From Breath to Strength: Does Mindfulness Improve Handgrip Strength Among Older Adults in India? A Propensity Score Matching Analysis.

Background: The integration of mindfulness activities into the daily lives of older adults has demonstrated profound benefits for their overall well-being and vitality. However, evidence on how mindfulness correlates with muscle strength in older adults remains limited. To fill this gap, we explored the association between mindfulness activities and handgrip strength (HGS) in older adults in India.

Spousal Education and Epigenetic Age Among Partnered Older Adults in the United States.

Objectives: This study examined (1) the association between spousal education and epigenetic age acceleration among US older adults, and (2) whether this varies by their own education level and marital history.

Methods: Data from the 2016 Health and Retirement Study were utilized to explore the associations between spousal education and epigenetic age acceleration, measured with four second- and third-generation epigenetic clocks (i.e.

Burden of non-communicable diseases in South Asia: a decomposition analysis.

Background: This study examines the incidence, prevalence, deaths, and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) related to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in South Asia, exploring the environmental, metabolic, and behavioural risk factors, and exploring changes in deaths and DALYs driven by population growth, aging, and mortality rates.

Methods: Using data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study 2021, we estimated age-standardized incidence, prevalence, deaths, and DALYs for four major NCDs: cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory diseases from 2010 to 2021. Gender and age-specific estimations were conducted across all NCDs, with 95% uncertainty intervals and a decomposition analysis was employed to estimate change in death and DALYs attributable to NCDs.

Association between Cardiovascular Disease and Handgrip Strength Risk among Community-Dwelling Older Adults in India.

The literature does not adequately examine the relationship between cardiovascular disease (CVD) and risk in handgrip strength (HGS) among community-dwelling older adults in India. The study aimed to investigate this relationship, considering sociodemographic, lifestyle, and clinical variables. A cross-sectional study involving 31,001 individuals aged ≥60 assessed HGS in kilograms using a handheld Smedley Hand Dynamometer and self-reported CVD status.

The Association Between Pain and Physical Frailty Among Older Adults in India: Depression and Insomnia as Mediators.

Objectives: To investigate the association between body pain and physical frailty among older adults in India and to examine whether this association is mediated by symptoms of depression and insomnia.

Methods: Data were obtained from the Longitudinal Aging Study in India, comprising 31,464 adults aged 60 and older. Physical frailty was assessed using a modified version of the frailty phenotype developed by Fried and colleagues.

Association between sleep quality, sleep duration, and physical frailty among adults aged 50 years and older in India.

Background: Considering the significant growth in India's aging population, it is imperative to identify factors associated with frailty among older Indians. This study examined the association between sleep quality, sleep duration, and physical frailty among older adults in India. Moreover, we examined whether the associations between sleep quality, sleep duration, and physical frailty varied by gender.

Separate and combined associations of cognitive impairment and body pain with functional and mobility disabilities among older women and men in India.

This study examined the separate and combined associations of cognitive impairment and body pain with functional and mobility disabilities (FMDs) among older women and men in India. Multivariable linear regression models were applied using data from the Longitudinal Aging Study in India (2017-18) comprising 31,464 adults aged 60+. Older adults with cognitive impairment and pain reported higher levels of FMDs than peers without any pain and cognitive impairment.

Subjective social status and socio-demographic correlates of perceived discrimination among older adults in India.

Background: Considering India's diversity, marked by differences in caste, class, ethnicity, religion, region, and language, discrimination can take on varying forms across social-structural locations. We examined the association between subjective social status (SSS) and perceived discrimination, and assessed the sociodemographic correlates of perceived discrimination among older persons in India.

Methods: Data come from the 2017-18 wave 1 of the Longitudinal Aging Study in India (LASI) with a sample of 30,253 adults 60 years or older.

Natural and human-made disaster and associated health outcomes among community-dwelling older adults in India: Findings from LASI, 2017-18.

Background: Droughts, flash floods, rail accidents, and riots are relatively regular occurrences for those living in many low- and middle-income countries like India. While such natural and human-made disasters put everyone in harm's way, their toll on specific segments of society-like older adults-is the heaviest. Therefore, in this study, we examine (1) the prevalence of natural and human-made disasters in India and (2) the association between natural and human-made disasters and several physical and mental health outcomes among older Indians.

Associations between neighbourhood safety, social cohesion, sleep quality and sleep duration among older adults in India: Findings from the Study on Global Aging and Adult Health (WHO-SAGE), 2015.

Background: Most studies on later-life health in India focus on families, with far less attention given to the health repercussions of neighbourhood conditions among older Indians. We address this limitation in existing research by examining the associations between perceptions of neighbourhood safety and social cohesion and sleep duration and sleep quality among older adults in India.

Methods: Data come from the Study on Global Aging and Adult Health (WHO-SAGE), India 2015 wave 2, with a sample of 7118 adults aged 50 years and above.

Multiple socioeconomic risks and cognitive impairment among older men and women in India.

Introduction: Socioeconomic status (SES) is negatively associated with innumerable health outcomes, including cognitive functioning. Yet much remains undiscovered about SES patterns in later-life cognition in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). The purpose of this study was to examine the association between separate and combined socioconomic risks and cognitive impairment among older adults in India.

Examining factors contributing to the socioeconomic inequalities in handgrip strength among older adults in India: a decomposition analysis.

