Yuxia Ouyang, David Manier, Ramit Ravona-Springer, Mery Mamistalov, Dar Gelblum, Anthony Heymann, Joseph Azuri, Laili Soleimani, Ruby Phillips, Mary Sano, Michal Schnaider Beeri, Elizabeth Guerrero-Berroa
{"title":"Ethnicity predicts long-term depressive symptom patterns in older adults with type 2 diabetes.","authors":"Yuxia Ouyang, David Manier, Ramit Ravona-Springer, Mery Mamistalov, Dar Gelblum, Anthony Heymann, Joseph Azuri, Laili Soleimani, Ruby Phillips, Mary Sano, Michal Schnaider Beeri, Elizabeth Guerrero-Berroa","doi":"10.1016/j.inpsyc.2025.100034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inpsyc.2025.100034","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Depression is a chronic disorder that significantly affects functional decline in older adults, especially those with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Ethnic groups may experience different depression risks and severities, yet the effect of ethnicity on depression trajectories and specific dimensions in older adults with T2D remains largely unexamined. We examined the longitudinal associations of ethnicity with depression and its specific dimensions over time in older Ashkenazi and non-Ashkenazi Jews with T2D.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Generalized estimating equations (GEE) models were employed to analyze the longitudinal associations of ethnicity with numbers of depressive symptoms and specific depression dimension, adjusting for sociodemographics, cognition, T2D characteristics, and cardiovascular risk factors.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Community-dwelling older adults from the longitudinal Israel Diabetes and Cognitive Decline (IDCD) study.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>902 Ashkenazi and non-Ashkenazi Jews, mean age= 72.3 years.</p><p><strong>Measurements: </strong>The Geriatric Depression Scale-15 (GDS-15) and its five dimensions: Dysphoric Mood, Withdrawal Apathy-Lack of Vigor, Anxiety, Hopelessness, and Memory Complaint.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>At baseline, Ashkenazi Jews reported significantly lower GDS-15 scores compared to non-Ashkenazi Jews. They exhibited lower scores in Dysphoric Mood and Hopelessness dimensions. GEE models confirmed these findings, showing Ashkenazi Jews had significantly lower total GDS-15 scores (β = 0.86, 95 % CI 0.75-0.99; p = 0.03), Dysphoric Mood (β = 0.76 (0.52-0.90], p = 0.006), Hopelessness (β = 0.74 [0.58-0.95], p = 0.017) and lower rates of clinical depression (OR= 0.68 [0.52-0.90], p = 0.006). These data offered no evidence of a difference in trends between the Ashkenazi and non-Ashkenazi groups on depression trajectories.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Ethnicity is associated with the longitudinal trajectories of depression and its specific dimensions in older adults with T2D. Further investigation of contributing factors, including social determinants of health, is essential.</p>","PeriodicalId":14368,"journal":{"name":"International psychogeriatrics","volume":" ","pages":"100034"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143038853","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sarah P Coundouris, Sarah A Grainger, Daniel Schweitzer, Ruth E Hubbard, E-Liisa Laakso, Julie D Henry
{"title":"How social frailty is operationalized matters: Relationships with health and wellbeing in late adulthood.","authors":"Sarah P Coundouris, Sarah A Grainger, Daniel Schweitzer, Ruth E Hubbard, E-Liisa Laakso, Julie D Henry","doi":"10.1016/j.inpsyc.2024.100032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inpsyc.2024.100032","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>There are currently major inconsistencies in the methodological approaches used to index social frailty. The present study aimed to better understand which of these approaches may be most valuable in predicting older adult's physical health and psychological wellbeing.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>One hundred and thirty-three participants aged 60-90 years completed five measures commonly used to index social frailty, along with five measures of physical health, and psychological wellbeing. Social frailty was not only assessed at the scale level but was also considered in terms of both the objectivity (versus subjectivity) of each scale item, and at the social concept level (whether each item captured lifestyle, living alone, loneliness, social activities, social network, social role, social support, or sociodemographic characteristics).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>As predicted, subjective social frailty accounted for the largest share of explained variance of psychological wellbeing in older adults, relative to objective indicators and key demographics. However, contrary to hypotheses, objective social frailty failed to uniquely predict physical health. Further analyses revealed that the predictive value of subjective social frailty was driven primarily by feelings of loneliness.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The present study provides novel insights into how operationalizations of social frailty vary in terms of their relationship with important indicators of real-life function. The findings have direct implications for the development of targeted interventions focused on reducing social frailty in late adulthood.</p>","PeriodicalId":14368,"journal":{"name":"International psychogeriatrics","volume":" ","pages":"100032"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143005307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sexuality among older adults or too old having sex: Can healthcare professionals challenge the existing taboo?","authors":"Katerina Beji Sedlackova, Lidmila Hamplova, Alzbeta Bartova, Iva Holmerova","doi":"10.1016/j.inpsyc.2024.100016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inpsyc.2024.100016","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14368,"journal":{"name":"International psychogeriatrics","volume":"37 1","pages":"100016"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143382435","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Who are the best informants of neuropsychiatric symptoms across the continuum of cognitive decline?","authors":"Analuiza Camozzato, Lucas Primo de Carvalho Alves","doi":"10.1016/j.inpsyc.2024.100008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inpsyc.2024.100008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14368,"journal":{"name":"International psychogeriatrics","volume":"37 1","pages":"100008"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143382450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"\"Rome wasn't built in a day\"- Iterative adaptations in developing effective cognitive remediation interventions for older adults with schizophrenia: Commentary on \"Cognitive Remediation for Patients with Late-Life Schizophrenia: A Follow-up Pilot Study\" by Golas et al. (2024).","authors":"Mahesh Menon","doi":"10.1016/j.inpsyc.2024.100014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inpsyc.2024.100014","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14368,"journal":{"name":"International psychogeriatrics","volume":"37 1","pages":"100014"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143382346","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Social convoy: A potential social prescribing intervention to mitigate depressive symptoms in middle-aged and older Chinese adults: Commentary on \"The structure, function, and quality of the social convoy for improvements in depressive symptoms in urban and rural China: A 3-year longitudinal cohort study\" by Xu et al.","authors":"Rui-Yao Wu, Bao-Liang Zhong","doi":"10.1016/j.inpsyc.2024.100015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inpsyc.2024.100015","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14368,"journal":{"name":"International psychogeriatrics","volume":"37 1","pages":"100015"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143382436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The need for identifying neuropsychiatric symptoms and neural correlates among racially and ethnically minoritized older adults. Commentary on \"Neuropsychiatric symptoms and white matter hyperintensities in older adults without dementia\" by Liampas et al.","authors":"Miriam J Rodriguez, Jaime Perales-Puchalt","doi":"10.1016/j.inpsyc.2024.100022","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.inpsyc.2024.100022","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14368,"journal":{"name":"International psychogeriatrics","volume":"37 1","pages":"100022"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11819952/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143382440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"International Psychogeriatrics: Exciting progress and next steps.","authors":"Dilip V Jeste","doi":"10.1016/j.inpsyc.2024.100001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inpsyc.2024.100001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14368,"journal":{"name":"International psychogeriatrics","volume":"37 1","pages":"100001"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143382396","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Psychotropics and cognitive function: A risk-benefit analysis commentary on \"Impact of psychotropic medications on cognition among older adults: A systematic review\" by Chandramouleeshwaran et al.","authors":"Kayla Murphy, Mustafa Husain","doi":"10.1016/j.inpsyc.2024.100029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inpsyc.2024.100029","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14368,"journal":{"name":"International psychogeriatrics","volume":"37 1","pages":"100029"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143382416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}