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Addressing disparities in caregiver training for dementia in the philippines and beyond 解决菲律宾及其他国家在痴呆症护理人员培训方面的差异

Aging and health research Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.ahr.2025.100257

John Patrick C. Toledo

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Health security across the spectrum: Exploring the impact of socioeconomic factors on health insurance uptake in India 全面的卫生安全：探索社会经济因素对印度医疗保险吸收的影响

Aging and health research Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.ahr.2025.100244

Madhubrota Chatterjee , Alok Aditya , Prashant Kumar Choudhary

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Neighborhood physical environment satisfaction and aging attitudes in older Chinese adults: Differences by chronic condition status 中国老年人邻里自然环境满意度与老龄态度：慢性病状态的差异

Aging and health research Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.ahr.2025.100241

Zhijing Xu , Dan Zhao , Weiyu Mao , Jing Wang , Zhongfang Yang , Yaguang Zheng , Bei Wu

{"title":"Neighborhood physical environment satisfaction and aging attitudes in older Chinese adults: Differences by chronic condition status","authors":"Zhijing Xu , Dan Zhao , Weiyu Mao , Jing Wang , Zhongfang Yang , Yaguang Zheng , Bei Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.ahr.2025.100241","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ahr.2025.100241","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>With China’s aging population and rising prevalence of chronic conditions, it is crucial to understand the factors shaping aging attitudes. Satisfaction with the neighborhood physical environment may play an important role, particularly among those with chronic health issues. To examine the association between neighborhood physical environment satisfaction and aging attitudes among older Chinese adults, and to explore differences across groups with and without chronic conditions.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We analyzed data from 11,395 participants aged 60 and above from the 2020 China Longitudinal Aging Social Survey (CLASS). Stratified multiple regression analyses were conducted, comparing subgroups with chronic conditions (<em>n</em> = 8405, 73.76 %) and without chronic conditions.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Among participants with chronic conditions, higher satisfaction with road conditions (β = 0.382, <em>P</em> = 0.001), environmental sanitation (β = 0.286, <em>P</em> = 0.007), and road/street lighting (β = 0.288, <em>P</em> = 0.005) was significantly associated with more positive attitudes toward aging. No significant associations were found among participants without chronic conditions.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Age-friendly neighborhood environments are important for promoting positive aging attitudes, particularly among older adults living with chronic conditions. These findings offer valuable insights for policymakers, researchers, and service providers aiming to support healthy aging in rapidly aging societies like China.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":72129,"journal":{"name":"Aging and health research","volume":"5 3","pages":"Article 100241"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144196351","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The effect of education and work on functional limitations in later life in cohorts affected by the Cultural Revolution and economic reform 教育和工作对受文化大革命和经济改革影响的人群晚年功能限制的影响

Aging and health research Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.ahr.2025.100243

Chengming Han

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Disease and disability representation in Japanese newspaper articles on healthy life expectancy: A text mining analysis 日本报纸关于健康预期寿命文章中的疾病和残疾表现：文本挖掘分析

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Aging and health research Pub Date : 2025-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ahr.2025.100262

Kazumi Ota , Kyunghee Lee , Masako Toriya

{"title":"Disease and disability representation in Japanese newspaper articles on healthy life expectancy: A text mining analysis","authors":"Kazumi Ota , Kyunghee Lee , Masako Toriya","doi":"10.1016/j.ahr.2025.100262","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ahr.2025.100262","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>The concept of healthy life expectancy has recently been receiving increased attention in aging Japan. However, little research has been conducted on the media discourse surrounding this concept. Given the media’s influence on public perception, the aim of this study is to explore how frequently people with diseases or disabilities are mentioned in articles discussing healthy life expectancy published by two of Japan’s major newspapers—<em>Asahi Shimbun</em> and <em>Yomiuri Shimbun</em>—and how they are portrayed.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Out of 2,655 articles published in these newspapers from 1997 to 2021, those that included explanations of healthy life expectancy were extracted and categorized. Subsequently, using KH Coder, a text mining software, analyses were conducted on 235 articles published in 2019 that discussed healthy life expectancy. These analyses included the listing of the most frequently appearing terms, co-occurrence networks, and Key Word in Context (KWIC).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Healthy life expectancy was often described using negative expressions about illness and disability, while coexistence with such conditions was rarely mentioned. The text mining results indicated that people living with diseases or disabilities were underrepresented, and discussions on extending healthy life expectancy placed excessive emphasis on prevention.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The media is expected to take an active role in fostering discussions that promote a deeper understanding of healthy life expectancy and avoid negative or biased portrayals of people with diseases or disabilities. Rather than overly emphasizing disease and disability prevention, newspapers should adopt a more comprehensive approach that includes the perspectives of those living with such conditions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":72129,"journal":{"name":"Aging and health research","volume":"5 3","pages":"Article 100262"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145003941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Corrigendum to “Assistance with oral hygiene care among family dementia caregivers in Chinese American Communities in New York City” [Aging and Health Research Vol 5 Issue 1 (March 2025) 100210] “协助纽约市美籍华人社区的家庭痴呆症护理人员进行口腔卫生护理”的勘误表[老龄化与健康研究第5卷第1期（2025年3月）100210]

