Aging, Personal Autonomy and Independence

Editorial

07 November 2023

Editorial: Aging, personal autonomy and independence

Alan Bruno Silva Vasconcelos

Pablo Jorge Marcos-Pardo

and

Marzo E. Da Silva-Grigoletto

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Editors

Alan Bruno Silva Vasconcelos

Department of Physical Education, Center for Biological and Health Sciences, University Center - AGES

Pablo Jorge Marcos-Pardo

University of Almeria

Marzo E Da Silva-Grigoletto

Department of Physical Education, Federal University of Sergipe

Impact

Logistic regression analysis of low HGS for BADLs disability (A) and IADLs disability (B) among subgroups.

Original Research

17 August 2023

Bidirectional association between handgrip strength and ADLs disability: a prospective cohort study

Senjie Dai

, 3 more and

Chenglong Dai

Background: Decreased handgrip strength (HGS) and activities of daily living (ADL) disability are common in aging populations. No studies have evaluated the bidirectional associations between HGS and ADL disability. This study aimed to explore the bidirectional effects of HGS and ADL disability.

Methods: This study analyzed data from two waves (2011 and 2015) of China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). Low HGS is defined by the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia criteria. Meanwhile, disability was assessed by ADLs scale. The prospective bidirectional association between HGS and ADL disability was examined using binary logistic regression. Subgroup analysis were performed according to age and gender.

Results: A total of 4,902 and 5,243 participants were included in the Stage I and Stage II analyses, respectively. On the one hand, low HGS was significantly associated with subsequent ADL disability. The odds ratio (OR) value of developing BADL disability and IADL disability were 1.60 (95% confidence interval (CI): 1.23–2.08) and 1.40 (95% CI: 1.15–1.70), respectively, in participants with low HGS. On the other hand, baseline ADL disability was associated with an increased risk of developing low HGS. The OR value of developing low HGS were 1.84 (95% CI: 1.34–2.51) and 1.46 (95% CI: 1.19–1.79) for participants with BADL disability and participants with IADL disability, respectively. Lastly, the strength of the bidirectional associations varied among subgroups.

Conclusions: A significant bidirectional associations were identified between HGS and ADL disability. Interventions should be developed to prevent the development or progression of both low HGS and ADL disability.

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Original Research

12 June 2023

Intradialytic resistance training for short daily hemodialysis patients as part of the clinical routine: a quasi-experimental study

Victor M. Baião

, 8 more and

Heitor S. Ribeiro

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Outline of the sections of the ProMob Patient/Person Handling Assessment Tool and data used for the assessment (Coman and Caponecchia, 2015).

Original Research

06 April 2023

Optimizing aged care environments to promote resident functional mobility and reduce staff injury risk

Robyn Coman

and

Carlo Caponecchia

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1 citations

Original Research

15 December 2022

Living alone reduces the decline of calf circumference among Chinese older adults: A 4-year longitudinal study

Dong Wang

and

Jun Zhang

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Original Research

14 October 2022

Super-multifactorial survey YHAB revealed high prevalence of sleep apnoea syndrome in unaware older adults and potential combinatorial factors for its initial screening

Yuji Tanaka

, 19 more and

Koichiro Ueki

Refinement of AHI-related factors by stepwise reduction of used factors using a multiple linear regression (MLR) model. (A,B) The entire steps of reduction for AHI-related factor sets with blood factors (a, sets A1–8) and without blood factors (b, sets B1–4). Bold: p < 0.05. Bold and underlined: p < 0.01. Italic and underlined: the worst p-values in each set that were excluded in the next step. c, Refinement of AHI-related factor sets without blood factors. AHI, apnoea-hypopnoea index; BMI, body mass index.

Study Objectives: Aging is a risk factor for sleep apnoea syndrome (SAS), which is associated with lower quality of life and sudden mortality. However, SAS is often overlooked in older adults without suspicions. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate SAS incidence and 48 other general factors in older adults.

Methods: This cross-sectional study included all non-caregiver-certified, healthy individuals (N = 32) who survived during the long-term cohort study and agreed to participate in apnoea-hypopnoea index (AHI) measurement (aged 83–95 years). AHI and 48 other general factors were evaluated, and simple linear regression analysis was used to identify potential AHI-related factors. Stepwise evaluation was further performed using multiple linear regression analyses.

Results: Although no individuals were previously diagnosed with SAS, 30 (93.75%) participants had some degree of SAS (AHI > 5/h), and 22 (68.75%) had severe or moderate SAS (AHI > 15/h). Compared with typical single risk factors represented by body mass index, combining daily steps and other factors improved the fit to the multiple linear regression. Combining daily steps and body mass index improved the fit for males and combining daily steps and red blood cell count improved the fit for females.

Conclusion: SAS was highly prevalent in unaware healthy Japanese older adults; combinations of daily steps and body mass index, and daily steps and red blood cell count may predict AHI in such individuals without the need for a specific AHI test.

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