Cut Points of Chair Stand Test for Poor Physical Function and Its Association With Adverse Health Outcomes in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miji Kim ◽  
Chang Won Won
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Physical Function ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Cut Points ◽  
Chair Stand ◽  
Adverse Health Outcomes ◽  
Community Dwelling Older Adults

scholarly journals The Prevalence of Back and Leg Pain and the Cross-Sectional Association with Adverse Health Outcomes in Community Dwelling Older Adults in England

Spine ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Esther Williamson ◽  
Maria T. Sanchez-Santos ◽  
Alana Morris ◽  
Angela Garrett ◽  
Oliver Conway ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Leg Pain ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Adverse Health ◽  
Adverse Health Outcomes ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Community Dwelling Older Adults

scholarly journals Brain Magnetic Susceptibility is Associated With Slower Gait in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 878-878
Author(s):  
Victoria Poole ◽  
Robert Dawe ◽  
Sue Luergans ◽  
David Bennett ◽  
Aron Buchman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Magnetic Susceptibility ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Gait Speed ◽  
Right Hemisphere ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Gaussian Kernel ◽  
Adverse Health ◽  
Adverse Health Outcomes ◽  
Community Dwelling Older Adults

Abstract Age-related slowing of gait is exceedingly common and a robust predictor of various adverse health outcomes in older age. Prior neuroimaging studies have documented diverse non-specific structural brain abnormalities which are related to slow gait; however, the extent to which quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM), which measures regional magnetic susceptibility in the brain, associates with gait speed remains unexplored. In the current study, 415 non-demented community-dwelling older adults (91 males; 81+/- 7 years) underwent an MRI (Siemens 3T TIM Trio) and in-home motor assessment. Gait speed was measured and averaged across 2 timed 8-ft walks. MR-acquired QSM data were pre-processed, registered to ICBM template, and spatially smoothed with a 5mm FWHM Gaussian kernel. When these maps entered group-level GLMs, voxel-wise associations with gait speed were of interest, after adjusting for demographics. We observed very strong negative associations between gait speed and magnetic susceptibility, such that those with slower gait had higher susceptibility in bilateral inferior frontal, superior temporal, and angular gyri (corrected p<.0005). Robust associations were also observed in the middle frontal, precentral, and postcentral gyri of the right hemisphere. These novel findings suggest that reduced myelination or increased iron accumulation in these brain regions may contribute to impaired gait. Future work will need to determine to what extent these cross-sectional QSM metrics are independent predictors of incident adverse health outcomes when controlling for other common brain imaging abnormalities observed in older adults.

scholarly journals ECONOMIC HARDSHIP INDICATORS ARE DIFFERENTIALLY ASSOCIATED WITH ADVERSE HEALTH OUTCOMES IN OLDER ADULTS

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S126-S126
Author(s):  
Loretta Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Prescription Drugs ◽  
Logistic Models ◽  
Economic Hardship ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Adverse Health ◽  
Adverse Health Outcomes

Abstract Previous studies have shown that higher levels of economic hardship in older adults is associated with increased odds of adverse health outcomes such as insomnia, anxiety, and depressive symptoms. The objective of this study was to determine if there was a differential association between individual measures of economic hardship and aforementioned adverse health outcomes. Cross-sectional analysis was conducted using data from the 2012 National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS). Logistic models were developed to assess the association between each of the four measures of economic hardship and three previously reported adverse health outcomes. Participants were asked if in the last month they did not have enough money for food, utility bills, mortgage/rent, or medical bills/prescription drugs. Measures of adverse health outcomes were symptoms of depression, anxiety, and insomnia. There were 7,075 community dwelling older adults aged 65 and older in the 2012 NHATS data. Results indicated that those who skipped meals were more likely to have depression, anxiety, and insomnia symptoms than those who did not skip meals. After adjusting for race, age, gender, education, and comorbid health conditions, skipping meals was associated with depression (OR=4.11, p<.000), anxiety (OR=2.81, p<.01), and insomnia (OR=2.16, p<.05). These results were higher and more statistically significant than the other measures of economic hardship. These findings are relevant to population-based efforts of nutrition interventions to improve quality of life in aging populations.

scholarly journals Skipping Meals Is Associated With Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression in U.S. Older Adults

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 515-515
Author(s):  
Loretta Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Prescription Drugs ◽  
Logistic Models ◽  
Economic Hardship ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Adverse Health ◽  
Adverse Health Outcomes