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Aging and health research Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.ahr.2025.100245

Weiyu Mao , Bei Wu , Yaolin Pei

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Corrigendum to “Two-decade changes in dementia mortality in a Chinese community” [Aging and Health Research Vol 4 Issue 1 (March 2025) 100182] “中国社区痴呆死亡率20年变化”的勘误表[老龄化与健康研究第4卷第1期（2025年3月）100182]

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Aging and health research Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.ahr.2025.100252

Ding Ding , Wanqing Wu , Zhenxu Xiao , Jianfeng Luo , Qianhua Zhao , Zhen Hong

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Corrigendum to “Psychological sense of community and oral health problems among older Chinese Americans: Family reunification matters” [Aging and Health Research Vol 1 Issue 1 (March 2021) 100004] “老年美籍华人的社区心理意识和口腔健康问题：家庭团聚问题”的勘误表[老龄化与健康研究第1卷第1期（2021年3月）100004]

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Aging and health research Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.ahr.2025.100247

Weiyu Mao , Bei Wu , Iris Chi , Wei Yang , XinQi Dong

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Associations between traditional Chinese medicine body constitution and cardiovascular disease risk in a white population 中医体质与白人心血管疾病风险的关系

Aging and health research Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.ahr.2025.100235

Lihua Shu , Xiaoling Yin , Xiangzhu Zhu , Jing Zhao , Xinqing Deng , Yevheniy Eugene Shubin , Harvey J. Murff , Reid M. Ness , Chang Yu , Martha J. Shrubsole , Qi Dai

{"title":"Associations between traditional Chinese medicine body constitution and cardiovascular disease risk in a white population","authors":"Lihua Shu , Xiaoling Yin , Xiangzhu Zhu , Jing Zhao , Xinqing Deng , Yevheniy Eugene Shubin , Harvey J. Murff , Reid M. Ness , Chang Yu , Martha J. Shrubsole , Qi Dai","doi":"10.1016/j.ahr.2025.100235","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ahr.2025.100235","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has guided generations of practice on disease treatment and health maintenance. The TCM principles include the framework of body constitution. However, no study has assessed the body constitution in US population.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>This is an ancillary study of the Personalized Prevention of Colorectal Cancer Trial which was conducted in US during 2012–2016. 191 white participants were evaluated for body constitution type using a self-administered Traditional Chinese Medicine Questionnaire (English version). The body constitution subtypes and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk were assessed.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Fifty-seven (29.8 %) were identified as balanced constitution (BC), while Blood-stasis (17.3 %), Qi-deficient (13.6 %), and inherited-special constitutions (10.5 %) were the pre-eminent pathologic subtypes. Additional analyses investigated the relationship between CVD risk and body constitution subtypes. No major types of TCM body constitution were associated with the general cardiovascular risk score and other CVD biomarkers.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>It is important to understand the underlying mechanisms contributing to the differences by population, which may not only help to understand the underlying mechanism for TCM, but also help to identify novel factors or mechanisms for CVD risk, prevention and treatment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":72129,"journal":{"name":"Aging and health research","volume":"5 3","pages":"Article 100235"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144105596","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Socioeconomic inequality in visual impairments among older adults in India 印度老年人视力障碍中的社会经济不平等

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Aging and health research Pub Date : 2025-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ahr.2025.100261

Rajeev Ranjan Singh , Sanjay K Mohanty

{"title":"Socioeconomic inequality in visual impairments among older adults in India","authors":"Rajeev Ranjan Singh , Sanjay K Mohanty","doi":"10.1016/j.ahr.2025.100261","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ahr.2025.100261","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Globally, 1.1 billion people have some form of visual impairment (VI), and 90 percent of them live in low and middle-income countries. Though evidence suggests a global reduction in the age-standardised prevalence of blindness, the prevalence of visual impairment has been increasing, and the adverse social and economic impact of visual impairment is profound. VI intensify poverty and inequality by reducing employment opportunities and increasing medical spending.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Data from the Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI), 2017–18, were analysed to estimate the prevalence of visual conditions among older adults (45+). Descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression identified factors associated with visual impairments. Concentration indices, curves, and Wagstaff decomposition were employed to assess inequality in visual impairments.</div></div><div><h3>Result</h3><div>Among older adults, 12.78 % had distance vision loss, 31.63 % near vision loss, 1.63 % blindness, and 35.95 % had any visual impairment. Visual impairments increased with age and were more prevalent among females and rural residents, even after adjusting for socioeconomic factors. A strong socioeconomic gradient was observed, with higher rates among low-income and less-educated groups. Gender-specific patterns showed near vision loss was higher among females, while blindness was more prevalent among males. Concentration indices and curves indicated that visual impairments were concentrated in low-income groups.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The high prevalence of undiagnosed and untreated visual impairments highlights the need for improved access to diagnosis and treatment, including spectacles and lenses. Integrating public health services across primary, secondary, and tertiary levels is essential to address the growing burden of visual impairments among older adults in India.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":72129,"journal":{"name":"Aging and health research","volume":"5 3","pages":"Article 100261"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145003942","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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