scholarly journals Regional disparities in Canadian adult and old-age mortality: A comparative study based on smoothed mortality ratio surfaces and age at death distributions

2013 ◽  
Vol 39 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadine Ouellette ◽  
Robert Bourbeau ◽  
Carlo G. Camarda
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Adult Mortality ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Age At Death ◽  
Mortality Ratio ◽  
Mortality Compression ◽  
Mortality Improvements ◽  
Great Mortality

This paper examines adult and old-age mortality differentials in Canada between 1930 and 2007 at the provincial level, using theCanadian Human Mortality Database and the flexible smoothing P-spline method in two-dimensions well-suited to the study of smallpopulations. Our analysis reveals that provincial disparities in adult mortality in general, and among the elderly population in particular,are substantial in Canada. Moreover, based on the modal age at death and the standard deviation of ages at death above the mode,provincial disparities at older ages have barely reduced over time, despite the great mortality improvements in all provinces since the early 20th century. In the last few years studied, evidence of the shifting mortality regime was found among females in most Western and Central provinces, while all males were still undergoing an old-age mortality compression regime.

scholarly journals Prevalence and comparison of depression rates in geriatric patients of old age home and community, and its association with chosen demographic factors

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 1760
Author(s):  
Preksha T. Singh ◽  
Shreyans D. Singhvi ◽  
Gautam Bhandari
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
Geriatric Patients ◽  
Geriatric Depression Scale ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Demographic Factors ◽  
Educational Status ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Geriatric Depression

Background: Depression is an emerging mental health condition and elderly population of the world is often affected by it. In the elderly, it often goes unnoticed and often burdens them.Methods: Two groups of population one from an old age home and the other from a community were selected. Data was collected using a Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) and a demographic form. The data was compiled and analyzed using Google Spreadsheets.Results: Depression rates were found in both, the old age home and the community. The rates were found higher in the old age home than the community. The demographic factors chronic illness, gender, educational status and marital status were found to be associated with depression.Conclusions: As depression in elderly is a fairly common phenomenon, it should be paid more attention. The elderly should receive intervention for the disease and be able to sustain it.

scholarly journals WPŁYW MEDIÓW NA KREOWANIE WIZERUNKU STAROŚCI W REKLAMIE TELEWIZYJNEJ – BADANIE PILOTAŻOWE

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 85-94
Author(s):  
Kinga Kowalewska
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Television Commercials ◽  
The Media ◽  
Tv Commercials

The purpose of the article is to find the answer to the questions whether television commercials have an impact on creating the image of the elderly and what image of old age and lifestyle of the elderly is built on the basis of television ads. Studies have confirmed the hypothesis and have shown that the media through the content presented in TV commercials have a real impact on the shape of the image of the elderly population. The results allow the media to be seen as strong and efficient tools in the process of creating the image as such, also of other populations or individuals. The qualitative results have shown that the image of old age is seen mainly as positive and neutral, whereas their lifestyle is perceived as real, idealized and attractive.

NEW APPROACHES TO THE OLD PROBLEMS. HYPERTENSION IN THE GERIATRIC PATIENTS

2020 ◽  
pp. 515-526
Author(s):  
Е. А. Темникова ◽  
А. И. Кондратьев ◽  
М. В. Темников
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
Geriatric Patients ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Diagnosis And Treatment ◽  
Noncommunicable Diseases ◽  
The World ◽  
Very Old Age ◽  
Modern Information ◽  
The Impact

Значительное увеличение численности лиц пожилого и старческого возраста во всём мире ведёт к возрастанию актуальности проблем сохранения здоровья и адекватной медицинской помощи гериатрическим пациентам. Особое значение приобретают своевременная диагностика и лечение хронических неинфекционных заболеваний, частота которых с возрастом значительно нарастает. Артериальная гипертензия в пожилом и старческом возрасте всегда вызывала особое внимание исследователей и практических врачей из-за её распространённости, меняющихся подходов к диагностике и оценке влияния на прогноз, различающихся неоднозначных предложений по ведению возрастных пациентов. В обзоре представлены данные международных и отечественных исследований и рекомендаций по вопросам патофизиологии артериальной гипертензии, особенностям её диагностики и лечения в различных клинических ситуациях. A significant increase of the elderly population over the world leads to an increasing the relevance of the problems of maintaining health and adequate medical care for geriatric patients. Timely diagnosis and treatment of chronic noncommunicable diseases, the frequency of which increases with age, have been the particular importance. The researchers and practicing doctors have always paid special attention to hypertension in old and very old age due to its prevalence, changeable approaches to diagnosis and assessment of the impact on the prognosis, various ambiguous proposals for the management of the patients. Modern information about the international and domestic researches and recommendations on the issues of the pathophysiology of hypertension, features of its diagnosis and treatment in various clinical situations is presented in the review.