Abstract Previous studies have shown that higher levels of economic hardship in older adults is associated with increased odds of adverse health outcomes such as insomnia, anxiety, and depressive symptoms. The objective of this study was to determine if there was a differential association between individual measures of economic hardship and aforementioned adverse health outcomes. Cross-sectional analysis was conducted using data from the 2013 National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS). Logistic models were developed to assess the association between four measures of economic hardship which included not having enough money for food, utility bills, mortgage/rent, or medical bills/prescription drugs. Measures of adverse health outcomes were symptoms of depression, anxiety, and insomnia. There were 4467 community-dwelling older adults (65+) in the analyses. Results indicated those who skipped meals were more likely to have depression, anxiety, and insomnia symptoms than those who did not skip meals. After adjusting for race, age, gender, education, and total number of comorbid health conditions, skipping meals was associated with depression (OR=2.71, p<.05) and anxiety (OR=2.84, p<.01). Skipping meals did not have a statistically significant association with insomnia. The analysis for skipping meals showed a higher odds and more statistically significant results than the other measures of economic hardship listed above. These findings are relevant to population-based efforts to improve quality of life in aging populations and may be of interest to those researchers investigating the gut-brain axis. These findings may also inform future policy efforts to address health disparities and food insecurity in older adults.

scholarly journals Living Arrangement Modifies the Associations of Loneliness with Adverse Health Outcomes in Older Adults: Evidence From the CLHLS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Wei ◽  
Yong Liu ◽  
Junjie Yang ◽  
Nannan Gu ◽  
Xinyi Cao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Living Arrangement ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Living Alone ◽  
Adverse Health ◽  
Adverse Health Outcomes ◽  
Physical Functions ◽  
Community Dwelling Older Adults

Abstract Background: Although it has been suggested that loneliness is a risk factor for adverse health outcomes, living arrangement may confound the association. This study aimed to investigate whether the associations of loneliness with adverse health outcomes differ in community-dwelling older adults according to different living arrangements.Methods: In the 2008/2009 wave of Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey, 16255 community-dwelling older adults (≥65 years) were recruited. Living arrangements and feelings of loneliness were assessed. Health outcomes including cognitive and physical functions were assessed using MMSE, ADL/IADL scales and Frailty Index in the 2008/2009 and 2011/2012 waves; mortality was assessed in the 3-year follow-up from 2008/2009 to 2011/2012. The associations of loneliness with adverse health outcomes accroding to different living arrangements were estimated using logistic regression or Cox proportional hazards regression models. Interactions between living arrangement and loneliness on adverse health outcomes were also investigated.Results: Older adults who were lonely (47.8% of those living alone and 25% of those living with others) had higher prevalence of cognitive impairment, frailty and 3-year mortality than older adults without loneliness, especially among those who lived with others (OR=1.31, 95% CI=1.15-1.51; OR=1.42, 95% CI=1.26-1.60; HR=1.16, 95% CI=1.07-1.26, respecitvely). In contrast, among the living alone older adults, loneliness was only associated with higher prevalence of frailty (OR=1.41, 95% CI=1.06-1.88). Living arrangement modified the associations of loneliness with prevalent cognitive impairment and mortality (P values for interactions=0.006 and 0.015, respectively).Conclusions: Living arrangement modifies the associations of loneliness with adverse health outcomes in community-dwelling older adults, and those who lived with others but felt lonely had worse cognitive and physical functions as well as higher mortality. Special attention should be paid to this population to reduce adverse health outcomes.

scholarly journals Do Communication Patterns Affect the Association between Cognitive Impairment and Hearing Loss among Older Adults in Vietnam?

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 1603
Author(s):  
Tran Dai Tri Han ◽  
Keiko Nakamura ◽  
Kaoruko Seino ◽  
Vo Nu Hong Duc ◽  
Thang Van Vo
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Cognitive Function ◽  
Vision Loss ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Ordinal Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Communication Devices ◽  
Community Dwelling Older Adults

This study examined the prevalence of cognitive impairment among older adults in central Vietnam and the roles of communication (with or without communication devices) in the association between cognitive impairment and hearing loss. This cross-sectional study was performed on 725 randomly selected community-dwelling older adults aged ≥60 years from Thua Thien Hue province, Vietnam. Participants attended a face-to-face survey. Sociodemographic characteristics, social interaction with or without communication devices, health status and cognitive function using the Mini-Mental State Examination were reported. Ordinal logistic regression analysis was performed to quantify the association between hearing loss and cognitive function by frequency of communication with and without devices. Mild and severe cognitive impairment had prevalence rates of 23.6% and 19.3%, respectively. Cognitive impairment was more prevalent among older adults with hearing-loss, vision loss and difficulties with instrumental activities of daily living (IADL). The association between hearing loss and cognitive impairment was not significant when older adults had frequent communication with others using devices. This study presented the relatively high prevalence of cognitive impairment in community-dwelling older adults in Vietnam. Frequent communication using devices attenuated the association between hearing loss and cognitive impairment.

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