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Perceptions of older adults and generativity among older citizens in Japan: a descriptive cross-sectional study
Yuho Shimizu, Tomoya Takahashi, Kenichiro Sato, Susumu Ogawa, Daisuke Cho, Yoshifumi Takahashi, Daichi Yamashiro, Yan Li, Keigo Hinakura, Ai Iizuka, Tomoki Furuya, Hiroyuki Suzuki
Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2023;14(5):427-432.   Published online October 10, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24171/j.phrp.2023.0063
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Objectives
As the population ages worldwide, including in Japan, there is a growing expectation for older adults to remain active participants in society. The act of sharing one’s experiences and knowledge with younger generations through social engagement not only enriches the lives of older individuals, but also holds significant value for our society. In this study, we examined both positive and negative perceptions of older adults and investigated the correlation between these perceptions and generativity among older citizens. Additionally, we evaluated the impact of life satisfaction on these factors. Methods: We conducted a survey of 100 older adults in Japan (mean age, 71.68 years) and utilized multiple regression analyses, using positive and negative perceptions of older adults, life satisfaction, and demographic factors as independent variables. The sub-categories of generativity—namely, generative action, concern, and accomplishment—were used as dependent variables. Results: Participants who held a more positive perception of older adults demonstrated a higher level of generative actions and concerns. Additionally, participants who reported higher levels of life satisfaction also exhibited more generative actions, concerns, and accomplishments. Conversely, those who held a more negative perception of older adults were found to have higher levels of generative actions. Conclusion: Enhancing positive perceptions of older adults among them can boost the sub-categories of generativity. This study, which was conducted from an exploratory perspective, has several limitations, including a potential sampling bias. A more comprehensive examination of the relationship between perceptions of older adults and generativity is anticipated in future research.
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The Moderating Role of Social Activity on Age Norms and Subjective Health Status of Older Adults: A Two-Stage Cluster Korea National Survey
Myungsuk Choi, Minsung Sohn, Sangsik Moon, Mankyu Choi
Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2019;10(3):145-151.   Published online June 30, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24171/j.phrp.2019.10.3.05
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Objectives

This study aimed to examine how social activity (SA) moderates the relationship between age norms (AN) and subjective health status (SHS) among older adults in Korea. Based on the theories of age-integrated structure and active aging, the proposed hypotheses were that SHS has a positive association with attitudes towards AN, and with the interactions between different types of AN and SA.

Methods

Cross-sectional data from a Korean national survey of older adults were analyzed. Participants were older adults N = 10,451, of whom 10,280 were used in the study sample. Multivariate linear regression including interaction terms, was used to examine the associations among SHS, AN, and SA.

Results

The results of multivariate linear regression examining learning (ß = 0.066, p < 0.001), working (ß = 0.063, p < 0.001), and remarriage (ß = 0.036, p < 0.001) showed that those who perceived AN more positively, were more likely to have a high SHS. With interaction terms, those who had a positive attitude towards AN for learning and volunteering (ß = 0.025, p < 0.05), and remarriage and engaged in friendship groups (ß = 0.032, p < 0.05) were more likely to have a high SHS.

Conclusion

SA serves as a great moderator between AN and SHS.

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  • Social engagement and subjective health among older adults in South Korea: Evidence from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (2006–2018)
    Bo Zhao, Ji Eon Kim, Jiyoung Moon, Eun Woo Nam
    SSM - Population Health.2023; 21: 101341.     CrossRef
Gender-Specific Relationship Between Executive Function and Self-Rated Health
Mi Sook Jung, Kyoung Suk Lee, Mijung Kim, Hyeri Yun
Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2019;10(2):93-101.   Published online April 30, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24171/j.phrp.2019.10.2.08
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Objectives

Self-rated health is a comprehensive measure of health. As gender difference in self-rated health is found, identifying gender-specific factors related to self-rated health is important. Poor executive functioning negatively affects an individual’s independence and healthy lifestyle, but it is unknown relationships between executive function and self-rated health and gender differences in these relationships. Therefore, gender differences were examined in the relationship between executive function and self-rated health in the community.

