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Alcohol use profile, motivation to quit, and attitude toward drinking in participants of a community alcohol de-addiction camp and a clinical setting: A comparative study.
J Ethn Subst Abuse
January 2025
Department of Psychiatry, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, and JSS Medical College and Hospital, Mysore, India.
Background: Due to a lack of awareness and inadequate health infrastructure, the treatment gap for any mental illness is increasing in lower- and middle-income countries, including India. As an alternative to institutional treatment, community de-addiction camps play an important role.
Method: This comparative study examined alcohol use profiles, motivation to quit, and attitudes toward drinking in 84 participants, equally divided between a community alcohol de-addiction camp ( = 42) and a clinical setting ( = 42).
New Communication Technology and the Elderly: A Study on the Continuous Use of the Extreme Edition APP for Middle-Aged and Senior Citizens.
Behav Sci (Basel)
November 2024
School of Communication, Soochow University, Suzhou 215031, China.
Rapidly changing digital technologies are reconfiguring the way human society lives, indicating that more and more middle-aged and older adults will lead a digital life in the future. Whether digital technology for today can effectively improve the quality of digital life of this cohort is the focus of this study. This study proposed a "cognitive-emotional-behavioral" model and situated the use of the Extreme Edition App as a cross-sectional research object.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFQualitative evaluation of my life today - A co-produced personal tool from the IDEAL programme to help people with dementia monitor valued aspects of their lives.
Dementia (London)
December 2024
University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, UK.
Self-management of chronic conditions can help individuals take control of their health, both improving well-being and reducing the burden on health and social care resources. This study explored the potential of our co-produced self-management tool, My Life Today (MLT), to help people with dementia identify, plan and monitor aspects of their lives that are important to them and that help to maintain or improve well-being. We asked people with dementia to try using MLT.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUsing Voice-Activated Technologies to Enhance Well-Being of Older Adults in Long-Term Care Homes.
Innov Aging
November 2024
KITE Research Institute, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute - University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Background And Objectives: Information communication technologies (ICTs) can enhance older adults' health and well-being. Most research on the use of voice-activated ICTs by older adults has focused on the experiences of individuals living in the community, excluding those who live in long-term care homes. Given evidence of the potential benefits of such technologies to mitigate social isolation and loneliness, more research is needed about their impacts in long-term care home settings.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPerceptions and Experiences of Exercise Snacks Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Synthesis.
Public Health Nurs
December 2024
Cardiac Rehabilitation Center, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Background: Physical inactivity in middle-aged and older adults is a major health problem. Exercise snacks are an emerging form of physical activity characterized by shorter single bouts of high-intensity exercise spread out repeatedly throughout the day which can provide more exercise opportunities for middle-aged and older adults.
Purpose: To summarize perceptions and experiences of exercise snacks among middle-aged and older adults, and explore the barriers and facilitators of promoting exercise snacks.
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