The Influence of the Interface Button Design of Touch Screens on Operation and Interpretation by Elderly and Middle-Aged Adults

Body function begins to decline in middle age, with changes becoming increasingly noticeable over time. With the popularization of educational and information technology, people know more about healthcare and are becoming accustomed to self-testing using health equipment. Technological changes are reflected in products, which present innovations including the switch from traditional to touch-controlled interface designs. This can cause difficulties in the interpretation and interface operation for older adults, who may be facing physiological and psychological alterations. Understanding users’ physiological limitations has become an important aspect of product design. This study explored the effects of physiological limitations on touch-screen operation in middle-aged and elderly people, specifically regarding button type, display position, and button size. A total of 64 participants were included in the study: 32 middle-aged people (aged 45–64 years) and 32 elderly people (65 years of age and older). Each participant was asked to complete 32 tasks (two button categories × four button sizes × four presentation positions). The results revealed no differences between the elderly and the middle-aged groups with regard to the interpretation of image buttons and text buttons; however, button size affected the operation and interpretation time. Middle-aged participants demonstrated good interpretation performance when the buttons were displayed in the upper or lower part of the screen, whereas elderly participants only had a good interpretation performance when the buttons were in the upper part. For both groups, the ideal image button size was 16 mm with a text font size of 22.

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Complex treatment of periodontitis: patient’s reaction to the therapy

Periodontology ◽

10.33925/1683-3759-2020-25-2-97-100 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 25 (2) ◽

pp. 97-100

Author(s):

A. K. Iordanishvili ◽

V. A. Guk ◽

A. A. Golovko

Keyword(s):

Elderly People ◽

Periodontal Diseases ◽

Personal Characteristics ◽

The Elderly ◽

Comprehensive Treatment ◽

Complex Treatment ◽

Middle Aged ◽

Aged People ◽

Dental Rehabilitation ◽

Success Of Treatment

Relevance. The success of treatment of periodontal diseases directly depends on the patient’s response to the therapy, therefore, the characteristics of the person’s personal characteristics can affect both the effectiveness of treatment and the prevention of relapse of the disease.Purpose. To study the features of the internal picture of the disease in the process of complex treatment of adult patients suffering from chronic generalized periodontitis.Materials and methods. The generally accepted comprehensive treatment of chronic generalized periodontitis in 69 middle-aged and elderly men was carried out taking into account the personal response of patients Solovyov «Psychosensory-anatomical-functional maladaptation syndrome».Results. When patients were discharged from the hospital, there was a difference in the phenomena of maladaptation among the elderly and middle-aged: in middle-aged people, sufficient adaptation to the conditions of existence was determined; in elderly people, due to the existing comorbid pathology, a state of maladaptation was diagnosed, which was caused by the presence of complaints of defects in the dentition.Conclusion. In elderly people, as soon as possible after completion of treatment in a hospital, dental rehabilitation cannot be considered completed, which requires the adoption of organizational measures for their timely provision of dentures.

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Middle-aged people and the elderly have the similar risk of death from Covid-19: considering background mortality

10.31219/osf.io/k36fx ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

ZHONGNENG XU

Keyword(s):

Elderly People ◽

Age Distribution ◽

The Elderly ◽

Natural Mortality ◽

Middle Aged ◽

Death Risk ◽

Aged People ◽

Risk Of Death ◽

Background Mortality ◽

Similar Risk

In USA, middle-aged people might be evaluated as having a low risk of Covid-19 death, but if the natural mortality is considered, the age distribution of death risk from Covid-19 changes. The proportions of Covid-19 deaths in total deaths among middle-aged and elderly people are in the same cluster. This shows that the increase rates in deaths caused by Covid-19 to middle-aged people is similar to that of the elderly, and it is necessary to pay the same attention to the risk of Covid-19 death in middle-aged people.

