OBJECTIVES The purpose of the study was to examine the relationships among the psychological, social, and environmental factors influencing the utilization of senior centers among older adults in Korea. METHODS A questionnaire survey was administered to two types of older adults who lived in Seoul, Korea: 262 older adults who used senior centers (3 places) and 156 older adults who did not use...

BACKGROUND Understanding how patient-physician communication affects patients' medication experience would help hypertensive patients maintain their regular long-term medication therapy. This study aimed to examine whether patient-physician communication (information and interpersonal treatment) affects patients' medication experience directly or indirectly through changing medication adherence...

In this study, the authors examine the extent to which the characteristics of caregivers or recipients determine the probability that caregivers stop being caregivers. We find that caregivers' characteristics such as working outside their homes, raising children, or having their own health problems do not increase this probability. Nor does the emotional distress of caregiving increase the prob...

OBJECTIVES To compare the effect of two 10-week balance training programs, Combined Balance and Step Training (CBST) versus tai chi (TC), on balance and stepping measures. DESIGN Prospective intervention trial. SETTING Local senior centers and congregate housing facilities. PARTICIPANTS Aged 65 and older with at least mild impairment in the ability to perform unipedal stance and tandem wa...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to examine the function, health status, and efficacy effects of a combined exercise program using an iPad among older women in Korea, a tech-savvy country. METHODS The study employed a pretest and posttest experimental design with a control group. The experimental group of subjects comprised 16 female older adults and the control group comprised 10 who...

The late-life developmental process of self-transcendence shapes elders' perspectives on self, others, the nature of this world, and of a dimension beyond the here and now. This qualitative pilot study evaluated the Psychoeducational Approach to Transcendence and Health (PATH) Program, a psychoeducational intervention to promote self-transcendence and well-being in community-dwelling women at a...

introduction: emotion is fundamental to nursing practice and emotional intelligence is considered as an important characteristic of nurses that can affect the quality of their work including clinical decision-making, critical thinking, evidence and knowledge use in practice, etc. the aim of this research was to assess and compare emotional intelligence between freshman and senior baccalaureate ...

regarding to importance of strategic planning and existence critical success factors (csfs) affecting strategic planning in national iranian gas company (nigc), these cfss identifies in this research using the experiences of managers and expert of nigc planning department and the other references like books, journals and new papers. the purpose of this research is identifying csfs of strategic ...

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