The Fears Expressed by Elderly Men and Women: A Lifespan Approach

1988 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
James W. Croake ◽  
Kathleen M. Myers ◽  
Abe Singh
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Older Women ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Older Men ◽  
Elderly Group ◽  
Elderly Men ◽  
Single Measure ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Comparison Groups

This article reports one of the first studies of adult fears, specifically in an elderly population. Results indicated that older women expressed greater fearfulness than older men, a sex differential also observed in children and adolescents. When compared to other adult groups, significant differences were noted on several categories of fears. The elderly group ranked aging and sickness as their foremost fears, although the absolute degree of fearfulness did not differ from the comparison groups. Considered with previous investigations, these results suggest that some fears may change or intensify over the lifespan, and that within each period females report greater fearfulness than males. Additionally, this article describes a new entity, “fisity,” which accounts for the popularity and the intensity of fears in a single measure.

scholarly journals Key Life Differences for Older Men and Women

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-70
Author(s):  
Dmitriy V. Savchenko ◽  
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Svetlana N. Tereshchuk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Older Women ◽  
Rank Correlation ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Older Men ◽  
Spearman Rank Correlation ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Spearman Rank ◽  
Difference Criterion ◽  
Older Men And Women ◽  
Spearman Rank Correlation Coefficient

This article examines the issue of gender differences in attitudes towards life in older people. The study found that older women are more positive about life than men. To process the research results, such methods of mathematical statistics as the Spearman rank correlation coefficient and the Mann– Whitney difference criterion were used. Based on the results of the work carried out, recommendations were formulated for specialists working with the elderly.

NEUROPHYSOLOGICAL RESEARCH METHODS IN COGNITIVE DISORDERS AND EPILEPTIC SEIZURES IN PATIENTS WITH EPILEPSY

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-65
Author(s):  
Nasiba Raupova ◽  
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Sadriddin Pulatov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Cognitive Disorders ◽  
Epileptic Seizures ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Elderly Men ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
The World ◽  
Patients With Epilepsy

Epilepsy is a chronic, non-infectious disease of the nervous system, one of the most common diseases in the world,which affects children and adolescents, adults and the elderly; men and women. This is not only a major medical, but also a socially significant problem -according to the WHO, about 50 million people suffer from epilepsy, or 0.5-1% of the world's population.We conducted this study to analyze EEG impairments of cognitive impairmet and epileptic seizures in patients with epilepsy, as well as to investigate the significance of the use of EEG in the diagnos of epilepsy with cognitive im-pairment

scholarly journals Frailty Status Among the Elderly of Different Genders and the Death Risk: A Follow-Up Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Shi ◽  
Yongkang Tao ◽  
Li Meng ◽  
Baiyu Zhou ◽  
Chunbo Duan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Survival Time ◽  
Older Women ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
Cox Regression ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Older Men ◽  
Frailty Status ◽  
Risk Of Death ◽  
Kaplan Meier ◽  
The Difference

Background: Frailty in the elderly population is currently a frontier and focus in the field of health and aging. The goal of this study was to explore the frailty status among the elderly of different genders and its influence on the risk of death during 11 years.Methods: Frailty index (FI) was used to evaluate the frailty status in the elderly based on the baseline data conducted in 2009; and death as outcome variables collected in 2020 were analyzed. The difference of the frailty level and mortality of different genders was compared. Cox regression and Kaplan–Meier curves were applied to evaluate the influence on the risk of death and the 11-year survival of the elderly at different level of frailty, respectively.Results: Totally, 1,246 elderly people were recruited. The mortality in men (43.7%, 227/519) was statistically higher than that in women (34.3%, 249/727) (x2 = 11.546, P = 0.001). Deficits accumulated exponentially with age, and at all ages, women accumulated more deficits than do men on average (B = 0.030 vs. 0.028, t = 4.137, P = 0.023). For any given level of frailty, the mortality rate is higher in men than in women, and the difference in mortality between genders reached the peak when FI value was 0.26. Cox regression analysis showed that FI value had a greater impact on the risk of death in older men (HR = 1.171, 95%CI: 1.139~1.249)than that in older women (HR = 1.119, 95%CI: 1.039~1.137). Survival analysis showed that the median 11-year survival time in women was longer than that in men (95.26 vs. 89.52 months, Log rank = 9.249, P = 0.002). Kaplan–Meier curves showed that the survival rate decreased with the increase of frailty, and at the same level of frailty, survival time in older women was longer than that in older men, except for severe frailty (FI ≥ 0.5).Conclusion: The frailty status and its influence on mortality are different among the older people of different genders; therefore, specific interventions for frailty should be conducted in the elderly population of different genders, as well as of different degrees of frailty.

