracking
functioning
may
be
potential
feasible
screening
method
identifying
BMC Geriatrics,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
25(1)
Published: Feb. 21, 2025
The
identification
of
depression
and
loneliness
among
people
with
cognitive
frailty
(CF)
could
prevent
negative
psychological
physical
health
outcomes.
Few
studies
have
focused
on
mental
together,
little
is
known
about
the
role
daily
activity
in
association
between
elderly
individuals
CF.
To
determine
positive
effect
community-dwelling
older
adults
CF
as
well
moderating
instrumental
activities
living
(IADL)
this
association.
This
cross-sectional
study
included
529
aged
65
years
from
a
population
who
were
screened
for
was
conducted
July
2023
to
December
2023.
participants
assessed
via
validation
instruments
following
main
variables:
Short-form
Geriatric
Depression
Scale,
Loneliness
Questionnaire,
Athens
Insomnia
Instrumental
Activities
Daily
Living
(IADL),
Social
Support
sociodemographic
characteristics.
classified
having
reversable
(RCF)
or
potentially
(PRCF).
IADL,
depression,
insomnia,
scores
lower
RCF
than
PRCF.
IADL
shows
that
relationship
has
steeper
slope
when
levels
exist,
compared
straight
line
there
are
higher
case,
less
steep
showed
integrity
social
connections
protective
It
necessary
pay
attention
disability
individuals.
Targeted
interventions
improving
participation
seem
be
practical
feasible
solutions
alleviate
depressive
symptoms.
Psychogeriatrics,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
25(3)
Published: April 20, 2025
Abstract
Introduction
Based
on
the
Chinese
Longitudinal
Healthy
Longevity
Survey
(CLHLS),
this
study
aimed
to
examine
prevalence
and
correlates
of
depression,
its
network
structure
association
with
quality
life
(QOL)
in
older
adults
hypertension.
Methods
Depression
QOL
were
measured
using
10‐item
Center
for
Epidemiologic
Studies
Short
Scale
(CESD‐10)
World
Health
Organization
Quality
Life‐brief
version,
respectively.
Univariable
multivariable
analyses
performed.
Network
analysis
was
used
explore
interconnections
between
depressive
symptoms.
The
flow
function
identify
symptoms
that
directly
associated
QOL.
Results
A
total
5032
hypertension
included.
depression
(CESD‐10
score
≥
10)
28.3%
(95%
confidence
interval:
27.08%–29.59%),
which
significantly
poor
(
P
<
0.001).
Participants
who
male
0.001),
resided
urban
areas
=
0.006),
lived
their
family
had
perceived
fair
or
good
economic
status
higher
level
instrumental
activities
daily
living
0.001)
lower
risk
depression.
In
model
CESD3
‘Feeling
blue/depressed’,
CESD4
‘Everything
an
effort’
CESD8
‘Loneliness’
most
central
CESD10
‘Sleep
disturbances’
highest
negative
QOL,
followed
by
CESD5
‘Hopelessness’,
CESD7
‘Lack
happiness’.
Conclusion
common
among
To
prevent
reduce
impact
population,
appropriate
interventions
should
target
both
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
14(4), P. 1271 - 1278
Published: April 1, 2025
To
determine
the
association
of
impaired
cognition
status
with
activities
daily
living
among
elderly
Indian
(≥
60
years)
population.
Cross-sectional
comparative
analysis
was
conducted
using
nationally
representative
data
from
a
longitudinal
ageing
study
in
India
(LASI)
survey
(2017-18).
The
univariate
and
multivariate
logistic
regression
established
associations
between
living.
Among
subjects,
41.6%
16.3%
faced
difficulties
instrumental
significant
adjusted
odds
having
ADL
difficulty
1.46
times
more
IADL
2.31
participants
than
normal.
With
ageing,
worsen
which
is
found
our
results.
Due
to
rapidly
increasing
population,
early
detection
prevention
disability
or
preservation
functioning
for
population
females
particular
should
be
highest
priority
public
health
decision-makers.
BMC Geriatrics,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
25(1)
Published: May 22, 2025
As
China
has
entered
an
aging
society,
the
prevention
of
cognitive
impairment
is
great
importance.
The
progression
usually
a
slow
and
continuous
process,
with
Instrumental
Activities
Daily
Living
(IADL)
serving
as
sensitive
indicator
for
early
prediction
decline.
objective
this
study
was
to
utilize
longitudinal
network
analysis
pinpoint
most
indicators
IADLs
identify
in
different
populations,
offer
practical
recommendations
preventing
among
older
adults
China.
A
total
2,781
participants
were
selected
from
Chinese
Longitudinal
Healthy
Longevity
Survey
(CLHLS
2014-2018).
Cognitive
function
assessed
by
Mini-mental
State
Examination
(MMSE)
modified
Lawton
scale,
respectively.
