The Effect of Walking Practice on Depression of the Urban Elderly

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-55
Author(s):  
Changwoo Shon ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Elderly

The Dynamics of Political Participation Among the Urban Elderly

1992 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 216-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald L. Jirovec ◽  
John A. Erich
Keyword(s):  
Political Participation ◽  
Urban Elderly

Social capital and depression: evidence from urban elderly in China

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 418-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weiming Cao ◽  
Lu Li ◽  
Xudong Zhou ◽  
Chi Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Urban Elderly

Rural/Urban Elderly and Siblings: Their Value Consensus

1987 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia K. Suggs ◽  
Vira R. Kivett
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Regression Model ◽  
Sibling Relationship ◽  
Urban Elderly ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Residential Proximity ◽  
Adult Sibling ◽  
Educational Backgrounds ◽  
The Family ◽  
Sibling Similarity ◽  
Level Of Agreement

Consensus is the level of agreement about life felt among kin and has been identified as a dimension of family solidarity with important implications for the family network. This investigation studied the factors contributing to the consensus between older adults (age sixty-five and older) and the sibling with whom they had the most contact. Respondents ( N = 275) lived in a rural/urban area. Seven independent variables were entered into a multiple-regression model to determine their relative importance to consensus of the sibling relationship. Results showed that 7 percent of the variance in consensus could be explained. Filial expectations, educational disparity, and the brother/sister link were the only variables of relative importance to older adult/sibling consensus. There was greater consensus when there were fewer expectations of the sibling, similarity of educational backgrounds, and when the respondent was male and his sibling was female. Brother/sister and brother/brother links, residential proximity, communication by mail or telephone, helping behaviors, and marital status were of no relative importance to consensus. The results suggest that factors previously found to be associated with intergenerational consensus may vary in their importance to intragenerational consensus.

scholarly journals Fatores relacionados à autopercepção do estado de saúde em idosos residentes no meio rural do Brasil

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 29698 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleia De Macedo ◽  
Vivian Ulrich ◽  
Antonio Miguel Gonçalves Bós ◽  
Ângelo José Gonçalves Bós
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Rural Elderly ◽  
Urban Elderly ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Health Strategy ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Health Strategy ◽  
Perception Of Health

AIMS: To compare the self-perception of health status between rural and urban elderly and their possible associated factors.METHODS: The study consisted of a secondary analysis of data from the National Health Survey of 2013, conducted by the National Institute of Geography and Statistics, which included elderly who lived in rural and urban environments. The dependent variable was the self-perception of health status (evaluated as very good, good, fair, bad and very bad); and the independent variables were socio-demographic factors, clinical data, functionality of the elderly and household data. Relationships between the variables were tested by the chi-square test, and adjusted by self-perception of health status. The analysis were performed through the Epi InfoTM program version 7.2.1, accepting p<0.05 as significant.RESULTS: Rural elderly people were predominantly males, brown, married, illiterate and gainfully employed, despite having a low economic class. Among the rural elderly, self-perceived health status was more often regular or poor, the household was more often enrolled in the Family Health Strategy and most had no complementary health plan. Rural elderly also had better performance in the Basic Activities of Daily Living and worse performance in the Instrumental Activities of Daily Living, had less depressive symptoms and less multimorbidity. Rural elderly presented lower chances of self-perception of good or very good health, even adjusting for gender, race, marital status, occupation, socioeconomic class, coverage by the Family Health Strategy, depressive symptoms, multimorbidity, and performance in the Basic Activities of Daily Living.CONCLUSIONS: The rural elderly have worse self-perception of health status than the urban elderly, even controlling socio-demographic, economic, clinical and health access characteristics.

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