[PDF] Top 20 Social participation reduces depressive symptoms among older adults: An 18-year longitudinal analysis in Taiwan

... variable Social participation was operationalized using items that measured social ...participated in group activities through any one of six types of social organizations: hobby- ... See full document

... and Depressive Symptoms Among Displaced Older Adults Following the 1999 Taiwan Earthquake Chie Watanabe, 1,4 Junko Okumura, 2 Tai-Yuan Chiu, 3 and Susumu Wakai 2 This ... See full document

... of depressive symptoms among older adults in Taiwan Abstract Objective: This study aimed to identify depressive symptoms among older Taiwanese ... See full document

... 51 in which individuals may quickly adapt to static factors like their education level, but may less readily adapt to not having enough money on a day-to-day ...for older adults in ... See full document

... on depressive symptoms and life satisfaction were examined by controlling for demographics, chronic disease, cognitive function and social ...for analysis. Results: Among the physical ... See full document

... increase in the prevalence of depressive symptoms among older adults in Taiwan has been noted in the ...rise in rates of emotional distress generally ... See full document

... fewer depressive symptoms among the obese population and a “jolly fat” hypothesis in Chinese ...nationwide longitudinal cohort study of middle-aged and older adults ... See full document

... problems in later life. Yet, depression and depressive symptoms in older adults are often under-identified by both clinical professionals and ...laypersons. Depressive ... See full document

... to depressive symptoms for the disabled elder people was less explored for Taiwanese ...and social support to depressive symptoms for the disabled Taiwanese ...elderly in middle ... See full document

... iated in those groups or organizations, the first author actively recruited participants in local Asian restaurants and grocery ...packet including a cover letter and a set of questionnaire and ... See full document

... and older who completed the 10-item Center for Epidemiological Survey Depression (CES-D) scale in these two surveys and without depression in 1999 were included in the final ...diseases, ... See full document

... results in Table 1 also indicate that the participants in the independent group and the died-well group were younger, proportionally more female, had higher education, with less chronic disease and a ... See full document

... unavailable in the data, such as nicotine dependence, other smokers in the household, 18 misinformation and erroneous beliefs about smoking or the use of smoking as a coping strategy for ...rate ... See full document

... are older and then you will understand?", "Do your parents remind you about past mistakes when you are in trouble?, "Do your parents interrupt you when you are talking?", "Do your parents blame you for ... See full document

... current longitudinal study utilized data from two-waves of a community-based project conducted in Hunei District, Kaohsiung, which is the second largest city in ...Taiwan. In total, 285 ... See full document

... people among adults 40 and older in Taiwan and the effects of the perceived disease status and the rates of medical utilization, if they smoked cigarettes, chewed betel nuts, or drank ... See full document

... hypertension in older Taiwanese. Data for this analysis were from the Social Environment and Biomarkers Study in Taiwan 2000, which involved a national sample of 1021 Taiwanese ... See full document

... system in Taiwan, with more than 99% of deliveries performed by obstetricians in hospitals, although clinics of traditional Chinese medicine are still prevalent and operate largely parallel to the ... See full document

... According to traditional Chinese custom, women should be confined to home and assisted with tasks for 1 month after giving birth to a child. This restrictive regimen is referred to as doing-the-month. The objectives of ... See full document

... The interview questions are described as follows: 1.How did you and your partner meet?. 2.Why did you choose him (her) to be your partner?[r] ... See full document