Corrigendum: Loneliness and global cognitive functioning in racially and ethnically diverse US midlife and older adults.

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Loneliness and pain among community-dwelling middle-aged and older Black, Latino, and White adults in the United States.

Background: Prior research has demonstrated a strong and independent association between loneliness and pain, but few studies to date have explored this relationship in racially and ethnically diverse groups of midlife and older adults. We drew on the diathesis stress model of chronic pain and cumulative inequality theory to examine the relationship of loneliness and the presence and intensity of pain in a nationally representative sample of Black, Latino, and White adults aged 50 or older in the United States.

Methods: Data were from Wave 3 of the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project ( = 2,706).

Mind the Gap: Understanding Palliative Care Clinician Attitudes Toward Mental Health Training.

Palliative care (PC) clinicians provide mental healthcare to individuals with serious illnesses. Despite this, there is limited knowledge regarding their mental health training opportunities. To identify predictors of satisfaction with mental health training opportunities and assess the relationship between training opportunities and clinician comfort in managing mental health comorbidities, we conducted a secondary analysis of a nationwide survey involving 708 PC clinicians.

Loneliness and global cognitive functioning in racially and ethnically diverse US midlife and older adults.

Introduction: Few studies have examined the association of loneliness and cognitive functioning in the US. We used two common measures of loneliness and examined their association in a large sample of US Black, Latino, and White adults (ages ≥ 50).

Methods: We analyzed Wave 3 of the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project ( = 2,757).

Social support and physical activity: does general health matter?

Background: Physical activity levels remain suboptimal in older adults. Exploration of potentially modifiable factors such as social support is needed to inform the development and implementation of patient-oriented physical activity interventions for older adults. The impact of general health on the relationship between social support and physical activity is not well understood.

The Benefits of Technology for Engaging Aging Adults: Findings From the PRISM 2.0 Trial.

Background And Objectives: Technology has potential for providing support for aging adults. This study evaluated the Personal Reminder Information and Social Management 2.0 (PRISM 2.

Caring for Dementia Caregivers: Psychosocial Factors Related to Engagement in Self-Care Activities.

Caregivers often prioritize the needs of the care recipient and neglect their own health needs. It is imperative to understand the factors related to their self-care practices and engagement in self-care activities. The present study examined the extent to which dementia caregivers engaged in self-care activities, how this varied depending on caregiver characteristics, and whether self-care engagement mediated the relationship between social support and caregiver outcomes.

Mental Health Integration and Delivery in the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Setting: A National Survey of Clinicians.

Context: Mental health comorbidities among individuals with serious illness are prevalent and negatively impact outcomes. Mental healthcare is a core domain of palliative care, but little is known about the experiences of palliative care clinicians delivering such care.

Objectives: This national survey aimed to characterize the frequency with which palliative care providers encounter and manage common psychiatric comorbidities, evaluate the degree of mental health integration in their practice settings, and prioritize strategies to meet the mental health needs of palliative care patients.

The feasibility, acceptability, and usability of telehealth visits.

Background: Telemedicine is now common practice for many fields of medicine, but questions remain as to whether telemedicine will continue as an important patient care modality once COVID-19 becomes endemic. We explored provider and patients' perspectives on telemedicine implementation.

Methods: Physicians from three specialties within the Department of Medicine of a single institution were electronically surveyed regarding their perceptions of satisfaction, benefits, and challenges of video visits, as well as the quality of interactions with patients.

Geriatric Psychiatrists' Perspectives on Palliative Care: Results From A National Survey.

Objectives: Older adults with psychiatric illnesses often have medical comorbidities that require symptom management and impact prognosis. Geriatric psychiatrists are uniquely positioned to meet the palliative care needs of such patients. This study aims to characterize palliative care needs of geriatric psychiatry patients and utilization of primary palliative care skills and subspecialty referral among geriatric psychiatrists.

A Bayesian Probabilistic Framework for Identification of Individuals with Dyslexia.

Purpose: Bayesian-based models for diagnosis are common in medicine but have not been incorporated into identification models for dyslexia. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate Bayesian identification models that included a broader set of predictors and that capitalized on recent developments in modeling the prevalence of dyslexia.

Method: Model-based meta-analysis was used to create a composite correlation matrix that included common predictors of dyslexia such as decoding, phonological awareness, oral language, but also included response to intervention (RTI) and family risk for dyslexia.

The Factors Influencing Older Adults' Decisions Surrounding Adoption of Technology: Quantitative Experimental Study.

Background: The rapid diffusion of technology apps may support older adults' independence and improve the quality of their lives. Models for predicting technology acceptance in older adults are sparse, based on broad questions related to general technology acceptance, and largely not grounded in theories of aging.

Objective: This study aimed to use a mixed methods approach involving 5 technologies to comprehensively assess the causal relationships among factors that influence older adults' willingness to adopt the technologies.

The relationship of caregiver self-efficacy to caregiver outcomes: a correlation and mediation analysis.

Objectives: Caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias experience significant burden and adverse outcomes. Enhancing caregiver self-efficacy has the potential to mitigate these negative impacts, yet little is known about its relationship with other aspects of caregiving. This study examined the relationship between self-efficacy and outcomes; identified factors associated with self-efficacy; examined the mediating role of self-efficacy; and analyzed whether there were racial/ethnic differences.