The purpose of this study was to examine (a) the socioeconomic status (SES)-related inequalities associated with handgrip strength (HGS); and (b) the extent to which several demographic, health, and behavioral factors contributed to such SES disparities in HGS among older adults in India. Data were drawn from the 2017-2018 wave 1 of the Longitudinal Ageing Study of India (LASI). The study sample included 27,707 older adults (13,199 men and 14,508 women) aged 60 years and older.

Subjective social status and functional and mobility impairments among older adults: life satisfaction and depression as mediators and moderators.

Background: While functional and mobility impairments (FMIs) have garnered the attention of health researchers in low and middle-income countries (LMICs), including India, research has yet to explore whether and to what extent the perception of one's social status is associated with FMIs. We fill this gap in the literature by examining (1) the association between subjective social status (SSS) and FMIs among older adults in India and (2) whether this association between SSS and FMIs is mediated and moderated by life satisfaction and depression.

Methods: Data come from the 2017-18 wave 1 of the Longitudinal Aging Study in India (LASI) with a sample of 31,464 older adults aged 60 years and above.

Social Support From Family and Friends, Educational Attainment, and Cognitive Function.

This study assessed the extent to which associations between perceived and received social support from family and friends and changes in older adults' cognitive function were moderated by educational attainment. Sibling pairs in the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS) ( = 4,297) completed a survey about social support in 2011 and a cognitive battery in 2011 and 2020. Participants' mean age in 2020 was 80.

Association between subjective social status and physical frailty in older adults in India: perceived discrimination and III-treatment as mediators and moderators.

Background: While extensive research exists on physical frailty, including in low- and middle-income countries like India, studies have yet to appraise whether perceived social standing is associated with physical frailty. As such, this study examines (1) the association between subjective social status (SSS) and physical frailty among older adults in India; and (2) whether this association is mediated and moderated by perceived discrimination and experiences of III-treatment.

Methods: Data came from the Longitudinal Aging Study in India with a sample of 31,464 older adults aged 60 and above.

Gender differences in the association between physical frailty and life satisfaction among older adults in India.

Background: One of the sustainable development goals' (SDGs) primary goals (Goal 3) is to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for persons of all ages. While extensive literature documents the link between physical frailty and low life satisfaction (LLS) among older adults, research of this nature is limited within low and middle-income countries including India. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between physical frailty and life satisfaction among community-dwelling older men and women in India.

How Does Tobacco Use Affect the Cognition of Older Adults? A Propensity Score Matching Analysis Based on a Large-Scale Survey.

Introduction: Tobacco is a well-established risk factor for cancer, but its association with other morbidities needs consideration. The low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) with unprecedented demographic transformation lack evidence on tobacco use and its impact on cognitive health.

Aims And Methods: Using a propensity score matching approach, we utilized data from the Longitudinal Ageing Study of India.

Bidirectional association between depressive symptoms and mild cognitive impairment over 20 years: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study in the United States.

Background: Research examining the association between depressive symptoms and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) has yielded conflicting results. This study aimed to examine the bidirectional association between depressive symptoms and MCI, and the extent to which this bidirectional association is moderated by gender and education.

Methods: Data come from the US Health and Retirement Study over a 20-year period (older adults aged ≥50 years).

Early life factors associated with the experiences of pain in later life: evidence from a population based study in India.

Background: The influence of early life factors is becoming increasingly apparent as studies investigate how experiences, resources, and constraints in childhood affect health and well-being later in life. The present study contributes to this literature by examining the association between several early life factors and self-reported pain among older adults in India.

Methods: Data come from the 2017-18 wave 1 of the Longitudinal Ageing Study of India (LASI).

The association between loneliness and life satisfaction: examining spirituality, religiosity, and religious participation as moderators.

Background: Future cohort of older adults may have to rely on non-family sources and forms of support, religion being one of them. This may be especially so, considering the recent longitudinal evidence that individuals are inclined to become more religious with increasing age. Thus, the purpose of the present study was to assess the association between loneliness and life satisfaction among older adults in India, and the extent to which the association between loneliness and life satisfaction is moderated by spirituality, religiosity, and religious participation.

The association between subjective cognitive decline and trajectories of objective cognitive decline: Do social relationships matter?

Objectives: We examine the association between subjective cognitive decline (SCD) and the trajectories of objective cognitive decline (OCD); and the extent to which this association is moderated by social relationships.

Methods: Data come from waves 10 (2010) through 14 (2018) of the Health and Retirement Study, a nationally representative panel survey of individuals aged 50 and above in the United States. OCD is measured using episodic memory, and overall cognition.

Gender differences in the association between cardiovascular diseases and major depressive disorder among older adults in India.

Background: Despite the global disease burden associated with the co-occurrence of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and depression, depression remains underdiagnosed and undertreated in the CVD population, especially among older adults in India. As such, this study examines (1) the association between single and multiple CVDs and major depressive disorder among older Indians; (2) whether this association is mediated by older adults' self-rated health and functional limitations; and (3) whether these associations vary for older men and women.

Methods: Data come from the 2017-18 wave 1 of the Longitudinal Ageing Study in India.

Working beyond SPA and the trajectories of cognitive and mental health of UK pensioners: Do gender, choice, and occupational status matter?

Unlabelled: We assessed the association between work status beyond state pension age (SPA) and the long-term trajectories of cognitive and mental health for men and women separately, and the extent to which this relationship is conditioned by their occupational status and whether the choice to retire or continue working is voluntary or involuntary. Data are pensioners (aged between SPA and SPA + 9) from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing waves 4 (2008/09) through 9 (2018/19). The analytic sample includes 959 men and 1217 women when considering cognitive outcomes and 1131 men and 1434 women when evaluating depression.