In
study,
cross-lagged
panel
(CLPN)
model
employed
construct
three
separate
networks
all
adults,
male
female
Two
centrality
indices
used
quantify
symptom
directed
CLPN:
In-Expected-Influence
(IEI)
Out-Expected-Influence
(OEI).
networks,
"Use
public
transit,"
"Make
food"
"Walk
1
km"
emerged
influential
important
indicators.
edge
transit
→
Attention
Calculation"
strongest
connection
networks.
Among
adult
males,
"General
ability"
exhibited
influence
on
other
domains,
followed
"Language,"
while
"Attention
had
weaker
influence.
Conversely,
females,
factor,
"Language."
This
provides
new
insights
into
associations
between
specific
IADL
activities
domains
adults.
Concentrate
monitoring
limitations
related
km,"
promoting
broader
life-space
mobility
may
be
beneficial
decline
function.
findings
underscore
importance
targeting
interventions
not
only
but
also
potentially
gender.
Not
applicable.
JMIR Aging,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
7, P. e53240 - e53240
Published: March 22, 2024
Abstract
Background
The
societal
burden
of
cognitive
impairment
in
China
has
prompted
researchers
to
develop
clinical
prediction
models
aimed
at
making
risk
assessments
that
enable
preventative
interventions.
However,
it
is
unclear
what
types
factors
best
predict
future
impairment,
if
known
make
equally
accurate
predictions
across
different
socioeconomic
groups,
and
existing
are
subpopulations.
Objective
This
paper
identify
which
domain
health
information
predicts
among
Chinese
older
adults
examine
discrepancies
exist
predictive
ability
population
subsets.
Methods
Using
data
from
the
Longitudinal
Healthy
Longevity
Survey,
we
quantified
demographics,
instrumental
activities
daily
living,
tests,
social
hobbies,
psychological
factors,
diet,
exercise
sleep,
chronic
diseases,
3
recently
published
logistic
regression–based
3-year
general
male,
female,
rural-dwelling,
urban-dwelling,
educated,
not
formally
educated
adults.
Predictive
was
using
area
under
receiver
operating
characteristic
curve
(AUC)
sensitivity-specificity
curves
through
20
repeats
10-fold
cross-validation.
Results
A
total
4047
participants
were
included
study,
337
(8.3%)
developed
years
after
baseline
collection.
factor
groups
with
demographics
(AUC
0.78,
95%
CI
0.77-0.78),
tests
0.72,
0.72-0.73),
living
0.71,
0.70-0.71).
Demographics,
all
recreated
had
significantly
higher
AUCs
when
female
compared
male
no
formal
education
those
some
education.
Conclusions
study
suggests
most
useful
for
predicting
have
lower
power
More
efforts
needed
ensure
can
be
conducted
China.
The
imperative
for
early
mild
cognitive
impairment
(MCI)
detection
is
underscored
by
the
limitations
of
traditional
biomarkers,
high
cost
and
invasiveness,
they
often
fail
to
capture
behavioral
changes
in
MCI
patients
associated
with
impaired
instrumental
activities
daily
living
(IADL).
This
study
introduces
a
cost-effective,
non-invasive
alternative
using
digital
markers,
"virtual
kiosk
test",
which
involves
performing
IADL
tasks
such
as
ordering
food
via
virtual
reality
(VR)
detect
at
an
stage.
Involving
20
healthy
controls
31
patients,
four
key
features
within
VR
markers
effectively
differentiate
groups:
hand
movement
speed,
proportion
fixation
duration,
time
completion,
number
errors.
A
machine
learning
model
demonstrated
effectiveness
93.3%
accuracy,
100%
sensitivity,
83.3%
specificity,
90%
precision,
94.7%
F1-score
group
differentiation.
Findings
suggest
that
observing
behaviors
test
5
minutes
can
be
efficient
approach
detection,
acting
reliable
markers.
Aging Clinical and Experimental Research,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
36(1)
Published: June 21, 2024
Maintaining
higher-level
functional
capacity
is
important
for
independent
living
in
older
age.
The
aging
trajectory
of
the
Tokyo
Metropolitan
Institute
Gerontology
Index
Competence
(TMIG-IC)
has
three
patterns;
however,
subscale
patterns
are
unclear.
This
study
aimed
to
clarify
TMIG-IC
subscales
among
community-dwelling
Japanese.
Participants
were
3,169
Japanese
who
participated
2012-2022
mail
survey
Otassha
study.
total
and
scores
those
aged
65-90
years
identified
using
group-based
modeling.
Further,
combination
frequency
was
determined.
Three
identified:
early-onset
decreasing,
late-onset
high-stable.
instrumental
activities
daily
(IADL)
maintained
until
approximately
80
age;
chronic
disease
prevailed
most
decreasing
pattern.
pattern
intellectual
activity
(IA)
present
25%
participants,
showing
impaired
IA
from
65
social
roles
(SR)
30%
a
sharp
decline
compared
other
subscales.
For
many
people,
decrease
SR
overlapped.
To
maintain
capacity,
interventions
that
include
management
prevention
IADL
increase
awareness
support
provided
throughout
old
age
people
with
an
early
should
be
implemented.