Effectiveness of an elderly smoking cessation counselling training programme for social workers: a longitudinal study
Findings demonstrate that the smoking cessation training program achieved sustained effectiveness in its first year.
Findings demonstrate that the smoking cessation training program achieved sustained effectiveness in its first year.
Falls and fear-of-falling at baseline were not independent predictors of respectively developing a fear-of-falling and becoming a faller, but age was a common independent predictor for falls and the onset of a fear-of-falling, according to the study.
Researchers find that social contact and contributory behaviors with family, friends, or neighbors were found to be significant predictors of civic engagement.
This study of older adults in the greater Los Angeles area suggests that Latinos have significantly lower expectations about aging than non-Latino whites and African Americans.
The objective of the study was to investigate the impact of incident falls on the balance, gait, and Activities of Daily Living functioning in community-dwelling older adults.
Findings from the study may serve as a comparison for other countries trying to provide continuing education opportunities for older adults.
The study suggests that pain is an important predictor of depression in elderly primary care patients.
The study investigates the associations between diabetes and disability in three domains and to determine whether the associations are mediated by diabetes-related complications.
Among other results, researchers find that current diagnosis of major depression was associated with a significantly increased risk for attempted suicide.
The study examines the association between diabetes and depression among older Chinese to determine the extent to which depression is mediated by physical disability and diabetes-related comorbid conditions.