Publications by authors named "D V Petrovsky"
Purpose: Despite the benefits of outdoor activity in older adults, a paucity of research explores factors associated with the frequency of older adults going outdoors. The aim of the current study was to investigate if factors of cognitive status, physical performance, and neighborhood characteristics were associated with outdoor frequency among older adults.
Method: This cross-sectional study used National Health and Aging Trends Study data to characterize outdoor frequency among Medicare beneficiaries by participant demographics, health, and neighborhood characteristics, and estimated relationships between participant factors and outdoor frequency.
Introduction: People with dementia can have many family and friends who might be affected by their deaths. Pursuing the long-term aim of understanding how dementia deaths affect close family and friends, this project lays groundwork through estimates of who those close family and friends are, with special attention to race and ethnicity.
Method: Regression models estimated associations between dementia, race/ethnicity, and close family and friend network size, controlling for age, sex, education, marital status, and household wealth for 1386 deceased people with dementia from the Health and Retirement Study (2004 to 2018).
Purpose Of Review: Insomnia is the most common sleep disorder experienced by older adults. There is a wide range of pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment options in existing literature. The purpose of this systematic review was to synthesize randomized controlled trials of insomnia treatment modalities for adults aged 55 and older over the last 5 years.
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- - The study analyzed healthcare utilization patterns among older adults, focusing on factors like ethnicity, gender, and cognitive impairment using data from the 2018 Health and Retirement Study (HRS).
- - Findings revealed that certain groups, such as Hispanics with normal cognition and Black respondents, showed lower rates of hospital stays, nursing home days, and doctor visits, highlighting significant healthcare disparities.
- - Additionally, the results indicated that gender influences healthcare experiences, with females facing higher risks for nursing home stays and doctor visits but lower risks for hospital stays when dealing with dementia.
Objectives: This study examined the relationship between caring for a person with/without dementia and caregiver sleep quality, and analyzed the extent to which perceived benefits of caregiving and assessments of caregiver-recipient relationship quality explain the relationship between care recipient dementia status and caregiver sleep quality.
Method: Data were analyzed from caregivers for persons with no or probable dementia who participated in the 2017 National Study of Caregiving (NSOC) and National Health and Aging Trends Study. Caregiver sleep quality was measured using NSOC time diary interview.