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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Hua-lei Yang, Shuo Zhang, Wen-chao Zhang, Zheng Shen, Jia-hao Wang, Si-meng Cheng, Yi-wen Tao, Si-qing Zhang, Li-xingzi Yang, Yi-dan Yao, Lin Xie, Li-li Tang, Yuan-yang Wu, Zhi-yun Li
Summary: Based on data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) in 2013, this study found that participating in volunteer services significantly enhances the well-being of Chinese older people, especially for females, non-party members, and older adults with good economic status. Volunteerism affects well-being mainly through enhancing positive emotions.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
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Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Teck Hong Tan, Ji Hei Lee
Summary: This study investigates the relationship between life satisfaction of older adults and residential environment and third places in Malaysia. The findings suggest that characteristics of the residential environment, as well as shopping, culture, and education-related places, have a positive impact on the life satisfaction of older people in Malaysia. This study provides important information for urban planners and housing associations in creating age-friendly communities.
SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH
(2022)
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Nursing
Albin D. Almevall, Sofi Nordmark, Johan Niklasson, Karin Zingmark
Summary: This study explores the impact of home experiences on well-being in very old persons, finding that home is crucial to the happiness of elderly individuals, but can also have adverse effects on their well-being. Therefore, aspects of home should be carefully considered in future social policies and healthcare planning.
JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING
(2022)
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Gerontology
Karin Johansson, Lena Borell, Lena Rosenberg
Summary: This study aims to understand how a sense of home and belonging is created and supported in nursing home contexts. Through ethnographic methods, four qualities were identified that contribute to a sense of home and belonging in communal areas for nursing home residents.
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Geriatrics & Gerontology
Michael Levere, Patricia Rowan, Andrea Wysocki
Summary: This study quantifies the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the well-being of nursing home residents, revealing that residents experienced deteriorations in various outcomes during the pandemic, including an increase in depressive symptoms, unplanned substantial weight loss, incontinence episodes, and reduction in cognitive functioning. The findings highlight the importance of addressing loneliness and isolation, and suggest that future policy changes should consider additional costs beyond the direct effects of morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION
(2021)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Chunqin Liu, Dongyi Luo, Ying Zhou, Gangna Zhang, Xue Feng, Zihan Wang, Jiani Chen, Qiulin Bi
Summary: This study examined the level of subjective well-being among older Chinese people in nursing homes and found that gratitude and social support partially mediated the relationship between optimism and well-being. The findings suggest the importance of prioritizing positive psychological nursing interventions to promote well-being among older people in residential care.
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Environmental Sciences
Ivica Matic, Biljana Kurtovic, Adriano Friganovic, Cecilija Rotim
Summary: The study examines the impact of international exchange programs on the well-being and professional development of nursing students. It finds that while such programs do not significantly affect students' sense of coherence and subjective well-being, they do contribute to changes in certain attitudes related to the profession and living conditions abroad.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Pablo Gonzalez-Siles, Manuel Marti-Vilar, Francisco Gonzalez-Sala, Cesar Merino-Soto, Filiberto Toledano-Toledano
Summary: Job-related stress has a negative impact on the physical and psychological health of care professionals. The perceived sense of coherence (SOC) is closely related to work stress and well-being, and may act as a mediating and predictive variable for health problems.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Hansel Teo
Summary: This study examines the impact of a partner's nursing home admission on individuals' mental well-being. Using longitudinal data and a quasi-experimental design, it finds that the transition has a negative effect on mental health. This negative effect is found to decrease with the amount of caregiving provided pre-admission.
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Jennifer Mary Gibney, Vasi Naganathan, Mathew Albert Wei Ting Lim
Summary: Oral health should be considered a part of basic health care, as older people often experience a lower quality of life due to oral discomfort and uncleanliness, with barriers within health systems that need to be addressed.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Maria Angeles Molina-Martinez, Sara Marsillas, Maria Sanchez-Roman, Elena del Barrio
Summary: This study investigated the relationship between friendly environments and subjective well-being in a representative sample of people over 55 years of age in the Basque Country (Spain), showing a greater explanatory power of friendliness on subjective well-being in the case of people who required help.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Review
Computer Science, Information Systems
Ronald Dendere, Mahnaz Samadbeik, Monika Janda
Summary: This study examined the impact of implementing EHRs and interventions leveraging EHRs on health outcomes for residents in aged care facilities. The findings showed that these interventions had positive effects on certain health outcomes, but mixed or non-significant effects on others. More research is needed to fully understand the impact of EHR-based interventions on resident health outcomes.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INFORMATICS
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Rui Chen, Yong-Feng Liu, Gao-Duan Huang, Peng-Cheng Wu
Summary: This study examines the relationship between physical exercise and the subjective well-being of older people, and finds that a sense of meaning in life and self-esteem mediate this relationship. Physical exercise has a direct positive impact on the subjective well-being of older adults, and it also indirectly improves their well-being by enhancing their sense of meaning in life and self-esteem.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Tingting Huang, Houchao Lyu, Xueying Chen, Jia Ren
Summary: As China's population ages, the impact of aging on the community level has gained attention. This study explores the mediating role of community participation and the moderating role of social support on the well-being of Chinese older adults. The findings suggest that encouraging community participation can improve the overall well-being of older adults and contribute to a better society in Chinese cities.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Carolyn Hullick, Jane Conway, Alix Hall, Wendy Murdoch, Janean Cole, Jacqueline Hewitt, Christopher Oldmeadow, John Attia
Summary: The study added video telehealth consultations to an existing program aiming to reduce emergency department visits and hospital admissions for acutely unwell residents in aged care facilities. Over the 28-month study period, 1271 emergency department visits occurred, with 739 subsequent hospital admissions, and the results showed that the addition of video telehealth did not provide any additional benefit.
