scholarly journals Are Changes in Heart Rate Variability in Middle‐Aged and Older People Normative or Caused by Pathological Conditions? Findings From a Large Population‐Based Longitudinal Cohort Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vera K. Jandackova ◽  
Shaun Scholes ◽  
Annie Britton ◽  
Andrew Steptoe
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Heart Rate Variability ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
Older People ◽  
Large Population ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Longitudinal Cohort Study ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Longitudinal Cohort ◽  
Pathological Conditions

scholarly journals Transitions between levels of dependency among older people receiving social care – a retrospective longitudinal cohort study in a Swedish municipality

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Magnus Zingmark ◽  
Fredrik Norström
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Older People ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Cox Proportional Hazards Model ◽  
Longitudinal Cohort Study ◽  
Longitudinal Cohort ◽  
Home Help ◽  
Over Time

Abstract Background Knowledge is scarce on how needs for home help and special housing evolve among older people who begin to receive support from municipal social care. The purpose of this study was to describe baseline distributions and transitions over time between levels of dependency among older persons after being granted social care in a Swedish municipality. Methods Based on a longitudinal cohort study in a Swedish municipality, data was collected retrospectively from municipal records. All persons 65 years or older who received their first decision on social care during 2010 (n = 415) were categorized as being in mild, moderate, severe, or total dependency, and were observed until the end of 2013. Baseline distributions and transitions over time were described descriptively and analysed with survival analysis, with the Kaplan-Meier estimator, over the entire follow-up period. To test potential differences in relation to gender, we used the Cox-Proportional hazards model. Results Baseline distributions between mild, moderate, severe, and total dependency were 53, 16, 24, and 7.7%. During the first year, between 40 and 63% remained at their initial level of dependency. Among those with mild and moderate levels of dependency at baseline, a large proportion declined towards increasing levels of dependency over time; around 40% had increased their dependency level 1 year from baseline and at the end of the follow-up, 75% had increased their dependency level or died. Conclusions Older people in Sweden being allocated home help are at high risk for decline towards higher levels of dependency, especially those at mild or moderate dependency levels at baseline. Taken together, it is important that municipalities make use of existing knowledge so that they implement cost-effective preventative interventions for older people at an early stage before a decline toward increasing levels of dependency.

scholarly journals Pain as a risk factor for suicidal ideation. A population-based longitudinal cohort study

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 ◽  
pp. 54-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric W. de Heer ◽  
Margreet ten Have ◽  
Harm W.J. van Marwijk ◽  
Jack Dekker ◽  
Ron de Graaf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factor ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Longitudinal Cohort Study ◽  
Longitudinal Cohort
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