Association Between Social Support and Health of Aging Adults with Dementia

Pakstis, Allyson; Kim, Jinhee; Bhargava, Vibha

doi:10.1007/s12126-018-9325-y

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“…Past studies in HICs have also found mixed results in the association between social support and health (Cornwell and Waite 2009; Gorman and Porter 2011; Pakstis et al. 2018). Pakstis and colleagues (2018) found no significant association between chronic conditions and social support, and only weak evidence of an association between ADLs and social support among older Americans.…”

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“…2018). Pakstis and colleagues (2018) found no significant association between chronic conditions and social support, and only weak evidence of an association between ADLs and social support among older Americans. Gorman and Porter (2011) found mixed results between social support and hypertension in a sample of older American adults, finding only that social support was associated with a reduced likelihood of hypertension for older women but not men.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Social support is a complex, yet measurable concept of an individual’s social relationships (Pakstis, Kim, and Bhargava 2018). Social support can be measured in a broad sense in terms of the presence or absence of help from an individuals’ social network (Ross and Mirowsky 2002; Walen and Lachman 2000).…”

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Who is at Risk? Social Support, Relationship Dissolution, and Illness in a Rural Context*

Ralston

Jennings

Schatz

2021

Sociological Inquiry

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This study focuses on a cohort of adults (40-plus) in rural South Africa to unpack associations between physical health and receipt of social support, and the extent to which these associations were moderated by marital status. We use logistic regression to estimate the odds of having received emotional, physical, or financial support separately for men (N = 2247) and women (N = 2609). Our results suggest having an Activity of Daily Living (ADL) limitation or having at least one chronic condition was not significantly associated with social support receipt for women, but having an ADL limitation was associated with reduced odds of receiving financial support among men. Although marital status was strongly and significantly associated with receipt of social support for both men and women, marital status moderated the relationship between health indicators and social support receipt only for men. Our findings suggest that when men, but not women, experience a marital dissolution and are suffering from a disability or a chronic condition, their networks respond by providing needed social support.

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Who is at Risk? Social Support, Relationship Dissolution, and Illness in a Rural Context*

Ralston

Jennings

Schatz

2021

Sociological Inquiry

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“…Furthermore, Tsai et al () showed that not feeling understood by others mediated the relationship between PTSD and lower life satisfaction, which they conclude may be due to a lack of support from other peers. Among older adults, perceived isolation is negatively associated with physical and mental health (Cornwell & Waite, ), whereas social support is protective against negative outcomes such as depression, dementia, and cardiovascular disease (Arthur, ; Harasemiw, Newall, Mackenzie, Shooshtari, & Menec, ; Pakstis, Kim, & Bhargava, ).…”

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Predictors of multiple domains of functioning in Veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder: Results from the Mind Your Heart Study

2019

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Background: Those with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have lower overall functioning than healthy controls. However, this population is not homogenous, and those with PTSD have a wide range of functional outcomes. To our knowledge, only one other study has evaluated the predictors of better functioning within patients with PTSD. Methods:We examined 254 veterans with likely PTSD, using the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale to assess PTSD symptom severity, and the SF-36 and single-item question to assess aspects of current functioning and quality of life.Results: In fully adjusted models (controlling for age, gender, and PTSD score, and including all significant psychosocial predictors of the outcome of interest), greater sleep quality (p = .03), lower C-reactive protein (p < .01), and lower erythrocyte sedimentation rate (p = 0.04) were associated with greater physical functioning; lower depression (p < .01) and greater perceived social support (p = .05) were associated with greater social functioning; lower depression (p = .02) was associated with greater occupational functioning; and greater combat exposure (p = .04), greater optimism (p < .01) and greater perceived social support (p = .05) were associated with greater quality of life.Conclusions: These findings highlight the differential impact of psychosocial predictors on multiple functional outcomes. As such, they provide important information for clinicians about aspects of veterans' lives that can be targeted during the treatment to improve specific types of functioning.

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“…But the evidence of increased restlessness and agitation, deteriorating quality of life and health outcomes by social deprivation is overwhelming. 3 Moreover, family members increasingly oppose to complete isolation. While the potential impact of current measures is disturbing, one can only hope that the measures are temporary.…”

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The architecture of social distancing for dementia

Siegelaar

Zuidema

Boersma

et al. 2020

Int J Geriat Psychiatry

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Frail elderly residents and people with dementia (PWD) are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19. In Italy, dementia was assessed as one of the most common comorbidities (11.9%) among COVID-19 positive deceased patients. 1 In the Netherlands, death rates in institutions almost doubled in the first week of April. * Nursing homes and Special Care Units (SCU's) for PWD comprise 40% of these institutions. And probably more than half of the nursing home residents are diagnosed with moderate to advanced dementia. A nursing home in Washington State reported a case fatality rate of 33.7% among 101 residents. 2 COVID-19 poses a great threat for all nursing home residents and PWD in particular. Prevention guidelines issued by the Dutch Public Health Department include frequent washing of hands, coughing and sneezing in the elbow, use of paper tissues, social distancing by 1.5 m and staying at home as much as possible. † These guidelines also apply to SCUs, although people with dementia hardly comply with the rules and daily caregiving (washing and dressing) from a distance is not possible. Therefore, professionals promote continuation of daily life as before COVID-19 as much as possible. ‡ The Dutch government prohibits all visits and group activities. Furthermore, in cases of confirmed infection, the protocol prescribes isolation of the group or ward. § *

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Association Between Social Support and Health of Aging Adults with Dementia

Cited by 8 publications

References 36 publications

Who is at Risk? Social Support, Relationship Dissolution, and Illness in a Rural Context*

Who is at Risk? Social Support, Relationship Dissolution, and Illness in a Rural Context*

Predictors of multiple domains of functioning in Veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder: Results from the Mind Your Heart Study

The architecture of social distancing for dementia

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