Greater baseline intra-individual variation in telephone-based cognitive screening predicts cognitive and diagnostic outcomes at 2-year follow-up.

Objective: Intra-Individual Cognitive Variability (IICV) is an emerging clinical tool that has shown promise in predicting cognitive decline and dementia incidence. The present study aims to assess the predictive validity of IICV in remote cognitive screening tests, using nationally representative data.

Method: Two waves of cognitive and diagnostic data from the Health and Retirement Study (collected in 2010 and 2012) were utilized to investigate whether baseline IICV can predict cognitive decline and dementia pathology.

Association of dual task gait performance with cognitive outcomes among older adults: Piloting an inexpensive, portable assessment platform.

Motor assessment has emerged as complementary evidence for the detection of late life cognitive disorders. Clinicians lack inexpensive, accurate, and portable tools for this purpose. To fill this void, the current study piloted measures from the Mizzou Point-of-care Assessment System a multimodal sensor platform.

Hope messages influence health behavior intentions more than fear messages: An experimental study during COVID-19.

Background: Fear tactics were used in the pandemic of Coronavirus Disease 2019.

Purpose: We tested how messaging style, fear vs. hope, and differences in age and political affiliation related to intentions to engage in preventive behaviors during Coronavirus Disease 2019.

Substance Use Screening in Geriatric Primary Care: Cultural Issues and Alcohol Consumption in the Deep South.

Objectives: To investigate indicators of potentially hazardous alcohol use among older adults living in a region with high substance use stigma.

Methods: Patients at a university-affiliated geriatrics clinic in the Deep South of theUS completed behavioral health screenings including self-reported alcohol use, symptoms of depression or anxiety, and cognitive functioning between 2018 and 2022.

Results: Participants ( = 278) averaged 76.

The Technology in Caring Questionnaire: Development and Psychometric Properties.

Objective: We developed the Technology in Caring Questionnaire (TCQ) to assess the use of technology-based strategies by dementia caregivers.

Methods: One hundred caregivers completed a survey that included TCQ items along with measures of technology proficiency and patient and caregiver-centered outcomes.

Results: The final 34-item TCQ scale had adequate to excellent internal consistency (raw Cronbach alpha = 0.

Psychometric Properties of the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II (AAQ-II) in Older Adult Primary Care Patients.

Objectives: Considering that the examination of psychological flexibility measures among older adults is scant, this study explores the psychometric properties of the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II (AAQ-II) among outpatient geriatrics primary care clinic patients in a university-affiliated medical center in the Deep South.

Methods: On average, patients who consented to participate in research ( = 119) were 75.42 ( = 9.

Ageism in Birthday Cards: A Mixed-Method Content Analysis.

Background And Objectives: Ageism is oftentimes sugarcoated within humor. Paper birthday cards are 1 delivery approach in which ageist messages are perpetuated and reinforced through humor.

Research Design And Methods: A convenience sample of birthday cards (k = 227), all indicating a decade of age, were acquired from 7 national retail stores in Colorado Springs, CO.

Educational quality may be a closer correlate of cardiometabolic health than educational attainment.

Educational quality may be a closer correlate of physical health than more commonly used measures of educational attainment (e.g., years in school).

Intra-individual cognitive variability in neuropsychological assessment: a sign of neural network dysfunction.

Intra-Individual Cognitive Variability (IICV) predicts progression in neurocognitive disorders . Given important clinical applications, we investigated the association between IICV and multiple brain metrics across 17 networks to better understand the brain mechanisms underlying this performance measure. Sixty-three middle-aged and older adults without dementia underwent a neuropsychological battery, resting-state fMRI, and structural MRI scans.

Ethnoracial disparities in cognition are associated with multiple socioeconomic status-stress pathways.

Systemic racism can have broad impacts on health in ethnoracial minorities. One way is by suppressing socioeconomic status (SES) levels through barriers to achieve higher income, wealth, and educational attainment. Additionally, the weathering hypothesis proposes that the various stressful adversities faced by ethnoracial minorities lead to greater wear and tear on the body, known as allostatic load.

Reliable change in neuropsychological test scores is associated with brain atrophy in older adults.

The reliable change index (RCI) is a commonly used method for interpreting change in neuropsychological test scores over time. However, the RCI is a psychometric method that, to date, has not been validated against neuroanatomical changes. Longitudinal neuroimaging and neuropsychological data from baseline and one-year follow-up visits were retrieved from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) database.

The Colorado Cognitive Assessment (CoCA): Development of an Advanced Neuropsychological Screening Tool.

Objective: The Colorado Cognitive Assessment (CoCA) was designed to improve upon existing screening tests in a number of ways, including enhanced psychometric properties and minimization of bias across diverse groups. This paper describes the initial validation study of the CoCA, which seeks to describe the test; demonstrate its construct validity; measurement invariance to age, education, sex, and mood symptoms; and compare it to the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA).

Method: Participants included 151 older adults (MAge = 71.

Investigating the feasibility and acceptability of real-time visual feedback in reducing compensatory motions during self-administered stroke rehabilitation exercises: A pilot study with chronic stroke survivors.

Introduction: Homework-based rehabilitation programs can help stroke survivors restore upper extremity function. However, compensatory motions can develop without therapist supervision, leading to sub-optimal recovery. We developed a visual feedback system using a live video feed or an avatar reflecting users' movements so users are aware of compensations.