Risk of Social Isolation Among Great East Japan Earthquake Survivors Living in Tsunami-Affected Ishinomaki, Japan

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 333-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Machiko Inoue ◽  
Shoko Matsumoto ◽  
Kazue Yamaoka ◽  
Shinsuke Muto
Keyword(s):  
Social Isolation ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Rental Housing ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Great East Japan Earthquake ◽  
Living Alone ◽  
Family Interactions ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Miyagi Prefecture ◽  
Physical And Psychological Health

ABSTRACTObjectiveThe Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami affected approximately 53 000 people in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture. Approximately 30 000 people were relocated to temporary/rental housing. The remainder re-inhabited tsunami-affected houses, and their conditions were not known. As social isolation could affect physical and psychological health, we investigated the risk of social isolation among the survivors who returned to their homes.MethodsThe surveyors went door-to-door to the tsunami-affected houses and interviewed each household between October 2011 and March 2012. The participants’ risk of social isolation was assessed using 3 factors: whether they have (1) friends to talk with about their problems, (2) close neighbors, and (3) social/family interactions. We analyzed the groups at risk of social isolation and identified the related factors.ResultsThe elderly (older than age 65 years) were more likely to have close neighbors and social/family interactions, as compared with younger persons. Persons living alone were less likely to have social/family interactions. Non-elderly men who were living alone were the highest proportion of people without social/family interactions.ConclusionsOur findings suggested that men, particularly those younger than age 65 years and living alone, were at high risk of social isolation and may need attention. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2014;0:1-8)

Quality of Life in Employee with Workaholism

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ozlem Koseoglu Ornek ◽  
Nurcan Kolac
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Physical And Psychological Health ◽  
Occupational Healthcare

Workaholism has been a growing issue among the labour force worldwide. However, there is no consensus between scholars about its definition yet. It might be described as “being overly concerned about work, driven by a strong and uncontrollable desire to work, and spending so much energy and effort on work that it impairs private relationships, personal hobbies/activities, and/or health”. Generally, people with specific personality traits may have an increased chance of developing workaholism. In addition, there are other factors, such as sociocultural characteristics, relationships with colleagues and significant others, and organizational culture might also play an important influence on developing workaholism. It causes many physical and psychological health problems, such as high blood pressure, anxiety, depression, and family and lifestyle dissatisfaction, and a reduction in job satisfaction, presenteeism, and motivation. Putting all of this together, it is clear that workaholism has a negative influence on employees’ quality of life and overall well-being. Therefore, this study aimed at examining a variety of approaches to define “workaholism” in related literature, defining its etiology, related factors, outcomes, prevention, and treatment. The PubMed/Medline database was also used for related studies that were published in English. “Workaholism”, “obsessive–compulsive behavior”, and “quality of health” were used as keywords. It is crucial to take action to prevent people from becoming workaholics. Early diagnoses of workaholism, using predictive factors by occupational healthcare professionals in the workplace, would help decrease its impact on workers’ health, and an effective treatment of workaholism should be applied.

scholarly journals The Bambuí Health and Aging Study (BHAS): factors associated with hospitalization of the elderly

2001 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 1345-1356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henrique L. Guerra ◽  
Josélia O. A. Firmo ◽  
Elizabeth Uchoa ◽  
Maria Fernanda F. Lima-Costa
Keyword(s):  
Hospital Admissions ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Living Alone ◽  
Prescription Medications ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Minas Gerais State ◽  
Aging Study ◽  
History Of

This study aimed to identify factors associated with hospital admissions of the elderly. All residents of Bambuí, Minas Gerais State <FONT FACE=Symbol>³ 60 years (n = 1,742) were selected. Some 1,606 of these (92.2%) participated in the study. The dependent variable was the number of hospital admissions (none, one, and two or more) during the previous 12 months. Independent variables were grouped as enabling, predisposing, and need-related factors. The strongest associations with multiple hospital admissions were: living alone; financial constraints to purchase of medication; and various indicators of need (worse self-perceived health, more visits to physician, greater use of prescription medications, and history of coronary heart disease). Such variables could help identify older adults at greatest risk and thus prevent hospitalization.</font>

scholarly journals Survival with Technology: Elderly Teachers’ Perspective Towards Emergency Online Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Philippines

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 98-114
Author(s):  
Faramarz Samifanni ◽  
Rose Leslie R Gumanit
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Physical And Psychological Health ◽  
Cost Implications

