Older Adults with Osteoarthritis: Psychological Status and Physical Function

2003 ◽  
Vol 29 (12) ◽  
pp. 26-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn C Kee
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Physical Function ◽  
Psychological Status

scholarly journals PET OWNERSHIP HISTORY AND SUCCESSFUL AGING OUTCOMES IN COMMUNITY-LIVING OLDER ADULTS

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S52-S53
Author(s):  
Erika Friedmann ◽  
Nancy R Gee ◽  
Eleanor M Simonsick ◽  
Stephanie Studenski ◽  
Erik Barr ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Physical Function ◽  
Physical Functioning ◽  
Successful Aging ◽  
Verbal Learning ◽  
Older Age ◽  
Psychological Status ◽  
Community Living ◽  
Pet Ownership ◽  
The Past

Abstract Diminishing cognitive and physical function, worsening psychological symptoms and increased mortality risk and morbidity typically accompany aging. Health needs of the aging population will continue to increase as the proportion of the population aged 50 years and older increases. Pet ownership (PO) has been linked to better health outcomes in older adults, particularly those with chronic health conditions. However, much of the evidence is weak with little known about the contribution of PO to successful aging in community living older adults. This study examines associations between PO and cognitive performance, physical functioning, and psychological status in community living older adults. Participants in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (>50 years old, N=378) completed physical functioning, cognitive and psychological testing, and a ten-year PO history. Most participants (89%) had owned pets at some point and 24% currently have pets. Fourteen percent have 1-4 dogs, 12% have 1-4 cats, and 3% have others. PO was lower with older age (p<.001). In regression analysis controlling for age decade, pet ownership within the past 10 years (PO10) independently predicted cognitive function [total verbal learning (p=.04), and short (p=.015) and long (p=.031) delay free recall, ] but not physical function or psychological status. PO was lower in older age groups as was cognitive, physical functional, and psychological status, while PO within the past 10 years was associated with better verbal learning and memory independent of age. Longitudinal analysis is required to disentangle the sequential associations between PO and change in health status over time..

scholarly journals Long-term participation in community group exercise improves lower extremity muscle strength and delays age-related declines in walking speed and physical function in older adults

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chisato Hayashi ◽  
Soshiro Ogata ◽  
Tadashi Okano ◽  
Hiromitsu Toyoda ◽  
Sonoe Mashino
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Muscle Strength ◽  
Physical Exercise ◽  
Lower Extremity ◽  
Physical Function ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Group Exercise ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Lower Extremity Muscle

Abstract Background The effects of group exercise on the physical function of community-dwelling older adults remain unclear. The changes in lower extremity muscle strength, timed up and go (TUG) time, and the motor fitness scale (MFS), over time, among older adults who expressed a willingness to participate in community-based physical exercise groups, were determined using multilevel modelling. Methods We analyzed data of 2407 older adults between April 2010 and December 2019 from the registry of physical tests of community-based physical exercise groups. We conducted a retrospective cohort study to assess the effect of physical exercise on lower extremity muscle strength, TUG time, and MFS scores. The durations of the exercises were evaluated by frequency of physical test’s participate. Results A deterioration in lower extremity muscle strength was found in the short-term participant group only. However, in the mid-term and long-term participation groups, lower extremity muscle strength showed a trend of improvement. The TUG time and the MFS score were negatively correlated with increasing age in both groups divided by the duration of participation. However, there was a slower rate of deterioration in the long-term participation group. Discussion Lower extremity muscle strength, TUG time, and MFS scores decline with increasing age and there were differences in the slope of deterioration that depended on the duration of participation in community-based group exercise. Conclusion Participation in group exercise improved lower extremity muscle strength, TUG time, and MFS scores of older adults living in a community. The positive effects of group exercise were dependent on long-term participation.

Blood cadmium and physical function limitations in older adults

2021 ◽  
Vol 276 ◽  
pp. 116748
Author(s):  
Esther García-Esquinas ◽  
María Téllez-Plaza ◽  
Roberto Pastor-Barriuso ◽  
Rosario Ortolá ◽  
Pablo Olmedo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Physical Function ◽  
Blood Cadmium

scholarly journals Associations of muscle lipid content with physical function and resistance training outcomes in older adults: altered responses with metformin

GeroScience ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas E. Long ◽  
Bailey D. Peck ◽  
Steven C. Tuggle ◽  
Alejandro G. Villasante Tezanos ◽  
Samuel T. Windham ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Resistance Training ◽  
Physical Function ◽  
Lipid Content ◽  
Muscle Lipid ◽  
Training Outcomes

scholarly journals Owners’ Perceptions of Pet influence: Relation to Health Outcomes & Pet Attachment in Community-Living Older Adults