Intersectional Escape: Older Women Elude Agentic Prescriptions More Than Older Men

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 342-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley E. Martin ◽  
Michael S. North ◽  
Katherine W. Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Older Women ◽  
Aging Population ◽  
Older Men ◽  
Economic Consequences ◽  
Older Individuals ◽  
Women Studies ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Diversity Research

Both older individuals and women are proscribed from engaging in power-related behaviors, with women proscribed from behaving agentically and older individuals expected to cede desirable resources through “Succession.” However, little is known about whether these overlapping agency prescriptions equally target men and women across the lifespan. In seven studies, we find that older men face the strongest prescriptions to behave less agentically and cede resources, whereas older women are comparatively spared. We show that agency prescriptions more strongly target older men, compared to older women (Studies 1a, 1b, 2) and their younger counterparts (Studies 3 and 4) and examine social and economic consequences for agentic behavior in political, economic, and academic domains. We also find that older men garner more extreme (i.e., polarized) reactions due to their greater perceived resource threat (Studies 4-6). We conclude by discussing theoretical implications for diversity research and practical considerations for accommodating the fast-aging population.

scholarly journals Association between Socioeconomic Status, Physical Health and Need for Long-term Care among the Chinese Elderly

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (12) ◽  
pp. 2124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fanlei Kong ◽  
Lingzhong Xu ◽  
Mei Kong ◽  
Shixue Li ◽  
Chengchao Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Elderly Women ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Elderly Men ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Chinese Elderly ◽  
Men And Women

The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES), physical health and the need for long-term care (NLTC) of the Chinese elderly, and further, to provide evidence-based advice for establishing an LTC system in China. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Shandong Province, China in 2017 by using multi-stage random sampling method. Data were collected from elderly individuals aged 60 years and older by self-designed questionnaires through face-to face interviews. A total of 7070 participants were finally included in the database (40.3% male, 59.7% female). Chi-square test analysis and structural equation modeling (SEM) were conducted to clarify the association between SES, physical health and NLTC among the Chinese elderly men and women in Shandong Province. The results of the SEM analysis showed that physical health exerted a strong and negative effect on the NLTC for both genders, with a slightly stronger effect found among the elderly men. SES was found to be significantly and negatively related to the NLTC among the elderly women, while no statistical significance was found for the association between SES and NLTC for elderly men. A significant and positive association between SES and physical health was observed among the elderly men and women, with a slightly stronger effect among the elderly women. Implications for lowering the NLTC and developing an LTC system were addressed based on the findings above.

Reactions to Gifts as Indicators of Personality-Behavior Traits in the Elderly

1974 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 265-280
Author(s):  
Frances M. Carp
Keyword(s):  
Hypothesis Testing ◽  
Public Housing ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Ego Strength ◽  
Elderly Men ◽  
Behavior Ratings ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Additional Hypothesis ◽  
Two Populations ◽  
Housing Facilities

Presentation of a token of appreciation to elderly respondents was used as an opportunity to test some hypotheses in regard to the dynamics of giving and receiving. Specific gift-situation reactions which seemed relevant to ego strength, dependency and retentiveness were used to predict scores on more traditional measures of these personality-behavior traits. Two populations of elderly men and women were studied. All were residents of public housing facilities. Correlations of gift-behavior ratings with criterion data collected nine months later confirm that the style in which a gift is received discloses basic personality functions. The findings suggest that the growing necessity to pay or otherwise reciprocate for data may provide opportunity for additional hypothesis testing.

Impaired secretion of growth hormone-releasing hormone, growth hormone and IGF-I in elderly men

1991 ◽  
Vol 124 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Bando ◽  
Chenyu Zhang ◽  
Yukinobu Takada ◽  
Ryuichi Yamasaki ◽  
Shiro Saito
Keyword(s):  
Growth Hormone ◽  
Young Men ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Elderly Group ◽  
Elderly Men ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Igf I ◽  
Basal Plasma ◽  
Plasma Gh ◽  
Ghrh Test