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An Attitudinal Assessment of Perceived Intergenerational Affinities Linking Adolescence and Old Age

International Journal of Behavioral Development ◽

10.1177/016502548300600208 ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 221-231 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Mary A. Luszcz

Keyword(s):

Elderly People ◽

Old Age ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

The Elderly ◽

Semantic Differential ◽

Age Group ◽

Middle Aged ◽

Old People ◽

Aged People ◽

Age Related

Attitudes toward the elderly were considered in a life-span context relative to adolescents and the middle-aged. These groups were chosen based on theorized commonalities linking adolescents and the elderly in contrast to the middle-aged. Undergraduate students used a semantic differential to rate the extent to which adjectives corresponded to their conceptions of ideal, real, and typical adolescents, middle-aged, and elderly people. Four subscales of Autonomy, Instrumentality, Acceptability, and Integration were assessed. When students considered their ideal conceptions of each age group, no age-related differences were evidenced on any dimensions. Further, across age, typical individuals were considered to be less acceptable and less well-integrated than people known by students. However, autonomy and instrumentality varied with age as well as the type of individuals being rated. Typical old people as well as old people known to students were viewed to be less instrumental than adolescents. These elderly people were also viewed as less instrumental than real but not typical middle-aged people. Adolescents and the elderly alike were seen as less autonomous than real or typical middle-aged people. Results were discussed in terms of Chellam's notion of symmetry that suggests that balance, likeness, and oppositeness each characterize relations among adolescents, the middle-aged, and the elderly.

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Postural Strategy in Elderly, Middle-Aged, and Young People during Local Vibratory Stimulation for Proprioceptive Inputs

Geriatrics ◽

10.3390/geriatrics3040093 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

pp. 93 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Tadashi Ito ◽

Yoshihito Sakai ◽

Kazunori Yamazaki ◽

Reiya Nishio ◽

Yohei Ito ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Young People ◽

Postural Control ◽

Elderly People ◽

Center Of Pressure ◽

Balance Control ◽

The Elderly ◽

Middle Aged ◽

Aged People ◽

Eyes Closed ◽

Proprioceptive Inputs

Proprioceptive input may greatly affect postural stability. However, the proprioceptive postural strategy in elderly, middle-aged, and young people has not been investigated sufficiently. Hence, in this study, we aimed to investigate differences in proprioceptive postural strategies of elderly, middle-aged, and young people. The center of pressure displacement was determined in 23 elderly, 23 middle-aged, and 23 young people during upright stance on a balance board with their eyes closed. Vibratory stimulations at 30, 60, and 240 Hz were applied to the lumbar multifidus (LM) and gastrocnemius (GS) muscles to evaluate the contributions of different proprioceptive signals used in balance control. Compared with middle-aged and young people, elderly people showed a high dependence on postural control of the GS at 30 Hz (p-values: Young and elderly: 0.033; middle-aged and elderly: 0.001). Moreover, compared with young people, elderly people were more dependent on postural control of the LM at 240 Hz (p = 0.016). There were no significant differences with respect to the GS at 60 and 240 Hz, and with respect to the LM at 30 and 60 Hz between the elderly, young, and middle-aged people. Thus, the postural control strategy of elderly people depends on the GS at 30 Hz.

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信仰與斷裂——山中村祭祀圈的變遷與村民的奉祀理解

新世紀宗教研究 ◽

10.53106/168437382021061901004 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

pp. 083-114

Author(s):

楊國柱楊國柱 ◽

吳金奇 Yang, Kuo-Chu

Keyword(s):

