...Xinyu Shi; Jiaxin Zhang; Hailiang Wang; Yan Luximon Introduction: Anxiety and depression are prevalent among older adults, and digital interactive interventions have shown promise in promoting their mental well-being. However, limited research has explored the effects of different types of digital...

...Zheran Liu; Yonglin Su; Rendong Huang; Ruidan Li; Zhigong Wei; Ling He; Yiyan Pei; Yu Min; Xiaolin Hu; Xingchen Peng Introduction: Cognitive performance in older ages is strongly affected by individuals’ genetic predispositions. We investigated whether depression trajectories were associated...

... between depressive symptoms, subjective cognitive decline (SCD), and poor subjective sleep quality and the risk of slips/falls in a Korean older population. Methods: This cross-sectional study involved 228,340 elderly individuals living in Korea. Measurements included self-reported depressive symptoms...

... measures were available for 763 individuals. The average age was 88.9 (standard deviation 2.9) years (range 85–100), and 68% were female. Sociodemographic and health-related independent variables (e.g., depressive symptoms or functioning) were included in the regression model. Institutionalization...

..., 1.17–2.41, p = 0.005), and depression (OR 2.12, CI 95% 1.32–3.41, p = 0.002) were associated with increased odds of PIM use. A better nutritional status was associated with lower odds of PIM use (OR 0.88, CI 95% 0.81–0.97, p = 0.008). In the sex-stratified analysis, higher education was associated...

... and Aging (CSHA) Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS). As explanatory variables, we included sociodemographic factors (marital status and age), social isolation as well as health-related variables (depression, dementia, and chronic diseases) in a regression analysis. Results: In total, 18.9% of the individuals were...

...Andrew Steptoe Optimising happiness is a desirable societal aim in itself, but there are four more specific reasons why research on happiness is an important emerging theme in gerontology. First, happiness is not merely the mirror of depression, anxiety or distress, but has distinct relationships...

... on these associations. Methods: We employ an intraindividual, within-person approach to quantify the occurrence of marital transitions and their impact using data from the Health and Retirement Study ( n = 22,013; 1992–2010). Measures of transition occurrence, depressive symptoms, and educational attainment were...

... but not subsequent memory decline. The association between SSS and initial memory was separately mediated by chronic diseases, stroke, and depressive symptoms. Conclusion: Results provide preliminary behavioral evidence for the deleterious effects of social stress on cognitive aging. These results may help inform...

... ambient room light effects on depressed individuals is still sparse. Objective: The present study aimed at examining the acute effects of a single moderately bright room light exposure on mood, and behavioural and cardiac stress reactions of mildly depressed geriatric inpatients during a short cognitive...

... Inventory, Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15), Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), 36-Item Short Form Health Survey, Insomnia Severity Index, Fatigue Severity Scale, and Brief Encounter Psychosocial Instrument] and laboratory analyses of inflammatory and oxidative stress markers (erythrocyte...

...Katja Werheid Depression is among the major long-term complications of cerebral stroke. Occurring in about 30% of all stroke survivors, ‘poststroke depression' (PSD) is known to be associated with prolonged recovery, reduced quality of life, and increased mortality. Research over the past 25 years...

... of the current study is to test potential mediating effects of depression and level of education on the association between ethnicity and dementia. Methods: The sample for this study, consisting of 2,796 community-dwelling elderly people aged 60 years and older, was drawn from a cross-sectional national survey...

... phytochemicals, in particular, treat depression at much lower concentrations than clinical doses of classical drugs. Structurally similar polyphenolics such as curcumin, resveratrol, and proanthocyanidins exhibit antioxidant and immunomodulatory properties and recent research suggests that they also modulate...

... and with the National Death Index. Psychosocial factors (depression, social network and social engagement) were assessed during the CHAP interview. Cox proportional hazard models were used to assess the mortality of elder abuse across levels of psychosocial factors using time-varying covariate analyses. Results...

...Jung Jae Lee; Ki Woong Kim; Tae Hui Kim; Joon Hyuk Park; Seok Bum Lee; Jin Woo Park; Douglas R. McQuoid; David C. Steffens Background: Cultural biases may affect the individual responses to questionnaires for depression and thus confound the international or multiethnic researches on depression...

...R. Bella; G. Pennisi; M. Cantone; F. Palermo; M. Pennisi; G. Lanza; M. Zappia; S. Paolucci Background: Vascular damage of frontal-subcortical circuits involved in mood regulation and cognition might be the main contributor to the pathogenesis of late-life depression, and it is linked to poor...

... or university. All participants were questioned about their own memory abilities using the SMC scale and assessed for the presence of depressive symptoms. Results: Nine-hundred and forty-six subjects aged 18–92 years were included in the study. The mean total score on the SMC scale was 4.89 ± 3.03, and 75.9...

.... Falls in the last 3 months were reported in 31% of the subjects with dizziness compared to 15% among those without (p < 0.001). Dizziness also correlated with depression, with 42.5% feeling depressed among the elderly reporting dizziness as compared with 13.2%. Exercise, both light (i.e. go...

... recruited from the community. Subjects completed a headache questionnaire for classification purposes, the SF-36, the Geriatric Depression Scale-short form (GDS-S), the Survey of Pain Attitudes (SOPA-35) and the Neck Disability Index (NDI). The results revealed that elders with headache compared...