Summary: The object of this study that was motivated by a survey of Molander and Bäckman (1994) is to test a competition in tennis sports as a stress condition. Therefore it should be possible to test age related processes in a stressful situation. 72 ...
Summary: The influence of positive mood on psychic functions has not been examined yet for people with age-associated memory impairment (AAMI) and in those with only subjective memory complaints (SMC). Likewise it has not been shown if these groups differ ...
Controlling for Confounding Factors in Studies of Age-Effects on Self-Reported Sleep ParametersAbstract: Self-report data on sleep in elderly persons are influenced by age-dependent, age-associated, and age-independent factors. This study seeks to test ...
The aim of this investigation was to describe the normal ultrasonic appearance of the intestinal loops of calves at different stages of their adolescence and at various intervals after suckling and to determine reliable reference values. Therefore the ...
Remission from diabetes is seen in 25 - 50 % of cats during the first months of therapy. The likelihood of remission is higher in old cats and cats with normal cholesterol than in young cats and cats with increased cholesterol. The results of an ongoing ...
Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate whether an increase in total homocysteine (tHcy) concentration with increasing age is due to diminishing serum concentrations of pyridoxal-5-phosphate (PLP), vitamin B-12, and folate. The possible ...
We established a reference range for dl-α-tocopherol and all-trans-retinol in a Saudi population previously selected for a cross-sectional study evaluating selenium and vitamin status. Concentrations of dl-α-tocopherol and all-trans-retinol were 0.999 ± ...
The objective was to describe retinol plasma concentration and its association with socio-demographic characteristics and dietary habits in French older persons. The study population consisted of 1664 subjects aged 65 + from Bordeaux (France), included in ...
Hintegrund: Daten zu weiblichen Patienten mit peripherer arterieller Verschlusskrankheit (PAVK) sind knapp und primär auf die polymorbide ältere Population beschränkt. In dieser Langzeitstudie vergleichen wir Patientinnen unter 60 Jahren mit isolierten ...
Background: According to the current demography of the western population, age and weight will have increasing impact on medical therapies. The aim of the analysis was to examine if there are differences in the use of compression therapy depending on age ...
On the occasion of diagnosing a popliteal entrapment syndrome in a 59-year old man with no cardiovascular risk factors, who developed acute ischemic leg pain during long distance running, we give an overview on this entity with emphasis on patientsage. ...
Abstract. Background: Whether screening for thrombophilia is useful for patients after a first episode of venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a controversial issue. However, the impact of thrombophilia on the risk of recurrence may vary depending on the ...
Abstract.Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of age on the ultrastructure of venous valve morphology in patients with C2 classified chronic venous disorders according to the CEAP ...
Summary:Background: The aim of this study was to assess the prognostic interaction between age and sex on peri-operative and follow-up outcomes following elective carotid endarterectomy (CEA) for asymptomatic and symptomatic carotid ...
Epidemiology of alcohol consumption and alcohol disorders in older adultsAbstract.Aim: To present the frequency, risks, and consequences of the use and abuse of alcohol in old age as well as available means of ...
Abstract.Aim: This study investigates the characteristics of older patients with substance abuse disorders admitted to a psychiatric department serving about 250.000 inhabitants. Methods: The clinical ...
Elderly Addicts in the Psychiatric HospitalAbstract: Addictive disorders are among the most common chronic disorders in Germany. Due to increased life span the question raises how frequently addictive disorders occur in elder patients. Only a few studies ...
What Protects Against Dementia?Abstract: Regarding the increasing number of people with dementia in the next decades and the limited possibilities in the treatment of this disease, prevention of dementia will get an increasing importance for the medicine ...
Change of Subjective Time-Experience in Old AgeAlready William James referred in his work of 1890 that same time intervals with increasing age are experienced more briefly, what the time units year, month and day to concern. In what way this however ...
Emotion Recognition and Memory for Emotional Faces - Neuropsychological Findings and Influencing FactorsAbstract: Recognising emotions in facial expressions is a congenital and cross-cultural ability with immense social relevance. Compared to emotion ...
Research with adult subjects has provided evidence for the validity of Schwartz’ (1992) theory on the structure of values. However, information about children and adolescents is scarce. Using the Portrait Values Questionnaire (PVQ-29) to test the ...
Chronotype, or morningness-eveningness, refers to a person’s preference for a given time of day for intellectual and/or physical activities. It has many implications on health, well-being, performance, and daytime functioning. Because few data are ...