scholarly journals Mortality Compression and Variability in Age at Death in India

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suryakant Yadav ◽  
Arokiasamy Perianayagam
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Premature Mortality ◽  
Adult Mortality ◽  
Mortality Decline ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Age At Death ◽  
Middle Stage ◽  
Gini Coefficients ◽  
Life Expectancy At Birth ◽  
Mortality Compression

The global rise of life expectancy at birth has attracted worldwide interest, especially in understanding the pace of mortality transition in developing countries. In this study, we assess the progress of mortality transition in India during four decades between 1970 and 2013. We estimate measures of mortality compression and variability in age at death to assess the trends and patterns in mortality compression for India as a whole and its twelve biggest states. The results reveal an unequivocal convergence pattern in mortality compression across the states underpinned by the reduction in premature mortality and emerging homogeneity in mortality. Results by gender show that women are more homogenous in their mortality across the country because of an explicit reduction in the Gini coefficients at age 10 by the age group of 15-29 years. Mortality compression has changed in recent decades because of the increased survival of women in their reproductive ages, which marked a distinct phase of mortality transition in India. The pace of mortality transition, however, varies; adult mortality decline was greater than senescent mortality decline. These results show that India has passed the middle stage of mortality transition and has entered an early phase of low mortality.

scholarly journals Analysis of life satisfaction of the elderly population on the example of Sweden, Austria and Germany

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 102-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosa Zh. Kutubaeva
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Population Ageing ◽  
Individual Data ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Main Method ◽  
Econometric Modelling

Under the conditions of population ageing, particular interest is paid to the study of life satisfaction in older ages. The purpose of the article is to assess the level of life satisfaction of the population in old age. The main method is econometric modelling using individual data from the Study of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). According to the results of the study, ageing itself does not necessarily worsen one’s perception of life - there is no evidence from Austria and Spain that all people systematically, regardless of the year of birth, go through a stage of a lower level of life satisfaction. An important factor of life satisfaction is health self-assessment.

Healthcare Support among Elderly Population

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kiran Yadav ◽  
Prof Sunita Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Difference

The elderly population is large in general and growing due to advancement of health care education. These people are faced with numerous physical, psychological and social role changes that challenge their sense of self and capacity to live happily. The present study was conducted to assess the relationship of specific satisfaction in biogerontology and social gerontological and medical gerontology. The present study reveals that health supports is positively and highly significantly related to using care services and suffer from disease of aged persons. The main purpose of this research was to find out the mean difference between old age home and residing in their home in suffer from disease and using care services .The total 120 elderly (60 elderly in old age home and 60 residing in their home) of age range 60-80 year.  The study was carried out in Lucknow. Multistage sampling technique was fallowed in the present study. The samples of this study were personally and individually contacted and data was obtained through face to face interview. The research tool for hospital anxiety and used the care services and health care scale was used .and the test was applied to check the difference of suffer from disease Asthma, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, stomach /bowel disease and using care services the ANOVA method used to check the difference .Result reveals that significant difference in suffer from  disease and using care services–old age with respect to both old age with respect to both old age home and residing in their home .While the difference between suffer from  disease and using care services reveals and the elderly people who live in old age home suffer from disease and using care services and residing in their home elderly people live with family and happy and significant difference were found in disease and using care services  in old age.

Depression in old age

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 702-702
Author(s):  
B. Vukovic ◽  
D. Markovic-Zigic
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
Severe Depression ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Chronic Illnesses ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Old People ◽  
Population Prevalence ◽  
Prevalence Of Depression ◽  
Mental Diseases

Depression in older people is related to the population over 65 years. The age of depression often go with chronic illnesses, various physical and mental diseases.Depression in old age is not a natural part. In the elderly population 1.4% suffered from severe depression. Compared with the rest of the population prevalence of major depression is twice as large in the age group of 70–85 years. Less severe depression have an instance 4–13%. Twice as many women than men have depression. The prevalence of depression is particularly high in the elderly with dementia.In this report we present how many old people in Serbia suffer of depression and what is new tendence in therapy.