This study analyzed the content of YouTube news clips on elderly teachers concerning emergency online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using traditional content analysis, the included news videos were transcribed, interview segments were translated and familiarized, dominant words were identified, data were coded, categorized, and themed. Four dominant words were highlighted: online, students, teachers, and pandemic. Three themes on technical challenges and support needs, health issues, and resilience emerged in the analysis. Results show that elderly teachers are persistent to adapt to emergency online learning despite the struggles they are facing. The analysis also highlights the negative effects of the sudden shift to emergency online learning on the physical and psychological health of elderly teachers. Furthermore, the elderly teachers, are ensuring students’ access to education even at their own cost. Implications to the country’s quality of education and suggestions of providing better technical and psychological health support to elderly teachers were presented.

scholarly journals Penerapan Konsep Healing Environment pada Strategi Perancangan Pusat Pelayanan Lanjut Usia di Surakarta

Arsitektura ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 177
Author(s):  
Mintari Nur Aziza ◽  
Hari Yuliarso ◽  
Hardiyati Hardiyati
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Health ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
Care Center ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Healing Environment ◽  
Psychological Conditions ◽  
Natural Approach ◽  
Physical And Psychological Health ◽  
Healing Garden

<p class="Abstract"><em>When entering the elderly phase, humans will experience a physical and psychological conditions declined, this causes the elderly to need special and different services compared to normal adults. In order to overcome these problems, also to reach Surakarta as an Elderly Friendly City, a Elderly Care Center is needed as a place that provides various services needed by the elderly. </em><em>This care center requires a healing environment concept that can create a conducive environment so that it can restore and improve physical and psychological health conditions of the elderly. In order to achieve healing environment, there are some approaches that can be done, such as the sensory approach (sense of sight, sense of touch, sense of hear, and sense of smell), natural approach (healing garden), and psychological approach. The method that used are observational studies to the community, field studies, and literature studies on related theories. The approaches og healing environment concept can be applied in the analysis of planning and design, so that will result the Eldelry Care Center with an environment where the elderly can easily adapt, feel comfortable, safe, and can support the recovery and improvement of the physical and psychological conditions of the elderly.</em><em></em></p>

scholarly journals TV-Based Caring Videophone System for the Elderly in the Smart Home Environment

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingshuang Shen ◽  
Chongyang Zhang ◽  
Chuanwen Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Health ◽  
Interactive Video ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
Physical And Psychological Health ◽  
Video And Audio ◽  
Remote Controller

A novel videophone system for the elderly-care application is proposed. Based on the detailed analysis of the elderly’s physical and psychological characteristics, a TV-based caring videophone system for the elderly is developed: an embedded multimedia device is designed to implement the interactive video and audio processing and IP-based communication, in which TV is adopted as the display terminal to achieve a low-cost but high-quality service. Considering the user’s convenience, many personalized designs, such as photo-based address book, photo-click-dialing, and touch pad based remote controller, are developed to make the proposed videophone system more intuitive and easy to use for the elderly. Based on Support Vector Machine (SVM) algorithms, an evaluation model is also developed with the data collected from the embedded multimedia device. It is useful to evaluate the physical and psychological health of the elderly.

scholarly journals CBMS-01 Mechanism of brain tumor malignancy caused by aging and social isolation

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (Supplement_3) ◽  
pp. ii3-ii3
Author(s):  
Daisuke Yamashita ◽  
Victoria Flanary ◽  
Shinobu Yamaguchi ◽  
Yoshihiro Ohtsuka ◽  
Saya Ozaki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Isolation ◽  
Group Living ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Elderly Group ◽  
Living Alone ◽  
Survival Period ◽  
Normal Brain ◽  
Aged Mice ◽  
Tissue Aging ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The rise in population aging worldwide is causing an unparalleled increase in death from many cancers, including glioblastoma (GBM). In advanced countries, the number of elderly people living alone is increasing due to the rapid aging of the population and the socialization of nuclear families. Here, we explored the impact of aging and social isolation on GBM tumorigenesis. In normal brain tissue, aging promoted pathways related to cytokines and inflammation, which were further promoted by social isolation. In tumor tissues, the expression of neuron/synapse-related genes was significantly reduced in aged mice, and their expression was further reduced by social isolation. In addition, the survival period of aged mice was significantly shorter than that of young mice, and the survival period was further shortened by social isolation, which was characteristic of males. This phenomenon was the same in humans, and the survival period in the young group was significantly longer than that in the elderly group, and in the elderly group, the survival period was shortened in the male elderly group living alone. Our data indicate that social isolation contributes to the highly aggressive GBM by the shift to neuro-inflammation in the elderly brain.

scholarly journals Loneliness, isolation and living alone associate with psychological well-being among the older adults in Taipei

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 926-926
Author(s):  
Hui-chuan Hsu
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
Living Arrangement ◽  
Senior Citizen ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Living Alone ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
Economic Satisfaction