Local Community ◽

Health And Safety ◽

Belief System ◽

The Elderly ◽

Middle Aged ◽

Aged People ◽

Mountain Village ◽

Field Investigations ◽

Meaning Interpretation ◽

The Village

嘉義縣民雄鄉山中村1（舊稱牛斗山或牛稠山），因牛稠溪域流經村莊而得此名，早期是全鄉人口最大村。山中村宗教信仰普遍為民間信仰，村莊主廟為廣濟宮，以奉祀池府王爺、媽祖、鄭成功為主，但村莊發展及信仰主體係圍繞池府王爺。本文採用文獻分析、田野調查及立意取樣後進行深度訪談，以探討山中村祭祀圈之形成，以及村民如何理解不同神靈之內涵，進而有助於山中村之社區發展與文化資源保存。 藉由祭祀圈概念切入，以理解山中村社區各神靈祭祀圈的範圍與分布，進而探討地方社區信仰中心發展，與山中村民對不同神靈認知及意義之解讀。經研究發現：（一）隨著人口增加及集居地擴大，主廟的祭祀圈變大；由於廟務活動增加，牛斗山土地公廟的祭祀圈擴大；五營中的東、西兩營，未隨著社區的新增而往外遷移，因此祭祀圈無明顯變化。（二）山中村神靈祭祀圈的分布，「五營」與居民輪祀居住的地理範圍有關，原具有分群概念的輪祀傳統逐漸模糊：老者對此模糊；中年人認知些許；青年則不明白為何奉祀，宗教信仰傳承出現斷層的可能。（三）山中村民對不同祭祀圈神靈解讀有所異同，普遍難闡述神靈的由來及背景，較理解者屬老年人；其次為中年人；青年人則對神靈認知不清楚。（四）不同祭祀圈神靈意義與山中村民早期生活環境較有其關聯性，老年人多數提及身體健康及平安；中年人求財運、事業；青年人求課業順利。據此，就結論提出建議以供參考。  Shanzhong Village (formerly known as Niudou Mountain or Niuhou Mountain) in Minxiong Township, Chiayi County, got its name because the Niuhou Stream passed through the village. In the early days, it was the village with the largest population in the township. For the Guangji Palace, it is mainly dedicated to the worship of Lord Chifu, Mazu and Zheng Chenggong (Cheng Ch’eng-Kung), but the village development and belief system surrounds Lord Chifu. This paper uses literature analysis, field investigations, and intentional sampling to conduct in-depth interviews to discuss the formation of the mountain village sacrificial circle and how the villagers understand the connotation of different gods, which can help the community development and cultural resource preservation of the mountain village. Through research, the concept of the religious field was cut in to understand the scope and distribution of the religious fields of the various deities in the Shanzhong Village community, and to discuss the development of local community faith centers and the understanding and meaning interpretation of the different deities of the Shanzhong villagers. The research found: (1) The religious realms become bigger because the population of village was increased；on the other side, Shanshang Viallage’s religious realms become wilder due to the increase of temple actives. However, for the "five camps", the east and west side of the deities’s emissary did not extend so the Religious Realms can not protect the new village, (2) The distribution of the spiritual field in the Shanzhong village, the ""five camps"" are more closely related to the geographical scope of the residents’ rotation worship. The tradition of rotation worship with the concept of grouping is gradually blurring, and the old people are blurring; Understand why there is a possibility that there is a fault in the inheritance of religious beliefs; (3) Villagers in the mountains have different interpretations of deities in different religious fields, and it is generally difficult to understand the origin and background of deities, older than those who understand; older than middle-aged; more young Unrecognizable to the gods; (4) The significance of the gods in different religious fields is more related to the early life environment of the villagers in the mountains. The elderly have significant health and safety; the middle-aged people seek wealth and career; the young people seek smooth schooling .Then refer to the above research results to make research suggestions.

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2-12-24 Russian root (Siberian ginseng) improves cognitive functions in middle-aged people, whereas Ginkgo biloba seems effective only in the elderly

Journal of the Neurological Sciences ◽

10.1016/s0022-510x(97)85276-8 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 150 ◽

pp. S90 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

K. Winther ◽

C. Ranløv ◽

E. Rein ◽

J. Mehlsen

Keyword(s):

Ginkgo Biloba ◽

Cognitive Functions ◽

The Elderly ◽

Middle Aged ◽

Aged People ◽

Siberian Ginseng

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Incidence and risk of major heart diseases in middle-aged adults with moderate to severe vision impairment: a population-based cohort study

British Journal of Ophthalmology ◽

10.1136/bjophthalmol-2018-312471 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 103 (8) ◽

pp. 1054-1059 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Chun-Mei Hsueh ◽

Jing-Hwa Wey ◽

Jong-Shiuan Yeh ◽

Chien-Hua Wu ◽

Tsan-Hon Liou ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Cohort Study ◽