Abstract. The GHRH test and L-dopa test were performed in 12 normal young men (24.1 ± 1.1 years) and 12 normal elderly men (77.8±1.4 years) to investigate age-related changes in secretion of GHRH, GH and IGF-I. The basal plasma levels of GHRH and GH were not significantly different in young and elderly men, but the basal plasma level of IGF-I was higher in the young men (159.0± 11.7 vs 86.7± 11.6 μg/1). The area under the curve for plasma GH in the GHRH test was less in the elderly group (35.1 ±5.9 vs 11.2 ± 2.1 μg · h−1 · 1−1, p<0.001). The AUCs for the plasma GHRH and GH responses in the L-dopa test in young and elderly men were 32.0±2.7 vs 20.3±1.8 ng · h−1 · 1−1 (p<0.001), and 21.8±4.6 vs 5.4±1.1 μg · h−1 · 1 (p<0.01), respectively, indicating decreased releases of GHRH and GH in the elderly. Correlations between the AUCs for plasma GHRH and GH responses in L-dopa were found in both groups, but the ratio of the AUCs for GH/GHRH was lower in the elderly group. The elderly group showed a significant correlation between the basal plasma IGF-I level and the AUCs for plasma GH in the GHRH and L-dopa tests. These results suggest that elderly men have a decreased reserve of hypothalamic GHRH, resulting in secondarily impaired GH release, which may lead to a lower level of IGF-I than in young men.

scholarly journals OFFERING SHIFTS TO CASUAL LANGUAGE (‘BAN-MAL’) IN THE KOREAN TV SHOW WE GOT MARRIED

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 37-55
Author(s):  
Youngran BAŠTANOVÁ KWAK
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Older People ◽  
Older Women ◽  
Older Men ◽  
Reality Tv ◽  
The Other ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Speech Styles ◽  
Tv Show

: This research focuses on the topic of Korean speech style shifts from polite to casual between men and women in romantic relationships. This study used data from the Korean reality TV show We Got Married, which was broadcast in Korea for 9 years. After reviewing the system of Korean speech styles and manners of shifts, the study explores who is the first one to offer a shift, what they say, and how an offer is given. According to the analysis, older people were more likely to offer shifts first in the case of romantic relationships. In the TV show, older women tended to offer first a little more through indirect means, while older men offered rather directly. As for expressions used in the offers, the phrase ‘drop the honorifics’ and ‘talk comfortably’ were the most frequently used. They might offer in either polite or casual language, with sudden shifts. However, it was more common for speakers to offer shifts while talking in polite language. During conversations, two types of offers were observed: symmetrical shifts and asymmetrical shifts. In the first type, one speaker suggests shifts from both sides. The second type has more variations: one speaker requests the other’s permission to use casual language, allows the other to use casual language, or shows the speaker’s decision to use casual language. In the samples, symmetrical shifts occurred more often.

scholarly journals Total Cardiovascular Risk in the Elderly Population of Spain: The Epicardian Risk Score

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Gabriel ◽  
Javier Muñiz ◽  
Saturio Vega ◽  
Irene Moral ◽  
Isidro Lopez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Total Cholesterol ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
Risk Estimation ◽  
Total Cholesterol Level ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Aged People ◽  
Blood Pressure Treatment

Abstract Background: Cardiovascular risk estimation in people over 70 years is problematic. Most scores have been derived from cohorts of middle-aged people, with older persons under-represented. The predictive power of classical cardiovascular risk factors reduce with age. The aim is to develop a specific score for the elderly populationMethods: Population-based cohort established in 1995. Setting: Three geographical areas of Spain (Madrid, Ávila and Lugo). Participants: 3,729 people older than 64 years, free of any cardiovascular diseases (CVD), at baseline. Measurements: Suspected fatal and nonfatal CVD (both coronary heart disease and stroke) were yearly investigated and confirmed using the WHO-MONICA criteria. All participants were followed until the occurrence of the first CVD event, until death or until December 31th 2015 if alive.Results: Age was the strongest predictor of 10-year CVD both in men and women. In men, variables associated to CVD were high blood pressure treatment (HR: 1,35; 95% CI: 1,067 , 1,710), diabetes (HR: 1,359; 95% CI: 0,997 , 1,852) and smoking (HR:1,207; 95%CI: 0,945 , 1,541), and in women smoking (HR: 1,881 95%CI: 1,356 , 2,609) and diabetes (HR:1,285; 95%CI:0,967 , 1,707). Total-cholesterol did not increased the risk of CVD either in males or females. However, total-cholesterol level (>200mg/dl) were negatively associated both in men and women.Conclusions: In old Spanish men, 10-year total CVD is significantly increased by age, diabetes and antihypertensive treatment, and in old women by diabetes and smoking. Total-cholesterol levels did not increased the risk of CVD either in males or females.

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