Methods

Individuals completed questionnaires about their health status and subjective decline in executive function. Neuropsychological tests were also performed to assess objective executive functioning. Two separate multivariable linear regression analyses were conducted by gender.

Results

Better objective executive function was related to greater self-rated health scores (better self-rated health) in men alone (βs = 0.341), while better subjective executive function was significantly associated with greater self-rated health scores in both men and women (βs = 0.385 and 0.443, respectively).

Conclusion

Gender differences are important when reporting perceived health status, in particular the different effects of subjective and objective executive function on self-rated health across genders. Clinicians need to be aware of the potential value of subjective executive function complaints when evaluating health status.

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  • The Scale Assessment of Executive Functions-Adult (SAEF-A): Construction of a valid ecological instrument
    Farah El houari, Ibtissam El Harch, Abdelkrim Janati Idrissi, Samira El fakir, Benaissa Zarhbouch, Zouhayr Souirti
    Applied Neuropsychology: Adult.2024; : 1.     CrossRef
  • Educational Attainment and Perceived Need for Future ADL Assistance
    Julia M. Finan, Scott D. Landes
    Journal of Applied Gerontology.2024;[Epub]     CrossRef
  • The impact of epidemic infectious diseases on the relationship between subjective well-being and social class identity in older adults: The mediating role of Self-rated health
    Qianxi Feng, Yan Li, Miao Wan, Wei Li, Roghieh Nooripour
    PLOS ONE.2024; 19(3): e0301289.     CrossRef
  • Psychometric properties of the Teenage Executive Functioning Inventory (TEXI): A confirmatory factor analysis and measurement invariance by gender in Bangladeshi adolescents
    Bijon Baroi, Samsad Afrin Himi
    Applied Neuropsychology: Child.2024; : 1.     CrossRef
  • Current state, equality level and trends of self-rated health among old adults with intact physical condition
    Weicun Ren, Clifford Silver Tarimo, Zhang Liang
    BMC Public Health.2023;[Epub]     CrossRef
  • Gender features of awareness and attitude towards a healthy lifestyle among users of medical Internet resources
    A.N. Korobeynikova, M.V. Bezzubtseva, A.E. Demkina, A.D. Yuldasheva, S.V. Popova, A.L. Pivenshtein, A.V. Isaeva, V.G. Starosvetskaya, Z.G. Akaeva, E.L. Kolesnik
    Profilakticheskaya meditsina.2023; 26(10): 62.     CrossRef
  • Self-rated flexibility significantly reflects the hip flexibility, but not the ankle flexibility
    Wootaek Lim
    Isokinetics and Exercise Science.2023; : 1.     CrossRef
  • Validation of a proxy‐reported SARC‐F questionnaire for current and retrospective screening of sarcopenia‐related functional impairments
    Johannes Maurus, Tobias Terzer, Axel Benner, Sabine Goisser, Annette Eidam, Anja Roth, Maike Janssen, Sonia Jaramillo, Hannes Martin Lorenz, William Micol, Klaus Hauer, Carsten Müller‐Tidow, Jürgen M. Bauer, Karin Jordan, Nina Rosa Neuendorff
    Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle.2022; 13(1): 264.     CrossRef
  • Association between Hippocampal Volume and Working Memory in 10,000+ 9–10-Year-Old Children: Sex Differences
    Shervin Assari, Shanika Boyce, Tanja Jovanovic
    Children.2021; 8(5): 411.     CrossRef
  • Social Capital and Self-Rated Health: Empirical Evidence from China
    Jiafeng Gu, Ruiyu Zhu
    International Journal of Environmental Research an.2020; 17(23): 9108.     CrossRef
  • Effect of self-rated health status on functioning difficulties among older adults in Ghana: Coarsened exact matching method of analysis of the World Health Organization’s study on global AGEing and adult health, Wave 2
    John Tetteh, Robert Kogi, Anita Ohenewa Yawson, George Mensah, Richard Biritwum, Alfred Edwin Yawson, Heidi H. Ewen
    PLOS ONE.2019; 14(11): e0224327.     CrossRef
Health Status of the Residents in Occidental Mindoro, Philippines: A Way to Make a Healthy Community
Rosa Mistica C. Ignacio, Ma Easter Joy V. Sajo, Eun Woo Nam, Chun Bae Kim, Dong Won Ahn, Pan Suk Kim, Kyu Jae Lee
Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2015;6(1):20-26.   Published online February 28, 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phrp.2014.11.006
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Objectives
Even though Philippines is widely known as exporters of health workers in the world, the Occidental Mindoro province suffers from a lack of health workers compared with the total population of each municipality. The aim of this study was to observe, identify, and understand the persisting health status, knowledge, and practices among the three selected communities in Occidental Mindoro, Philippines.
Methods
The study applied a survey using basic questions with three key topics, with relevance to the health condition of the villagers, such as demographics (social capital and regional characteristics), lifestyle (healthy living, and healthy lifestyle and behavior), and status or position in the society (general demographics, and personal behavior and attitudes), with a random sample of 256 adult respondents.
Results
Only about 54.3% rated themselves as fair/moderately healthy, and a total of 17.2% suffered from chronic diseases such as diabetes mellitus, cancers, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and cardiovascular disease, while 9% have been diagnosed with tuberculosis in the past 6 months. Respondents mostly have low income and low education.
Conclusion
The majority of the respondents have only primary and secondary education, and a very low average income; these suggest that respondents were afflicted with poverty and low educational attainment. Respondents who are deprived of their rights to obtain a higher education also have a higher chance of having less knowledge on their well-being. Health programs do not guarantee a healthy individual and a healthy society, but a combination of health programs and socioeconomic support can help in creating a healthy community.

