objectives: social participation is linked to healthy aging and the maintenance of functional independence in older individuals. this study aimed to investigate the relationship between social participation and orderly’s mental health. methods: totally 380 people, aged over 60 residing in city of hamadan were participated in the study. the participants completed a researcher-tailored inventory ...

OBJECTIVE To quantify the number of cases and prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among older adults in sub-Saharan Africa. METHODS We reviewed data from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). Although in these surveys all female respondents are < 50 years of age, 18 of the surveys contained data on HIV infection among men aged ≥ 50 years. To estimate the percentage of o...

OBJECTIVES to investigate changes in functional ability and physical health, psychiatric morbidity, life satisfaction, service use and social support. DESIGN a structured interview survey of three samples of elderly people living at home at two points in time. The three samples comprised one census of people aged 85 and over [City (of London) and Hackney], and two random samples of people age...

BACKGROUND Health Assessment (HA) items were introduced in 1999 for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged at least 55 years and all Australians aged over 75 years. In 2004 a new item was introduced for HAs among adult Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15-54 years. The new item has been applauded as a major policy innovation however this enthusiasm has been tempered w...

Aging is reviewed by a variety of disciplines; demographers, sociologists, economists, health scientists, and politicians. However, there are still great disputes over aging because of its economic roles, and health expenditures. Several questions about aging should be answered. Is aging an illness? Are aged people a burden to community? Is it a threat, or an achievement? (1). There are opposi...

Introduction: Elderly population is increasing in Pakistan. Majority of people aged 50 – 64, suffer from two or more chronic conditions. Care of elderly people is sub-optimal. Healthcare system has limited resources to provide healthcare support to elderly people. Thus, there is need to empower the elderly to self-manage their health conditions. Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) i...

OBJECTIVE To examine the association between diabetes and the prevalence of depression in different sex and age groups by analysing the cross-sectional data from the National Population Health Survey, conducted in Canada in 1996-1997. STUDY DESIGN A total of 53072 people aged 20-64 years were included in the analysis. Depression was defined as depression scale 5, based on the Composite Intern...

BACKGROUND The proportion of Australians aged over 65 years is increasing. Although screening and treatment for alcohol and drug issues has traditionally focused on those aged less than 65 years, there is growing evidence of alcohol and drug related harm among older people. OBJECTIVE This article broadly discusses our current understanding of alcohol and drug problems among people aged over 6...

Data reveals that the HIV epidemic is concentrated among key populations in Brazil. Additionally, the last 10 years have also revealed changes in the age profile of reported HIV and AIDS incidence. Most notable has been a shift to younger men and women. While the highest rates of infection are reported among people aged 30–49, there is an increasing trend in detection rates among young people a...

Methods. Using data from the National Center for Health Statistics, we examined trends in death rates from CHD from 1999 to 2009 among people aged 35–84 years, in each geographic region (Northeast, Midwest, West, and South) and in specific racial-urbanization groups, including black and white people in large and medium metropolitan (urban) areas and in non-metropolitan (rural) areas. We also ex...