Wilson, Tomorrow D Barry, Kristen L Maust, Donovan T Blow, Frederic C
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Aging & mental health
Mid-life adults have notably higher rates of alcohol and other substance misuse than older adults and maintain higher levels of use over time. Social isolation has been linked to higher risk use with increasing age. The purpose of this study is to examine the associations between social relationships, drinking, and misuse of sedative-tranquilizers....
Quach, Lien T Burr, Jeffrey A
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Aging & mental health
to estimate the association of social disconnectedness and perceived social isolation with the risk of falls and also investigate whether depression mediated this association. Biennial longitudinal survey data from 2006 to 2012 waves of the U.S. Health and Retirement Study of adults aged 65 and older (N = 22,153 observations) were examined. The out...
Rai, Harleen Kaur Griffiths, Rebecca Yates, Lauren Schneider, Justine Orrell, Martin
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Aging & mental health
To test the individual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (iCST) application with people with dementia and carers in order to modify and refine the application, and improve its usability. In an iterative development process, two different prototypes were used to elicit the subjects' views and preferences. This application may address the current need fo...
Cheung, Gary Peri, Kathryn
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Aging & mental health
Bat, Baker K K Chan, Joyce Y C Chan, Tak Kit Huo, Zhaohua Yip, Benjamin H K Wong, Martin C S Tsoi, Kelvin K F
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Aging & mental health
Drawing is a major component of cognitive screening for dementia. It can be performed without language restriction. Drawing pictures under instructions and copying images are different screening approaches. The objective of this study was to compare the diagnostic performance between drawing under instructions and image copying for MCI and dementia...
van den Berk Clark, Carissa Pickard, Joseph G Drallmeier, Theresa
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Aging & mental health
There is a large body of research indicating that substance use disorder treatment completion leads to higher rates of sustained recovery. However, not much is known about how age and opioid treatment programs (OTPs) OTPinteract to affect treatment completion. The purpose of this article is to better understand the pathway between age, OTP, and tre...
Lohmeyer, Johann Leopold Alpinar-Sencan, Zümrüt Schicktanz, Silke
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Aging & mental health
Background: The focus on early detection of dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) diagnosis has entered the clinics' daily routine. However, there exist epistemic uncertainty and moral concerns whether early detection and prediction of dementia is clinically meaningful for the people affected, primarily due to the lack of effective treatment...
Farina, Nicolas Suemoto, Claudia K Burton, Jenni K Oliveira, Déborah Frost, Rachael
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Aging & mental health
Introduction: Perceptions of dementia are important determinants of support, treatment and care received in the dementia community. Understanding these perceptions are vital for regions such as Latin America, where there is a rapid increase in people living with dementia. The aim of this study is to review and synthesise the general public's percep...
Saajanaho, Milla Kokko, Katja Pynnönen, Katja Tourunen, Anu Törmäkangas, Timo Portegijs, Erja Rantanen, Taina
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Objectives: To validate the Finnish version of the 42-item Scales of Psychological Well-Being among community-dwelling older people. The study also examined the test-retest reliability and usability, i.e. user experience, of the scales in this age group.Method: The 42-item version of the SPWB was administered as part of a face-to-face interview amo...
Hajek, André Wolfram, Christian Spitzer, Martin König, Hans-Helmut
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Aging & mental health
Objectives: Little is known about the specific association of vision loss and psychosocial outcome measures in contrast to other health limitations. The aim of this study was to identify whether vision problems are associated with psychosocial outcomes among middle-aged and older adults and to compare it with the association between other chronic h...
