Physical activity and posttraumatic growth in patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis: A prospective study.

This study used a prospective design to examine the association between self-reported physical activity and posttraumatic growth (PTG) over a 1-year period among 150 patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis. Transport-related, household, and leisure-time physical activity were positively associated with PTG at baseline and follow-up. Total physical activity could predict higher levels of PTG at follow-up, after controlling for baseline PTG and other covariates.

Seasonal pattern of single falls and recurrent falls amongst community-dwelling older adults first applying for long-term care services in Hong Kong.

Background: few studies had investigated seasonal pattern of recurrent falls.

Objective: to examine seasonal pattern of both single and recurrent falls amongst community-dwelling older adults first applying for long-term care (LTC) services.

Methods: a cohort of 89,100 community-dwelling Hong Kong older adults aged 65 and over first applying for LTC services from 2005 to 2014 was obtained.

Continued social participation protects against depressive symptoms across the retirement transition: Longitudinal evidence from three waves of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Survey.

Aim: Social participation is an important social resource over retirement, but little is known about how changing social participation might affect mental health over retirement. This study examined the impact of retirement status, changes in social participation and their interactions on subsequent depressive symptoms over a 4-year period.

Methods: Data were obtained from the first three waves of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Survey.

Physical Activity Intensity and Biopsychosocial Correlates in Chinese Middle-Aged and Older Adults With Chronic Kidney Disease.

Background: The study aims to characterize physical activity (PA) participation by intensity and examine the biopsychosocial correlates among middle-aged and older adults with CKD in China.

Method: Data are examined from the 2011 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study.

Results: The percentages of participation in vigorous, moderate, and light activity among participants with CKD were 22.

Prevalence and correlates of abuse screening items among community-dwelling Hong Kong Chinese older adults.

Aim: The present study aims to describe the prevalence of potential elder abuse, and to examine correlates of abuse screening items among Chinese community-dwelling older adults.

Methods: We analyzed the data of 3435 older persons aged ≥60 years who had first applied for the long-term care services in Hong Kong and completed the screening tool (Minimum Data Set-Home Care) in 2006. For each of the five abuse screening items ("fearful of a family member/caregiver," "unexplained injuries/broken bones/burns," "physically restrained," "unusually poor hygiene" and "neglected/abused/mistreated"), we examined its relationship with four types of factors: older person, perpetrator, relationship and environment.