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Gorill Haugan, Britt Moene Kuven, Wenche Mjanger Eide, Siw Eriksen Taasen, Eva Rinnan, Vivien Xi Wu, Jorunn Drageset, Beate Andre
Article
Nursing
Hege Grundt, Bente Silnes Tandberg, Renee Flacking, Jorunn Drageset, Atle Moen
Summary: The study found that infants in single-family rooms had earlier first milk expression and first attempt at breastfeeding, were fed a greater amount of mother's milk, and more infants were exclusively directly breastfed from discharge until 4 months old. However, there were no significant differences in milk production and breastfeeding self-efficacy between the two units.
JOURNAL OF HUMAN LACTATION
(2021)
Review
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Randi J. Tangvik, Froydis K. Bruvik, Jorunn Drageset, Kristin Kyte, Irene Hunskar
Summary: The study found that oral nutrition supplements can increase energy and protein intake, improve nutritional status and body weight in individuals with dementia; however, further research is needed to investigate the impact on cognition and functional outcomes.
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Jorunn Drageset, Reidun Karin Sandvik, Leslie Sofia Pareja Eide, Gunhild Austrheim, Mary Fox, Elisabeth Grov Beisland
Summary: This systematic review aimed to summarize and evaluate the literature on quality of life among cancer patients aged 80 years and older admitted to hospitals, as well as to assess the QoL instruments used. The study found a lack of research directly exploring QoL and its determinants in this age group, highlighting the need for future studies to include valid age- and diagnosis-specific QoL instruments.
HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OUTCOMES
(2021)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Jorunn Drageset, Gorill Haugan
Summary: Loneliness is common among cognitively intact nursing home residents. Nurse-patient interaction is associated with residents' loneliness, indicating that nurse interaction might play an important role in alleviating loneliness.
Correction
Health Care Sciences & Services
Jorunn Drageset, Reidun Karin Sandvik, Leslie Sofia Pareja Eide, Gunhild Austrheim, Mary Fox, Elisabeth Grov Beisland
HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OUTCOMES
(2021)
Article
Nursing
Eva Rinnan, Beate Andre, Geir Arild Espnes, Jorun Drageset, Helge Garasen, Gorill Haugan
Summary: Despite the high prevalence of symptoms among nursing home residents, the study found a significant positive correlation between high joy-of-life and quality of life, and a negative association with anxiety and depression in a holistic perspective on nursing home care.
JOURNAL OF HOLISTIC NURSING
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Merete Roineland Benestad, Jorunn Drageset, Geir Egil Eide, Maria Vollsaeter, Thomas Halvorsen, Bente Johanne Vederhus
Summary: The study found that extremely preterm-born adults at age 34 reported inferior health-related quality of life compared to term-born peers, especially in the mental health domains, indicating that the negative differences observed at 24 years remained unchanged.
HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OUTCOMES
(2022)
Article
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Merete Roineland Benestad, Jorunn Drageset, Karl Ove Hufthammer, Maria Vollsaeter, Thomas Halvorsen, Bente Johanne Vederhus
Summary: The study found that adults born extremely preterm reported more severe mental health problems compared to term-born controls, but their health-related quality of life (HRQoL) was relatively similar. From 18 to 27 years of age, internalizing problems gradually increased for extremely preterm-born individuals, while anxiety/depression problems increased over time for term-born controls.
EARLY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
(2022)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Inger Helen Hardeland Hjelmeland, Jorunn Drageset, Oyvind Nordvik, Elisabeth Grov Beisland
Summary: This systematic review examines the quality of life (QoL) in home-dwelling cancer patients aged 80 years and older, as well as the instruments used to measure QoL. The results suggest that age, physical function, comorbidity, living situation, need for at-home care services, financial situation, and social network size are all factors correlated with QoL in this population.
HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OUTCOMES
(2022)
Article
Nursing
Britt Moene Kuven, Jorunn Drageset, Gorill Haugan
Summary: The study aimed to investigate the association between perceived nurse-patient interaction and quality-of-life among nursing home residents, adjusted for loneliness, anxiety and depression. The results showed that nurse-patient interaction had a significant impact on quality-of-life, while anxiety and depression did not. Loneliness was found to be significantly related to quality-of-life. Loneliness and nurse-patient interaction together explained 25% of the variation in quality-of-life.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING
(2023)
Article
Nursing
Bente Egge Sovde, Anne Marie Sandvoll, Eli Natvik, Jorunn Drageset
Summary: The study aimed to explore the lived experiences of frail home-dwelling older people, revealing that their perception of frailty is mainly manifested in a borderland state of the body. Importantly, older people strengthen their sense of self through meaningful activities. Healthcare providers should consider the vulnerabilities and self-perceived strengths of frail older people in order to provide better care.
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF CARING SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Nursing
Jorunn Drageset, Siw Eriksen Taasen, Birgitte Espehaug, Britt Moene Kuven, Wenche Mjanger Eide, Beate Andre, Eva Rinnan, Gorill Haugan
Summary: The study found a significant association between nurse-patient interaction and sense of coherence as well as its subdimensions (comprehensibility and manageability) among cognitively intact nursing home residents. However, there was no significant correlation with meaningfulness. This suggests that nurse-patient interaction may be an important resource in relation to residents' sense of coherence.
JOURNAL OF HOLISTIC NURSING
(2021)
Article
Nursing
Gorill Haugan, Wenche Mjanger Eide, Beate Andre, Vivien Xi Wu, Eva Rinnan, Siv Eriksen Taasen, Britt Moene Kuven, Jorunn Drageset
Summary: This study investigated the association between nurse-patient interaction and joy-of-life in nursing-home residents, finding a significant correlation between the two. The cross-sectional design limited the ability to draw causal conclusions. The research highlights the importance of nurse-patient interaction in nursing care processes.
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF CARING SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Nursing
Jorunn Drageset, Geir Egil Eide
Article
Nursing
Bettina Voelzer, Monira El Genedy-Kalyoncu, Alexandra Fastner, Tsenka Tomova-Simitchieva, Konrad Neumann, Kathrin Hillmann, Ulrike Blume-Peytavi, Elisabeth Hahnel, Janna Sill, Katrin Balzer, Jan Kottner
Summary: The study aimed to evaluate the effects of implementing a skincare and prevention package on older nursing home residents. The results indicate that tailored and evidence-based nursing routines can improve skin health and safety in residential long-term care, but there was no significant impact on the skin barrier function.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING STUDIES
(2024)
Review
Nursing
Han Fu, Dongjiang Hou, Ran Xu, Qian You, Hang Li, Qing Yang, Hao Wang, Jing Gao, Dingxi Bai
Summary: This study systematically reviewed published studies on risk prediction models for DVT in patients with acute stroke and found a high risk of bias. Future studies should focus on developing new models with larger samples, rigorous study designs, and multicenter external validation.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING STUDIES
(2024)
Article
Nursing
Laura Peutere, Jaana Pentti, Annina Ropponen, Mika Kivimaki, Mikko Harmae, Oxana Krutova, Jenni Ervasti, Aki Koskinen, Marianna Virtanen
Summary: Nurse understaffing and limited nursing work experience are associated with patient mortality during hospital stays, especially among patients with comorbidities. The use of administrative data to monitor and improve nurses' working conditions is crucial for reducing in-hospital mortality.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING STUDIES
(2024)
Review
Nursing
Yuanyuan Zhang, Lining Wang, Wenbi Wu, Shi Zhang, Min Zhang, Wenjing She, Qianqian Cheng, Nana Chen, Pengxia Fan, Yuxin Du, Haiyan Song, Xianyu Hu, Jiajie Zhang, Caiyan Ding
Summary: This meta-analysis identifies comorbid factors and behavioral factors that are significantly associated with inadequate bowel preparation in older adults undergoing colonoscopy.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING STUDIES
(2024)
Article
Nursing
Long Huang, Bing-yue Zhao, Xiao-ting Li, Shui-xiu Huang, Ting-ting Chen, Xiao Cheng, Si-jia Li, Hao Li, Rong -fang Hu
Summary: This study investigated the impact of a family-focused online parenting support intervention on parents' well-being and preterm infants' outcomes. The intervention showed significant improvements in parents' sense of competence, caregiving ability, depression, and social support. However, there were no significant differences in preterm infants' weight and length, or in family functioning.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING STUDIES
(2024)