Social Support, Isolation, Loneliness, and Health Among Older Adults in the PRISM Randomized Controlled Trial.

Social isolation and loneliness are serious public health issues given the association with negative physical, mental; and cognitive health outcomes and increased risk for mortality. Due to changes in life circumstances many aging adults are socially isolated and experience loneliness. We examined the relationships among four correlated but distinct constructs: social network size, social support, social isolation, and loneliness as they relate to indices of health and wellbeing among diverse subpopulations of older adults.

Family Matters: Cross-Cultural Differences in Familism and Caregiving Outcomes.

Objectives: The increasing number of minority older adults, and the subsequent increase in family members providing care to these individuals, highlights the need to understand how cultural values contribute to differential caregiving outcomes. Using the sociocultural stress and coping model as a guiding framework, the current study examined cross-cultural relationships among familism, social support, self-efficacy, and caregiving outcomes and examines how these relationships vary as a function of caregiver background characteristics.

Methods: Baseline data were collected from 243 participants in the Caring for the Caregiver Network randomized controlled intervention trial.

Cross-sectional study of correlates and prevalence of functional and high-risk multimorbidity in an academic HIV practice in New York City.

Objectives: People with HIV have high levels of multimorbidity, but studies often focus on high-risk comorbidities such as hypertension or coronary artery disease. We examined both high-risk and functional comorbidities in an ethnically diverse clinic population to compare the prevalence of comorbidities and different patterns of multimorbidity.

Design: Retrospective cross-sectional study.

Investigating Older Adults' Willingness to Invest Time to Acquire Technology Skills Using a Discounting Approach.

Background And Objectives: Delay discounting is a common behavioral phenomenon that can influence decision making. A person with a higher discounting rate (DR) will have a stronger preference for smaller, more immediate rewards over larger, delayed rewards than will a person with a lower DR. This study used a novel approach to investigate, among a diverse sample of older adults, discounting of the time people were willing to invest to acquire technology skills across various technologies.

Healthcare Provider Perspectives Regarding Use of Medical Interpreters During End-of-Life Conversations With Limited English Proficient Patients.

Background: Healthcare providers increasingly care for patients with Limited English Proficiency (LEP). There is limited research evaluating healthcare provider utilization practices, attitudes, perceived benefits and barriers regarding the use of medical interpreters in end of life (EOL) and goals of care (GOC) conversations.

Objectives: To elicit healthcare providers' opinions of the role, factors that impact decisions to use medical interpreters and perceived utility of using medical interpreters when conducting EOL and GOC conversations with LEP patients and their families.

Aging-Related Concerns of People Living with HIV Referred for Geriatric Consultation.

Purpose: People with HIV (PWH) are living longer lives and likely experiencing accentuated aging. Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) has been proposed as a way to identify and help meet each individual patient's needs.

Patients And Methods: We performed a retrospective review of the results of CGA in an HIV clinic in New York City.

Exploring Older Adults' Video Game Use in the PRISM Computer System.

Background And Objective: As part of the PRISM (Personal Reminder Information & Social Management) randomized field trial, a large group of older adults ( = 150) received a computer system in their home that presented them with the opportunity to play eleven different video games. While researchers have often assessed older adults' gaming preferences and habits through survey data and focus groups, this trial represented a unique opportunity to study gaming behavior "in the wild" over an entire year.

Research Design And Methods: We present an exploration of game usage data, individual differences in game preferences and gaming habits, and individual difference predictors of game use.

Correction to: Gender differences in SCRABBLE performance and associated engagement in purposeful practice activities.

Correcting Table 5. SEM results for four factors without the variables of age, starting age, and first tournament age. Statistically significant paths and values are black, and non-significant paths and values are gray.

Attitudes Toward Computers Across Adulthood From 1994 to 2013.

Background And Objectives: Regardless of the increased deployment of technologies in everyday living domains, barriers remain that hamper technology adoption by older adults. Understanding barriers to adoption such as individual differences in attitudes toward computers is important to the design of strategies to reduce age-related digital disparities.

Research Design And Methods: This article reports a time-sequential analysis of data from the Edward R.

Gender differences in SCRABBLE performance and associated engagement in purposeful practice activities.

In two studies, the SCRABBLE skill of male and female participants at the National SCRABBLE Championship was analyzed and revealed superior performance for males. By collecting increasingly detailed information about the participants' engagement in practice-related activities, we found that over half of the variance in SCRABBLE performance was accounted for by measures of starting ages and the amount of different types of practice activities. Males and females did not differ significantly in the benefits to their performance derived from engagement in SCRABBLE-specific practice alone (purposeful practice).

Does Use of Text-to-Speech and Related Read-Aloud Tools Improve Reading Comprehension for Students With Reading Disabilities? A Meta-Analysis.

Text-to-speech and related read-aloud tools are being widely implemented in an attempt to assist students' reading comprehension skills. Read-aloud software, including text-to-speech, is used to translate written text into spoken text, enabling one to listen to written text while reading along. It is not clear how effective text-to-speech is at improving reading comprehension.

Older Adult Video Game Preferences in Practice: Investigating the Effects of Competing or Cooperating.

Video game interventions with the aim to improve cognition have shown promise for both younger (e.g., Powers et al.