scholarly journals Mobile and Connected Health Technology Needs for Older Adults Aging in Place: Cross-Sectional Survey Study

JMIR Aging ◽  
10.2196/13864 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. e13864 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Wang ◽  
Yan Du ◽  
Deidra Coleman ◽  
Michelle Peck ◽  
Sahiti Myneni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Aging In Place ◽  
Health Technology ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Connected Health

Factors associated with use of restraints on older adults with home care: A secondary analysis of a cross-sectional survey study

2019 ◽  
Vol 89 ◽  
pp. 39-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristien Scheepmans ◽  
Koen Milisen ◽  
Koen Vanbrabant ◽  
Louis Paquay ◽  
Hendrik Van Gansbeke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Associated

scholarly journals Smoking and Smoking Cessation Among Criminal Justice–Involved Older Adults

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 1179173X1983335
Author(s):  
Cyrus Ahalt ◽  
Timothy Buisker ◽  
Janet Myers ◽  
Brie Williams
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Integrated Treatment ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Attitudes Toward Smoking

Background: In jails and prisons worldwide, older adults are among the fastest growing demographic groups. Criminal justice–involved populations smoke tobacco at high rates. Older adults are also disproportionate smokers and have more difficulty quitting smoking than other age groups. Yet, little is known about tobacco use or knowledge and attitudes toward smoking cessation among the growing population of incarcerated older adults. Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional survey study of 102 adults aged 55 years or older recently incarcerated in an urban jail using items from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS). Results: More than 70% of participants reported being current smokers despite strong knowledge (95%) of the connection between smoking and serious illness. More than half of current smokers reported a past failed quit attempt (62%) and/or said they would like to quit (60%). Conclusions: High rates of tobacco use in this population suggest that correctional institutions represent a critical site for the delivery of appropriate smoking cessation interventions to older adults, including integrated treatment approaches for those with co-occurring behavioral health diagnoses.

scholarly journals Understanding functional and social risk characteristics of frail older adults: a cross-sectional survey study

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
David R Lee ◽  
Eilann C Santo ◽  
Joan C Lo ◽  
Miranda L Ritterman Weintraub ◽  
Mary Patton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Social Risk ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Frail Older Adults ◽  
Risk Characteristics

scholarly journals Patterns of physical activity and their relationship with depression among community-dwelling older adults in Shanghai, China: a latent class approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Liang ◽  
Xinghui Li ◽  
Tingting Yang ◽  
Mengying Li ◽  
Ye Ruan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Community Dwelling Older Adults

Abstract Background Few studies have explored patterns of physical activity (PA) and examined their relationship with depression among community-dwelling older adults. We aimed to identify the patterns of PA through a person-centered analytical approach and examine the association between quantity and patterns of PA, and depression among community-dwelling older adults. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional survey study in the Minhang district, Shanghai, China, in August 2019, and used a self-administered questionnaire to collect data through home visits. The total sample included 2525 older adults. This study used the Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly (PASE) to assess the quantity of PA in older adults. Depression was evaluated with the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS). Latent class analysis (LCA) was used to identify subpopulations by shared item response patterns. Logistic regressions were performed to estimate the relationship between PASE score, patterns of PA, and depression. An exploratory analysis of joint levels and patterns of PA effects on depression was based on sample subgroups with combinations of levels and patterns of PA. Logistic regression was used to calculate the odds ratio for combined subgroups. Results Four latent classes were identified: “domestic types,” “athletic types,” “gardening/caring types,” and “walkers.” PASE scores and patterns of PA both were associated with depression. Older adults who were the most active (PASE quartile: 75–100%) and the athletic types had the strongest significant association with depression (OR = 0.19, 95% CI: 0.06–0.65), followed by those who were the most active (PASE quartile: 75–100%) and the walkers (OR = 0.28, 95% CI: 0.14–0.57) when compared with older adults with the least activity (PASE quartile: 0–25%) and domestic types. Conclusion This study suggests both the quantity and patterns of physical activity are associated with depressive symptoms among community-dwelling older adults. Population-level intervention should encourage community-dwelling older adults to increase their quantity of PA to reduce the risk of depression. Athletics and walkers are recommended. To develop individual-level tailored interventions, more attention should be paid to older adults who are highly engaged in gardening/caring for others.

Contact and perspective taking improve humanness standards and perceptions of humanness of older adults and people with dementia: a cross-sectional survey study

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (10) ◽  
pp. 1701-1711 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anca M. Miron ◽  
Susan H. McFadden ◽  
Nathan J. Hermus ◽  
Jennifer Buelow ◽  
Amanda S. Nazario ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Perspective Taking ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
People With Dementia

ABSTRACTBackground:No empirical work has systematically explored perceptions of humanness of people with dementia and of older adults and the variables that could improve these perceptions. We thus investigated the role of contact and perspective taking in improving perceptions of humanness of these social groups. To do so, we developed a new concept, humanness standards, defined as the amount of evidence of ability impairment needed to conclude that elderly people and those with dementia have lost personhood.Methods:We used a cross-sectional survey design (n = 619) to assess participants’ humanness standards and perceptions of uniquely human characteristics and human nature characteristics of two social groups (people with dementia and older adults). Half the participants (n = 311) completed a survey about people with dementia and half (n = 308) assessed older adults.Results:People with dementia were perceived as possessing humanness characteristics to a lesser extent than were older adults. For both groups, contact predicted enhanced perceptions of humanness characteristics. Participants’ degree of contact with individuals with dementia also predicted humanness standards, but only under low perspective-taking conditions. As predicted, for older adults, participants set the highest humanness impairment thresholds in the high contact/high perspective-taking condition.Conclusions:We conclude that while social programs that bring persons with dementia and other individuals in contact could change humanness standards and perceptions of humanness characteristics of people with dementia, in the case of elderly adults, the contact must be supplemented by variables that facilitate taking the perspective of the person.

Knowledge and Communication of the National Core Standards Tool

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Winnie Thembisile Maphumulo ◽  
Busisiwe Bhengu
Keyword(s):  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Quality Of Healthcare ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Professional Nurses

The National Department of Health in South Africa has introduced the National Core Standards (NCS) tool to improve the quality of healthcare delivery in all public healthcare institutions. Knowledge of the NCS tool is essential among healthcare providers. This study investigated the level of knowledge on NCS and how the NCS tool was communicated among professional nurses. This was a cross-sectional survey study. Purposive sampling technique was used to select hospitals that only offered tertiary services in KwaZulu-Natal. Six strata of departments were selected using simple stratified sampling. The population of professional nurses in the selected hospitals was 3 050. Systematic random sampling was used to recruit 543 participants. The collected data were analysed using SPSS version 25. The study showed that only 16 (3.7%) respondents had knowledge about NCS, using McDonald’s standard of learning outcome measured criteria regarding the NCS tool. The Pearson correlation coefficient between the communication and knowledge was r = 0.055. The results revealed that although the communication scores for the respondents were high their knowledge scores remained low. This study concluded that there is a lack of knowledge regarding the NCS tool and therefore healthcare institutions need to commit themselves to the training of professional nurses regarding the NCS tool. The findings suggest that healthcare institutions implement the allocation of incentives for nurses that attend the workshops for NCS.

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