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 926-926
Author(s):  
Erika Friedmann ◽  
Nancy Gee ◽  
Eleanor Simonsick ◽  
Barbara Resnick ◽  
Erik Barr ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Psychological Status ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Oblique Rotation ◽  
Fiscal Health ◽  
Pet Attachment

Abstract Pet ownership (PO) has been linked to better health outcomes in older adults, particularly those with chronic health conditions. It is suggested that pets influence their owners lives both by encouraging social interaction and by interfering with owners’ willingness or ability to seek care for themselves. We use data from 6 questions about the positive and negative influence of pets on community dwelling older adults’ administered to pet owners (N=223, age >=50 years) in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging. We use principal components analysis (oblique rotation) to extract dimensions of owner’s perceptions of pet influences (PPI) and examine the relationship of these dimensions to owners’ cognitive, physical functional, and psychological status. Three dimensions of PPI include: fiscal/health challenges (F1: 3 items, alpha=0.70), wellness promotion (F2: 2 items, alpha=0.80); and reason for social/travel constraints (F3: 1 item). In regression analysis with all factors entered simultaneously, after controlling for age, higher magnitude of F1 significantly independently predicted poor physical quality of life (p=.0007), greater perceived stress (p=0.041), and lower happiness (p=0.014); F2 did not independently predict any health outcome; higher F3 significantly independently predicted lower emotional vitality (p=0.048). Controlling for age, all three factors were independent predictors of pet attachment (p’s=0.001, 0.010, 0.047, respectively). F1 and F3 were positively and F2 was negatively correlated with attachment. PPI was associated with owners’ physical and mental health. Perhaps older adults with higher attachment to pets are more likely to keep them despite higher challenges.

scholarly journals The Role of Self-Perceptions of Aging for Recovery of Older Adults After a Hospital Stay

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 588-588
Author(s):  
Anne Blawert ◽  
Ellen Freiberger ◽  
Susanne Wurm
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Hospital Stay ◽  
Physical Function ◽  
Fear Of Falling ◽  
Health Events ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
Perceptions Of Aging ◽  
One Year ◽  
Psychological Pathway

Abstract For older adults, a hospital stay can lead to loss of physical function and frailty. It is therefore important to investigate factors for recovery after hospitalization. Recent studies suggest negative self-perceptions of aging (SPA) as a potential risk factor in the context of serious health events. This ongoing longitudinal study investigates how negative SPA might contribute to worse physical recovery (assessed with the Short Physical Performance Battery) after hospital stay in a sample of 244 German adults aged 75 to 96. Preliminary mediation analysis based on available data of the first 50 participants indicate that negative SPA is related to increased fear of falling after 6 months, which predicts worse physical function one year after hospitalization (indirect effect: B = -0.70, SE = 0.41, p = .09). The results stress the importance of SPA for health recovery in old age and introduce fear of falling as a psychological pathway.

scholarly journals Longer Residence in the United States is Associated With More Physical Function Limitations in African Immigrant Older Adults

2020 ◽  
pp. 073346482097760
Author(s):  
Manka Nkimbeng ◽  
Yvonne Commodore-Mensah ◽  
Jacqueline L. Angel ◽  
Karen Bandeen-Roche ◽  
Roland J. Thorpe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Confidence Interval ◽  
Physical Function ◽  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
African Immigrants ◽  
The United States ◽  
African Immigrant ◽  
High Discrimination ◽  
The Mean

Acculturation and racial discrimination have been independently associated with physical function limitations in immigrant and United States (U.S.)-born populations. This study examined the relationships among acculturation, racial discrimination, and physical function limitations in N = 165 African immigrant older adults using multiple linear regression. The mean age was 62 years ( SD = 8 years), and 61% were female. Older adults who resided in the United States for 10 years or more had more physical function limitations compared with those who resided here for less than 10 years ( b = −2.62, 95% confidence interval [CI] = [–5.01, –0.23]). Compared to lower discrimination, those with high discrimination had more physical function limitations ( b = −2.51, 95% CI = [–4.91, –0.17]), but this was no longer significant after controlling for length of residence and acculturation strategy. Residing in the United States for more than 10 years is associated with poorer physical function. Longitudinal studies with large, diverse samples of African immigrants are needed to confirm these associations.

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