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Showing 1 to 20 of 52 for “"Elderly women"”.
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Well-Being of Elderly Women: Rural-Urban Differences
… coping, service utilization, and well-being of elderly women. Fifty-five rural and fifty-five urban females living in the community comprised the sample whose mean age was 75 years. The overall level of well-being of these women was high. Hardiness was associated with greater social support and …
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Life goals in elderly women: A phenomenological study
… of the lived experience of personal goals in elderly females? Eleven women between the ages of 71 and 83 years were interviewed and constituted a purposive sample. The interviews were tape-recorded and transcribed by the researcher. The descriptions of personal goals were analyzed using …
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Conceptualizing Hoarding Behavior Among Elderly Women: A Mixed-Methods Approach
… studies, hoarding was most prevalent among elderly women and the most common objects hoarded included printed materials such as newspapers, magazines, and junk mail. Factor analyses resulted in three factors with high loadings and correlations, particularly the factor that associates …
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Life moves on: An exploration of motivation in elderly women
… research explores late-life adaptation in six elderly women attempting to remain relatively independent in their own homes. Over a 6-year period, participant observation, interview, and the collection of life histories served to identify the achieving nature of the women's lives. They …
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Psychological Characteristics Associated With Risk for Suicidal Ideation Among Elderly Women
… profile or psychological characteristics of elderly women who are at risk for or even experience suicidal ideation. Models of suicide among the elderly suggest that depressive symptoms, hopelessness, loneliness, anxiety, and lowered self-esteem are associated with the onset of suicidal …
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Bone turnover markers and prediction of bone loss in elderly women
… in Sweden annually and approximately half of the women in western world will sustain a fragility fracture after the age of 50 years. Fracture preventive efforts require the identification of individuals who are at high risk. Biochemical markers of bone turnover (BTMs) have shown some degree of …
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Comparison of two methods of teaching the diabetic diet to elderly women
Thirty females, 55 to 70 years old, participated in an investigation comparing two methods of teaching the diabetic diet. Subjects were required to take the WRAT-R, a test which assessed their reading capabilities. Only those scoring at the seventh grade level or below qualified for this …
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Coping Humor and Life Satisfaction Among Elderly Women Living in the Community
… use of humor to cope and life satisfaction in elderly women.<br> 2. Determine the relationships among the elderly woman's demographic, self perception variables, use of hvimor to cope, and life satisfaction.</p>
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Osteoporosis in elderly women; Bone traits, fracture and the PTH gene complex
… spine. However, at the lumbar spine in the elderly, degenerative changes frequently cause a falsely elevated BMD. Aims: To evaluate a hypothesized relationship between variation in PTH pathway genes, BMD, fracture, degenerative changes and bone geometry in elderly women. To evaluate the …
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An Analysis of the Efficacy of Cervical Cancer Screening in Elderly Women
… smear screening tests should be administered to women aged 65 years and older. Our case-control study utilized 2,778 incident cervical cancer cases from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) program registries that were diagnosed between 1991 and 1999. Population controls …
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Nutritional composition of traditional mixed - dishes eaten by elderly women in Vhembe District
… composition of traditional mixed-dishes eaten by elderly women in Vhembe District. The research design was ethnographic with an analytic component; a mixed methods approach was used for data collection. The qualitative data was analysed using thematic analysis and the quantitative data was …
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The Effects of Lower Extremity Strengthening Exercise Program for the Institutionalized Elderly Women
… exercise program for the institutionalized elderly women. The design of research was nonequivalent control group pre test - post test design. The subject was 32 in the experimental group and 35 in the control group. The lower extremity strengthening exercise program was performed for …
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The relationships among endogenous cortisol, subjective stress, and bone mineral density in non-elderly women
… subjective (perceived) stress and BMD in non-elderly women. A sample of 38 women between the ages of 30 and 65 years, without a previous diagnosis of osteoporosis, and who were not taking glucocorticoids was obtained to examine the relationships among endogenous cortisol, subjective stress and …
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Comparison of Black and White Elderly Women on Muscle Mass Bone Mineral Density and Balance.
… balance between aging black (BW) and white women (WW) and examined its relationship to muscle mass and bone mineral density (BMD). Nineteen BW and 56 WW between 60-91 years participated. Upper and lower body strength, body composition, BMD, volitional and non-volitional control of dynamic …
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Selected nutritional and biochemical characteristics of non-institutionalized rural elderly women living in Story City, Iowa
… relationships in 65 non-institutionalized rural elderly female residents of Story City, Iowa. The female volunteers were mentally and physically able to participate in the study. They had no overt disease conditions and/or they were not taking any medications that would interfere with the study. …
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Training programme for elderly women to improve the reduction of maternal mortality in Limpopo Province, South Africa
… South Africa is no exception. Approximately 810 women die daily from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. Improving maternal health was the fifth of eight Millennium Development Goals to reduce the maternal mortality ratio by 2015. Much has changed regarding the care that was …
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The effect of HIV/ AIDS on elderly women in the rural areas of Zambia: A case study of Chongwe Rural
… of Zambia. In fact the effect of HIV/AIDS on elderly women has changed their role from being looked after to looking after others especially grandchildren, after their parents have died of HIV/AIDS.Therefore the epidemic has slowly but surely changed their roles as provided for to providers of …
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The effect of HIV/ AIDS on elderly women in the rural areas of Zambia: A case study of Chongwe Rural
… of Zambia. In fact the effect of HIV/AIDS on elderly women has changed their role from being looked after to looking after others especially grandchildren, after their parents have died of HIV/AIDS.Therefore the epidemic has slowly but surely changed their roles as provided for to providers of …
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