Körperliche Beschwerden sind bei Älteren weit verbreitet; diese sind bei Migranten bislang in Deutschland und international noch wenig untersucht. Unsere multizentrische Querschnittstudie erfasste körperliche Beschwerden bei Menschen im Alter zwischen 60 ...
Body weight and body mass index (BMI) were studied in non professional cyclists. BMI increased from 22.2 ± 2.3 kg/m² (20 to 29 y) to 23.8 ± 1.7 kg/m² (55 to 77 y) (mean ± SD). The mean increase per decade was 0.5 kg/m², markedly less than in the general ...
In respect of demographic change, the number of older patients with substance abuse and addiction is on the raise. In this review we present important clinical and therapeutic aspects of substance abuse and addiction in the elderly and focus on alcohol, ...
Violent behaviour associated with alcohol consumption is frequently reported by different media. Clinical data analysing the correlation between alcohol intoxication, age, gender and violence are scarce. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence ...
Shoulder Surgery in the Elderly PatientAbstract. Elderly patients may be different from the average population in regard to the treatment of shoulder disorders. Challenges are the decreased quality of bone, tendons and cartilage, decreased blood ...
How to Manage Polypharmacy in the ElderlyAbstract. Polypharmacy is accentuated in our fast-growing population. Polypharmacy is associated with adverse drug reactions, interactions, non-compliance, and increased risk of geriatric syndroms (falls, ...
The Old-Age HeartAbstract. Knowledge of cardiovascular changes in old age and their therapeutic options is important. Old age can lead to hypertrophy of the left ventricle, diastolic dysfunction,...
Recommendations for the Prevention, Diagnostics and Therapy of Addiction Disorders in the ElderlyAbstract. Although the chronic consumption of alcohol and sedatives, and increasingly opioids, represents a major ...
In recent years, research on cognitive aging increasingly has focused on the cognitive development across middle adulthood. However, little is still known about the long-term effects of intensive job-specific training of fluid intellectual abilities. In ...
Regret and regret regulation were studied using a weeklong web-based diary method. 108 participants aged 19 to 89 years reported regret for a decision made and a decision to be made. They also reported the extent to which they used strategies to prevent ...
Abstract. We investigated the effects of time horizon and age on the socioemotional motives underlying individual’s bucket-list goals. Participants were randomly assigned to one of three time-horizon conditions to ...
Abstract. Cardiovascular disease is associated with depression and suicide risk, although there is only limited research available on whether these associations differ by age. This short report examined age differences in associations between ...
Abstract: Everyday gratitude may shape affect intensity, particularly during challenging times like a pandemic. A group of 140 community-dwelling Canadian participants (Mage = 40.49 years, range: 18–83; 80% women) provided up to 10 days of daily ...
Aim: To determine the effects of age on triggering factors and maintenance mechanisms in remission from alcohol dependence without formal help. </p><p> Method: Alcohol-dependent individuals who had remitted without formal help (N = 178) were recruited ...
Participation rate and sample selectivity in age-comparative cross-sectional designsAbstract. One limitation of cross-sectional comparisons of age differences relates to the potential effects of age-specific sample selectivity on the means and variances ...
Work stress, social stress, and sleep quality: Differential effects in consideration of age, worry disposition, and healthAbstract. Cross-sectional analyses of data from 309 subjects test two hypotheses: (1) Sleep disorders are related to social stress, ...
Perceived age, attractiveness and intelligence as a function of first names: word norms for first names in GermanAbstract. First names vary with respect to the perceived age as well as the perceived attractiveness and competence of their bearer - at ...
The meaning of job experience for the relationship between age, self-efficacy for development, and adaptive peformanceThe present study investigates the relationship between age and adaptive performance and underlying mechanisms. Job experience and self-...
Zusammenfassung. In diesem Beitrag werden einführend die Konstrukte subjektives Wohlbefinden und gesundheitsbezogene Lebensqualität näher beleuchtet. Des Weiteren wird ein Überblick über Korrelate des Wohlbefindens gegeben. Unter Berücksichtigung der ...
Health promotion programs for older individuals via new technologies: Findings and implications for research and interventionsThe increasing spread of technology opens many avenues for helping individuals in different age groups to increase and maintain ...
Zusammenfassung. In der vorliegenden Studie wurde der Frage nachgegangen, ob sich Jugendliche unterschiedlicher Altersgruppen sowie Mädchen und Jungen in ihrer adaptiven und maladaptiven Regulation negativer Emotionen (Wut, Angst und Trauer) ...