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  • Observation records of the Bangon Monitor Lizard, Varanus bangonorum (Squamata, Varanidae), with emphasis on behaviour and local threats, from the Municipality of Abra de Ilog, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines
    Przemysław Zdunek, Michaela S. Webb
    Herpetozoa.2023; 36: 1.     CrossRef
The Relationship between Health Behavior and General Health Status: Based on 2011 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
Chunhoo Cheon, So-Mi Oh, Soobin Jang, Jeong-Su Park, Sunju Park, Bo-Hyoung Jang, Yong-Cheol Shin, Seong-Gyu Ko
Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2014;5(1):28-33.   Published online February 28, 2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phrp.2013.12.003
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Objectives
The aim of the present study is to investigate the relationship between health behavior and general health status.
Methods
We used data from the 2011 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Mental health was measured by stress recognition and depression. Dietary habit was measured by mixed grain diet. Life pattern was measured by sleeping time and working pattern. Physical activity was measured by walking and exercise. We defined general health status as Euro Quality of Life-5 Dimension (EQ-5Dindex), Euro Quality of Life Visual Analogue Scale (EQ-5Dvas), number of people experienced lying in a sickbed for the last one month, number of days lying in a sickbed for the last one month, and activity limitations.
Results
Mental health, dietary habit, life pattern, and physical activity have seven factors. Most of the factors have a significant correlation with EQ-5Dindex, EQ-5Dvas, number of people experienced lying in a sickbed for the last one month, number of days lying in a sickbed for the last one month, and activity limitations.
Conclusion
Health behavior and general health status have a positive correlation.

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    Matthias Rabel, Michael Laxy, Barbara Thorand, Annette Peters, Lars Schwettmann, Filip Mess
    Frontiers in Public Health.2019;[Epub]     CrossRef
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    Javid Majlesi
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