Abstract Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the clustering of loneliness, isolation, and living alone, the risk factors and the associations with psychological wellbeing. Methods: The data were from the 2019 Taipei City Senior Citizen Condition Survey collected by face-to-face interviews, which included aged 60 and above community-based and institution-based samples. The completed sample was 3,853 persons. Loneliness, isolation, and living arrangement were analysed by cluster analysis to define the Loneliness-Isolation-Living Alone clusters. Multinomial logistic regression was used to examine the related factors to LIL clusters. Results: Four clusters of the older adults were identified and named as following: Connected (44.1%), Alone /Institutionalized (9.2%); Lonely (10.7%); and Isolated (22.0%). Compared with the Connected cluster, the Alone/Institutionalized cluster was more likely to have higher education, more IADL difficulties, more diseases , lower economic satisfaction, more likely to be males, having no spouse, and no children; the Lonely cluster was more likely to poor self-rated health, lower financial satisfaction, feeling less age-friendliness, more likely to be older, female, and no spouse; the Isolated cluster was more likely to have lower education, reported poorer self-rated health, lower economic satisfaction, and being older. The Alone/Institutionalized cluster and the Lonely cluster had higher depressive symptoms; the Alone/Institutionalized, Lonely, and Isolated clusters reported lower life satisfaction and had higher risks of cognitive impairment. Discussion: Loneliness, isolation, and living alone jointly associate with psychological health and well-being. High risk older populations may need social care and encourage social participation to promote health and wellbeing.

PREVALENCE OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG THE ELDERLY IN PHU AN COMMUNE, PHU VANG DISTRICT, THUA THIEN HUE PROVINCE IN 2016

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 72-77
Author(s):  
Tu Huynh Thi Thanh ◽  
Khanh Doan Vuong Diem ◽  
Hanh Nguyen Thi ◽  
Nguyen Le Thi Thao ◽  
Linh Tran Thi Phuong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Mini Mental State Examination ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Living Alone ◽  
Health Checkup ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Increasing Risk ◽  
State Examination

Background: Cognitive impairment is one of the major causes of disability and dependency among the elderly. Cognitive impairment not only seriously affects the quality of the patient’s life but also has a great impact on physical, psychological and economic situation of family caregivers and society. There is little research on the prevalence of cognitive impairment and its related factors in Vietnam. Aims: The aims of this study were: (i) To examine the prevalence of cognitive impairment among the elderly in Phu An commune, Phu Vang district, Thua Thien Hue province (ii) To examine some associated factors of cognitive impairment among participants. Methods: A randomly selected sample of 343 people aged 60 years and over living in Phu An commune were interviewed and examined. MMSE test (Mini Mental State Examination) was used as a screening instrument for cognitive impairment. Multilogistic regression was undertaken for exploring associated factors of cognitive impairment. Results: The overall prevalence of cognitive impairment was 19.5%. Increasing age, inconvenient marital status (single, widowed, separate), living alone were associated with increasing risk of acquiring cognitive impairment. Conclusion: In this population, probable cognitive impairment is common. Health education program and routine health checkup for early detection and intervention of cognitive impairment are urgently needed among the elderly in Vietnam. Key words: Cognitive impairment, prevalence, associated factors, elderly people

scholarly journals Subjective Deterioration of Physical and Psychological Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Taiwan: Their Association with the Adoption of Protective Behaviors and Mental Health Problems

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (18) ◽  
pp. 6827 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng-Wei Wang ◽  
Nai-Ying Ko ◽  
Yu-Ping Chang ◽  
Chia-Fen Wu ◽  
Wei-Hsin Lu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Belief ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Protective Behavior ◽  
Health States ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Physical And Psychological Health

This study aimed to determine the proportion of individuals who reported the deterioration of physical and psychological health during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Taiwan. Moreover, the related factors of deterioration of physical and psychological health and the association between deterioration of health and adoption of protective behavior against COVID-19 and mental health problems were also examined. We recruited participants via a Facebook advertisement. We determined the subjective physical and psychological health states, cognitive and affective construct of health belief, perceived social support, mental health problems, adoption of protective behavior and demographic characteristics among 1954 respondents (1305 women and 649 men; mean age: 37.9 years with standard deviation 10.8 years). In total, 13.2% and 19.3% of respondents reported deteriorated physical and psychological health during the COVID-19 pandemic, respectively. Participants with higher perceived harm from COVID-19 compared with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) were more likely to report the subjective deterioration of physical and psychological health, whereas respondents who were older and perceived a higher level of social support were less likely to report a deterioration of physical and psychological health. The subjective deterioration of psychological health was significantly associated with avoiding crowded places and wearing a mask. Both subjective deteriorations of physical and psychological health positively related to general anxiety.

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