scholarly journals Presbyphagia and dysphagia in old age

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefano Cavallero ◽  
Ligia J. Dominguez ◽  
Laura Vernuccio ◽  
Mario Barbagallo
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Correct Diagnosis ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Functional Changes ◽  
Correct Definition ◽  
Definition Of

Although presbyphagia is a clinically relevant problem among elderly population, possibly leading to dysphagia in old age, it remains a still underestimated health condition. The present review analyzes swallowing related anatomical and functional changes during aging, both in healthy people and in those affected by dysphagia. First of all, dysphagia in old people must not be confused with presbyphagia. To distinguish these two different conditions, a correct definition of both should be considered. Subsequently, a comprehensive evaluation including instrumental analysis should be carried out. The aim of this narrative review is to analyze the current knowledge of this clinical condition and to provide the state of art to clinicians. A systematic PubMed research on dysphagia in the elderly was conducted and most relevant and most recent references were manually screened and selected. The aim of a correct diagnosis is to enable the choice of a correct intervention in order to prevent and treat complications of dysphagia, such as ab ingestis pneumonia and malnutrition. Moreover, the assessment, diagnosis and therapy of dysphagia/ presbyphagia should include the intervention of different specialists.

scholarly journals Prevalence and determinants of depression among old age: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yosef Zenebe ◽  
Baye Akele ◽  
Mulugeta W/Selassie ◽  
Mogesie Necho
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Publication Bias ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Group Analysis ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Effective Control ◽  
Prevalence Of Depression ◽  
The World

Abstract Background Depression is a leading cause of disability worldwide and is a major contributor to the overall global burden of disease. It is also one of the most common geriatric psychiatric disorders and a major risk factor for disability and mortality in elderly patients. Even though depression is a common mental health problem in the elderly population, it is undiagnosed in half of the cases. Several studies showed different and inconsistent prevalence rates in the world. Hence, this study aimed to fill the above gap by producing an average prevalence of depression and associated factors in old age. Objective This study aims to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to provide a precise estimate of the prevalence of depression and its determinants among old age. Method A comprehensive search of PubMed, Scopus, Web of sciences, Google Scholar, and Psych-info from database inception to January 2020. Moreover, the reference list of selected articles was looked at manually to have further eligible articles. The random-effects model was employed during the analysis. Stata-11 was used to determine the average prevalence of depression among old age. A sub-group analysis and sensitivity analysis were also run. A graphical inspection of the funnel plots and Egger’s publication bias plot test were checked for the occurrence of publication bias. Result A search of the electronic and manual system resulted in 1263 articles. Nevertheless, after the huge screening, 42 relevant studies were identified, including, for this meta-analysis, n = 57,486 elderly populations. The average expected prevalence of depression among old age was 31.74% (95% CI 27.90, 35.59). In the sub-group analysis, the pooled prevalence was higher among developing countries; 40.78% than developed countries; 17.05%), studies utilized Geriatrics Depression Scale-30(GDS-30); 40.60% than studies that used GMS; 18.85%, study instrument, and studies having a lower sample size (40.12%) than studies with the higher sample; 20.19%. Conclusion A high prevalence rate of depression among the old population in the world was unraveled. This study can be considered as an early warning and advised health professionals, health policymakers, and other pertinent stakeholders to take effective control measures and periodic care for the elderly population.

scholarly journals Regional Disparities in Brazilian Adult Mortality: an analysis using Modal Age at Death (M) and Compression of Mortality (IQR)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro Cisalpino Pinheiro ◽  
Bernardo L Queiroz
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
Adult Mortality ◽  
Regional Disparities ◽  
Age At Death ◽  
Ministry Of Health ◽  
Specific Mortality ◽  
Health Database ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Mortality Compression

This paper examines mortality differentials in Brazil and states between 1980 and 2010, using the Brazilian Ministry of Health Database. We use Modal age at death and measures of mortality compression to analyze regional and gender differences overtime and across regions. We estimate age-specific mortality rates by single ages using two approaches: Wilmoth and colleagues Log-Quad approaches and Topal´s method proposed by Schmertmann and Gonzaga and Schmertmann. Our results show that provincial disparities in mortality in general across regions of the country. Moreover, based on the modal age at death and the interquartile range (IQR) of ages at death. We find that there is a process of compression of mortality with increasing modal age at death.

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