Social Determinants of Health Inequities for Older LGBT Adults: A Scoping Review.

Introduction: Despite the research on a health-disparate population, less is known about the social determinants of health (SDOH) inequities among older lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) adults. This scoping review aimed to explore and summarize what is known in the literature regarding the SDOH among older LGBT adults.

Methods: The Joanna Briggs Institute's (JBI) approach guided this scoping review, which examined 31 articles that included quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-method studies.

Identification of Nursing Outcomes and Quality Indicators for Home Health Care in Older Adults with End-Stage Cancer.

Objective: This study aimed to identify nursing outcomes and quality indicators for older adults with end-stage cancer receiving home health care.

Methods: Nineteen experts and professional caregivers, including palliative doctors, nursing faculty, advanced practice nurses, and registered nurses, participated in the Delphi technique. Final medians and interquartile ranges were calculated.

Nursing outcome quality indicators for patients with ischemic stroke receiving thrombectomy treatment: A Delphi study.

Background: Thrombectomy treatment is a critical procedure that emerged a few years ago, and nurses play a crucial role in the process, particularly in preventing complications and improving outcomes. Therefore, determining the quality of nursing care with best-fit quality indicators in patients with ischemic stroke receiving thrombectomy is necessary. However, no research has determined the nursing outcome quality indicators for these patients.

Development of a School-Based Health Literacy Model for Liver Fluke Prevention and Control Using Participatory Action Research.

Background: Liver fluke caused by Opisthorchis viverrini is a serious health problem in the northeastern region of Thailand. It is associated with endemic cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) in this region. This study was performed to develop a school-based health literacy model for liver fluke prevention and control using participatory action research.

Alcohol drinking patterns have a positive association with cognitive function among older people: a cross-sectional study.

Background: The relationship between moderate alcohol drinking or other alcohol drinking patterns such as frequency, beverage type, and situation of drinking and cognitive function is not sufficiently clear in older people. The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between alcohol drinking patterns and cognitive function in community-dwelling Japanese people aged 75 and over.

Methods: This study was a cross-sectional design based on a prospective cohort study called the SONIC study.

The Association Between Longevity-Associated FOXO3 Allele and Heart Disease in Septuagenarians and Octogenarians: The SONIC Study.

The G allele of FOXO3 gene (single-nucleotide polymorphism; rs2802292) is strongly associated with human longevity. However, knowledge of the effect of FOXO3 in older populations, men or women, with heart disease is limited. This cross-sectional study in Japan included 1836 older adults in the 70- and 80-year-old groups.

Association between depression and medication adherence in stroke survivor older adults.

Aim: This study aimed to investigate the association between depression score and medication adherence in stroke survivor older adults.

Methods: The participants were 102 stroke survivor older adults. The outcome was medication adherence during a 6-month follow-up.

A Study of Home Healthcare Nursing Outcomes Quality Indicators for Older People in Thailand Using Delphi Technique.

Nurses are the primary health professionals who provide home healthcare (HHC) for older people. Measurements of nursing outcomes and quality of care are needed to ensure that older people receive quality nursing care. The objective of this study was to identify HHC nursing outcomes and quality indicators for older people in Thailand.

"New Normal" Home Chemotherapy in Thailand: How the Challenging Roles of Nurses Are Changing?

Home chemotherapy is a service administered by oncology and home healthcare (HHC) nurses which provides a package of care to support the administration of chemotherapy to patients in their homes. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and new normal situation have shifted home chemotherapy administration from hospitals and become indispensable for patient care. Many cancer centers and hospitals in Thailand ad hoc home chemotherapy during the COVID-19 and new normal situation to maintain the effectiveness of chemotherapy for cancer patients at home; preventing COVID-19 disease infection is the most important concern.

Association between physical function and onset of coronary heart disease in a cohort of community-dwelling older populations: The SONIC study.

Background: Physical function is a strong predictor of the adverse outcomes of cardiovascular disease in older populations. However, studies of healthy older people on the prevention of coronary heart disease (CHD) are very limited.

Objectives: We prospectively examined the association of walking speed and handgrip strength with CHD in the community-dwelling older populations.

Association between heart diseases, social factors and physical frailty in community-dwelling older populations: The septuagenarians, octogenarians, nonagenarians investigation with centenarians study.

Aim: Heart diseases and social factors are associated with physical frailty, but there are few studies of older people living in the community. Consequently, the aim of this study was to examine the association between heart diseases, social factors and physical frailty in community-dwelling older populations including the oldest-old people.

Methods: The cross-sectional study included 1882 participants of community-dwelling older and oldest-old people.

Association between physical function and long-term care in community-dwelling older and oldest people: the SONIC study.

Background: Preventing the need for long-term care (LTC) by identifying physical function risk factors are important to decrease the LTC burden. The objective of this study was to investigate whether grip strength and/or walking speed, which are components of the frailty definition, are associated with LTC in community-dwelling older and oldest people.

Methods: The participants were 1098 community-dwelling older and oldest people who had not received LTC at the baseline.

The importance of stroke as a risk factor of cognitive decline in community dwelling older and oldest peoples: the SONIC study.

Background: Cognitive impairment is a major health concern among older and oldest people. Moreover, stroke is a relevant contributor for cognitive decline and development of dementia. The study of cognitive decline focused on stroke as the important risk factor by recruiting older and oldest is still lagging behind.