Publications by authors named "Jung Yoen Son"
Background: Residents of assisted living facilities (ALF) transfer to a nursing home when they require a higher level of care, but limited research has examined risk factors for transfer to a nursing home. The aims of this study were to identify (1) baseline factors associated with transfer to a nursing home and (2) time-varying factors associated with transfer to a nursing home over 8 years, using a national dataset from the National Health Aging Trends Study (NHATS).
Methods: NHATS participants were included in this study if they: (1) resided in ALF from Round 1 (2011) through Round 8 (2018); (2) completed the sample person (SP) interview at baseline; (3) were admitted to ALF at age 65 years or older.
Older adults in assisted living facilities (ALF) are at risk for low physical activity (PA) and high sedentary behavior (SB), both of which place them at risk for negative health outcomes. The purpose of this scoping review was to synthesize evidence describing the volume of device-measured PA/SB, factors associated with PA/SB, and interventions designed to change PA/SB in older adults living in ALF. Twenty articles representing 15 unique studies were identified from eight electronic databases and grey literature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Older adults are highly sedentary, and too much sedentary behavior (SB) is associated with negative health effects, but little is known about SB patterns and their associations with functional status.
Aims: To examine the association between objectively measured sedentary behavior time (SBT) and sedentary behavior fragmentation (SBF) and functional status in older adults using the National Health Aging Trends Study (NHATS) dataset, a nationally representative sample from 2021.
Methods: Data from NHATS were analyzed using weighted linear regressions to examine the association between objective measures of SBT (mean hours spent in SB/day during waking hours) and SBF, and six functional variables (difficulties with activities of daily living [ADL], short physical performance battery, hand grip strength, immediate word recall, delayed word recall, and mental health), accounting for sociodemographic, body mass index, and the number of chronic conditions.
Background: Increased sedentary behavior (SB), especially in prolonged bouts, is associated with adverse health outcomes, but little is known about patterns of SB in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to describe SB and patterns of SB and to examine factors associated with prolonged bouts of SB in inactive community-dwelling adults with COPD.
Methods: This cross-sectional analysis used data from inactive adults with COPD who were enrolled in an exercise program but had not started exercising.