OBJECTIVE To examine the associations between predisposing and need factors and receipt of mental health care and to examine age as a moderator of these associations. METHODS Participants (N=521) were surveyed as part of a larger study on health and adaptation. RESULTS Obtaining mental health care was predicted by more reliance on approach coping, and more depressive and medical symptoms. I...

BACKGROUND Age is an important risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), which often develops in middle age. However, how age-associated changes in immunity impact RA is poorly understood. Gut microbiota are known to be involved in the pathogenesis of RA, but the effects of microbiota in older subjects remain mostly unknown. METHODS We used segmented filamentous bacteria (SFB), a gut commens...

OBJECTIVES to determine the association between the subjective rate of ageing and future health outcomes. DESIGN prospective cohort study (Whitehall II study). At the third phase of the study (1991-1993), participants were asked at what age they think most people leave middle age. Participants were followed until the end of phase 5 (1997-2000), so that mean length of follow-up was 7 years. ...

Introduction: Otosclerosis is a disease of bony labyrinth. Structural changes in the labyrinth often cause ossicular fixation, and thus conductive hearing loss. The purpose of this study was to evaluate middle ear exploration findings and frequency of ossicular and footplate area anomalies in patients with suspected otosclerosis referred to Amiralmomenin and Golsar Hospitals in Rasht, Iran.   M...

T o our knowledge, there has never been a historical treatise on the concept of middle age or middle adulthood (we will use these terms interchangeably throughout this chapter) within lifespan developmental psychology and lifespan developmental science. At most, the role of adult development in the middle of the life cycle has been touched on here and there in historical treatises such as Groff...

BACKGROUND To clarify the effect of age on the association between body mass index (BMI) and all-cause mortality. METHODS We followed 43 972 Japanese participants aged 40 to 79 years for 12 years. Cox proportional hazards regression analysis was used to estimate hazard ratios (HRs), using the following BMI categories: <18.5 (underweight), 18.5-20.9, 21.0-22.9, 23.0-24.9 (reference), 25.0-27.4...