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Pasqualina Perrig-Chiello Susanne M. Jaeggi Martin Buschkuehl Hannes B. Stähelin Walter J. Perrig 《European journal of ageing》2009,6(1):27-37
In research literature, the question to what extent specific personality traits and health functioning in midlife can predict
physical and psychological well-being in old age is still discussed controversially. The present study aims to shed light
on this issue by using data from the Basel Longitudinal Study on Ageing. Structural equation modelling was performed in order
to test the relation between personality dimensions, namely, self-preoccupation and emotional reactivity, as well as cardiovascular
functioning (blood pressure) and medication intake (tranquilizer use) in middle age on psychological and physical well-being
and health as assessed in old age 24 years later. Results show that high levels of self-preoccupation in middle age are negatively
related to psychological and physical well-being in old age, but not to medical diagnoses. In addition, blood pressure and
tranquilizer use in middle age predict physical well-being in old age; blood pressure is furthermore related to medical diagnoses.
Our findings emphasize the importance for the adoption of a life-span approach and further interdisciplinary prospective studies
in order to better predict pathways to well-being and health in old age.
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Pasqualina Perrig-ChielloEmail: |
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The relationship between elders’ marital status and length of widowhood, as well as other personal and familial resources
and the sense of meaning in life, as defined by logotherapy, was tested among 180 Israeli elderly community dwellers aged
64–95. Results show that an event such as late-life widowhood can create a loss of the sense of meaning in life. In addition,
a significant difference was found between married and recently widowed elders in relation to meaning in life. Other variables
that affected and explained meaning in life were subjective health, education, the quality of social support relationships,
and activity level. The results support Frankl’s logotherapy approach, underscoring the importance of helping older people
in general, and the widowed elders in particular, to discover and create new life meanings.
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Ariela LowensteinEmail: |
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Senior citizens and Internet technology 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
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This paper introduces the ‘Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe’ (SHARE) to researchers on ageing. SHARE provides
an infrastructure to help researchers better understand the individual and population ageing process: where we are, where
we are heading to, and how we can influence the quality of life as we age, both as individuals and as societies. The baseline
wave in 2004 provides data on the life circumstances of some 27,000 persons aged 50 and over in 11 European countries, ranging
from Scandinavia across Western and Central Europe to the Mediterranean. SHARE has made great efforts to deliver truly comparable
data, so we can reliably study how differences in cultures, living conditions and policy approaches shape the life of Europeans
just before and after retirement. The paper first describes the SHARE data. In order to demonstrate its value, it then presents
highlights from the three main research areas covered by SHARE, namely economics, sociology, and health.
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Karsten HankEmail: |
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Nardi Steverink Siegwart Lindenberg Joris P. J. Slaets 《European journal of ageing》2005,2(4):235-244
This paper addresses the question of how older people can be supported to actively self-manage their own process of ageing
such that overall wellbeing is achieved and maintained for as long as possible. Starting from a resource-based approach, a
new theory of self-management of wellbeing (SMW theory) is proposed, and it is shown how it can be used as a basis for the
design of self-management interventions for ageing successfully. The main aspects of the theory, i.e. six key self-management
abilities and the core dimensions of wellbeing, are presented as well as the theory-based ‘blueprint’ for the design of interventions.
Empirical results of two intervention studies are briefly presented and show that the SMW theory may be a useful tool for
the design and evaluation of interventions for successful ageing.
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Nardi SteverinkEmail: |
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M. E. Domino J. Maxwell M. Cody K. Cheal A. B. Busch W. W. Van Stone S. G. Cooley C. Zubtritsky C. L. Estes Y. Shen M. Lynch S. Grantham P. Wohlford M. C. Aoyama J. Fitzpatrick S. Zaman J. Dodson S. E. Levkoff 《Ageing international》2008,32(2):108-127
We compared the healthcare costs associated with an integrated care model to an enhanced referral model for the treatment
of depression, anxiety, and at-risk drinking from the randomized Primary Care Research in Substance Abuse and Mental Health
for the Elderly study. We examined total healthcare costs and cost components, separately for Veterans Affairs (VA) and non-VA
participants. No differences in total health expenditures were detected between study arms. No differences in behavioral health
expenditures were detected for non-VA sites, but the VA integrated arm had slightly higher ($38; p < 0.05) behavioral health costs. Differences in other types of services use were detected.
