The effects of cannabis use on cognitive function in healthy aging: a systematic scoping review

N Pocuca, TJ Walter, A Minassian… - Archives of Clinical …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Older adults (≥ 50 years) represent the fastest-growing population of people
who use cannabis, potentially due to the increasing promotion of cannabis as medicine by …

Predictors of quality of life and attitude to ageing in older adults with and without dementia

H Kisvetrová, R Herzig, M Bretšnajdrová… - Aging & mental …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives This study explored the quality of life (QoL) and attitudes to aging in older adults
with and without dementia, and ascertained the main factors that predict QoL and attitude to …

[HTML][HTML] Simple action for depression detection: using kinect-recorded human kinematic skeletal data

W Li, Q Wang, X Liu, Y Yu - BMC psychiatry, 2021 - Springer
Background Depression, a common worldwide mental disorder, which brings huge
challenges to family and social burden around the world is different from fluctuant emotion …

Adverse impacts of declining financial and health literacy in old age

L Yu, G Mottola, DA Bennett, PA Boyle - The American Journal of Geriatric …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives Inadequate financial and health literacy presents a formidable public health and
economic challenge in old age. This study investigated declining financial and health …

[HTML][HTML] Psychological well-being in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome associated with obesity: the relationship with personality, cognitive functioning, and subjective …

F Scarpina, I Bastoni, S Cappelli, L Priano… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) syndrome severely affects psychological well-being. This
syndrome frequently occurs in obesity; however, no previous study has investigated the …

Cross-lagged relationships between sense of purpose in life, memory performance, and subjective memory beliefs in adulthood over a 9-year interval

L Dewitte, NA Lewis, BR Payne, NA Turiano… - Aging & Mental …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives Previous studies have found a positive association between having a sense of
purpose in life and memory functioning in old age. We extend these findings by examining …

Social isolation and cognitive functioning: a quasi-experimental approach

S Okamoto, E Kobayashi - The Journals of Gerontology: Series …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objectives This study aimed to assess the relationship between social isolation and
cognitive functioning. Method Data were retrieved from the National Survey of the Japanese …

Lower executive functioning predicts steeper subsequent decline in well-being only in young-old but not old-old age

A Ihle, P Ghisletta, ÉR Gouveia… - International …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: From a longitudinal perspective, the direction of the relationship between
cognitive functioning and well-being in old age, both conceptually and empirically, is still …

What can we learn about the concept of meaning in life from older adults with Alzheimer's disease? A directed content analysis study

L Dewitte, T Schellekens, MF Steger, F Martela… - Journal of Happiness …, 2021 - Springer
Meaning in life has grown into a topic of great interest in psychological research.
Conceptually, scholars differentiate between sources and components of meaning …

[HTML][HTML] The contributing factors of delayed-onset post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms: a nested case-control study conducted after the 2008 Wenchuan …

Y Yang, W Zeng, B Lu, J Wen - Frontiers in Public Health, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Delayed-onset post-traumatic stress disorder after catastrophes is a major
public health issue. However, good designs for identifying post-traumatic stress disorder …