Heart Diseases ◽

Population Based ◽

Vision Impairment ◽

Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events ◽

Research Database ◽

Middle Aged ◽

Visual Disability ◽

Aged People ◽

Middle Aged Adults

Background/aimTo estimate the incidence and risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs), including heart failure and ischaemic heart disease, among middle-aged people with a visual disability (VD).MethodsWe used a national health insurance research database to conduct a population-based cohort study from 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2013. Patients with VD aged 35~65 years were recruited. For each VD patient, five age-matched, sex-matched and comorbidity-matched patients were randomly selected and recruited as controls. Control patients had no documented disability.ResultsThis study recruited 978 patients with VD (mean age±SD, 55.1±7.8 years; 48.9% male) and 4677 controls. Compared with the same sex of the controls, women with VD had higher incidence of MACE 1 (7.9 vs 2.8/1000 person-years, p<0.001), MACE 2 (27.5 vs 16.9/1000 person-years, p<0.001), MACE 3 (3.7 vs 1.4/1000 person-years, p<0.005) and MACE 4 (4.5 vs 2.5/1000 person-years, p<0.05), and men with VD had higher incidence of MACE 1 (4.6 vs 2.0/1000 person-years, p<0.005). Compared with the controls, patients with VD had lower cumulative MACE 1~MACE 4-free probabilities and had an independently higher risk of MACE 1~MACE 4 during the 13-year study, yielding an adjusted hazard ratio range of 1.31~2.75. Those persons with VD who had diabetes and hypertension had greater risks of MACE 1~MACE 4.ConclusionsMiddle-aged adults with VD were at risk of MACEs. A programme for MACE prevention is important for middle-aged people with VD. This is especially true for women and for those who also have diabetes and hypertension.

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Prevalence and associated socioeconomic factors of multimorbidity in 10 regions of China: an analysis of 0.5 million adults

Journal of Public Health ◽

10.1093/pubmed/fdaa204 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Siyu Zou ◽

Zhicheng Wang ◽

Maria Bhura ◽

Guoting Zhang ◽

Kun Tang

Keyword(s):

Elderly Population ◽

The Elderly ◽

Absolute Number ◽

Health Concern ◽

Multiple Chronic Conditions ◽

Middle Aged ◽

Multivariable Logistic Regression Model ◽

Lower Socioeconomic ◽

Elderly Males ◽

Middle Aged Adults

Abstract Background The epidemiology of multiple chronic conditions in China is poorly understood. We investigated the prevalence of multimorbidity among the middle-aged and elderly population in China and analyzed its demographic and socioeconomic correlates. Methods Data were obtained from the baseline of the China Kadoorie Biobank Study, which recruited over 0.5 million participants between 2004 and 2008. We calculated the prevalence by the characteristics of multimorbidity. The demographic and socioeconomic correlates were analyzed using a multivariable logistic regression model. Results 15.9% of the participants were multimorbid. Although the prevalence of multimorbidity increased with age, the absolute number of people with multimorbidity was much higher among middle-aged adults (30–60 years, n = 42 041) than the elderly group (>60 years, n = 38 834). The odd of multimorbidity was higher in males (aOR =1.09, 95% CI: 1.07–1.11) and among those who were unemployed (aOR = 1.58, 95% CI: 1.55–1.62). Those who received the highest level of education were most likely to be multimorbid compared with those with no education (aOR = 1.14, 95% CI: 1.09–1.19). Such an association was similar when treating multimorbidity as multinomial variable. Conclusions Multimorbidity is a public health concern, with higher prevalence among the elderly, males and those who belong to a lower socioeconomic stratum. Actions are needed to curb multimorbidity epidemic in China.

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Sex Differences in the Influence of Sleep on Body Mass Index and Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in Middle-Aged Adults

Healthcare ◽

10.3390/healthcare8040561 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 561

Author(s):

Hyun-E Yeom ◽

Jungmin Lee

Keyword(s):

Metabolic Syndrome ◽

Body Mass Index ◽

Body Mass ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Poor Sleep ◽

Middle Aged ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Aged People ◽

Middle Aged Adults ◽

The Impact

Poor sleep and obesity are intimately related to cardiovascular diseases. We aimed to examine whether the influence of sleep and body mass index (BMI) on the risk of metabolic syndrome (MetS) differed by sex in middle-aged people. It is a cross-sectional study of 458 Korean participants who completed self-administered surveys; the data were analyzed using the PROCESS macro for SPSS. We found that both sleep and BMI were significant predictors of MetS risk in women, particularly by the role of BMI connecting the impact of sleep to MetS risk. However, the association was not found in men, showing that BMI, but not sleep, was a significant predictor of MetS. This sex-related difference was due to different relationships between sleep and BMI, indicating that BMI was more dependent on sleep quality for women than for men. Therefore, a sex-specific approach to decrease the risk of MetS is warranted.

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