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A. B. BuschEmail: |
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Jean Woo Sik Hung Ng Alice ML Chong Alex YH Kwan Stephanie Lai Aprille Sham 《Ageing international》2008,32(4):269-278
The Objective of this study is to examine the knowledge, use, and development of a healthy lifestyle, and the association
with positive ageing, in a convenient sample of 2,970 community-living Hong Kong Chinese People aged 40–74 years stratified
by age. A questionnaire containing items from these three domains (avoidance of disease, physical and cognitive functioning,
engagement with life) was administered from which a positive ageing index was calculated. A lifestyle score was calculated
from information regarding current knowledge, use, and development of a healthy lifestyle (relating to diet, exercise rest
and relaxation, smoking habit and alcohol use). The association between lifestyle score and the positive ageing index was
weaker compared with income and education level. We conclude that knowledge, use and development of a healthy lifestyle did
not contribute greatly to the positive ageing process.
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Jean WooEmail: |
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Pseudoachalasia due to adenocarcinoma is well known. We report a case of nutcracker esophagus in the setting of outflow obstruction
from esophageal adenocarcinoma. Endoscopy is warranted to exclude similar lesions in patients with “pseudo-nutcracker esophagus”.
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Stephen AntonikEmail: |
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Rene J. McGovern Michelle M. Lee Jane C. Johnson Bridget Morton 《Ageing international》2008,32(1):43-53
In 2000, a rural consortium of health care education and service providers established a geriatric mental health outreach
program (ElderLynk) for the underserved elderly (aged 65 and older) in ten rural counties in northeast Missouri. ElderLynk
evaluated the efficacy of an integrated community-based treatment model through the creation and evaluation of a clinical
database. Ten rural counties in northeast Missouri were chosen because they were designated as mental health shortage areas
(MHSAs) and because their elderly population approximates the projected level of elderly in the USA in 2020. All patients
were managed by a geriatric nurse with treatment planning and oversight provided by a community-based interdisciplinary team
which included a psychiatrist, geriatrician, psychologist, and social worker. Using the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS);
the Government Performance and Results Act data (GPRA) to assess life satisfaction, independence/autonomy, psychosocial functioning,
and overall health; the Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL); the Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE); and patterns
of service usage (number of hours of case management and number of counseling sessions), ElderLynk patients improved significantly
in overall psychological functioning, level of depression, and reported life satisfaction despite significant declines in
mental status, daily function, and overall health.
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Rene J. McGovernEmail: |
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Prof. Dr. D. Ukena 《Der Pneumologe》2007,4(5):319-321
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Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. R. Loddenkemper 《Der Pneumologe》2008,5(4):209-210
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Prof. Dr. M. Haslbeck 《Der Diabetologe》2008,4(8):600-601
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Prof. Dr. J. Floege 《Der Nephrologe》2008,3(6):451-451
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Prof. Dr. H. Worth 《Der Pneumologe》2008,5(2):65-65
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Prof. Dr. N. Konietzko 《Der Pneumologe》2009,6(1):5-6
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Herman Van Oyen Bianca Cox Stefaan Demarest Patrick Deboosere Vincent Lorant 《European journal of ageing》2008,5(2):137-146
The objective is to assess if longer life in Belgium is associated with more healthy years through the evaluation of trends
(1997–2004) in health expectancy indicators at ages 65 and 80 covering different health domains: self-perceived health, chronic
morbidity, disease clusters, and disability. Information was obtained from Belgian Health Interview Surveys. Health expectancies
were calculated using the Sullivan method. Among males at age 65, the increase in years expected to live without chronic morbidity,
without a disease cluster or without disability exceeded the increase of the life expectancy (LE). The rise in LE in good
self-perceived health was equal to the gain in LE. Among women at age 65 and among men and women at age 80, none of the changes
in the expected years of life in good health in any health domain were statistically significant. At age 65 among women, the
increase in LE was smaller than the increase in years without chronic disease or without disability. The increase in years
without disease clusters was less that the LE increase. At age 80 among men, the years without disability increased as the
LE, with a shift toward years with moderate limitations. In any other health domains for men (except co-morbidity) and in
all domains for women the years in good health either decreased or increased less than the LE. The recent rise in life expectancy
in Belgium is, among the youngest old and especially among males, accompanied by an improved health status. At age 80 and
particularly among women expansion of unhealthy years prevails.
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Herman Van OyenEmail: |
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Prof. Dr. W.A. Scherbaum 《Der Diabetologe》2008,4(1):5-6
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To understand disordered physiology, it is first necessary to determine what constitutes normal function. Liquid sip size
during swallowing in healthy individuals has been investigated with varied results. Bolus size is a variable that is manipulated
in both research studies and clinical swallowing assessments, so defining normal sip size has relevance in both domains. This
study looked at sip size under instruction in experimental tasks and compared it to sip size in free drinking while participants
were unaware that drinking was being observed. A statistically significant difference was found in water sip volume between
natural drinking (mean = 16 ml) and instructed experimental drinking tasks (mean = 6.6–6.8 ml). This difference far exceeded
the magnitude of sip-size variation observed between instructed drinking tasks using different stimuli and as a function of
participant’s gender or age group.
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Catriona M. SteeleEmail: |