Matters of HEARTS: health, experience of abuse, resilience, technology use, and safety of older adults

"Life Course In HEARTS: Enhancing Telehealth Resilience and Mindfulness Intervention in Older Adults Experiencing Abuse and Trauma-A Conceptualization"

“…Resilience is correlated with anxiety, depression, and pain intensity, such that higher resilience corresponds to lower anxiety, depression, and pain intensity [20,21]. Additionally, we find that suspicion of abuse has significant correlations with depression, pain intensity, and resilience [20,21]. Namely, higher depression and pain intensity correspond to higher older adults' abuse suspicion, while higher resilience corresponds to lower older adults' abuse suspicion [20,21].…”

“…Results showed that all the PROMIS health subscales are significantly correlated with each other [20,21]. Resilience is correlated with anxiety, depression, and pain intensity, such that higher resilience corresponds to lower anxiety, depression, and pain intensity [20,21]. Additionally, we find that suspicion of abuse has significant correlations with depression, pain intensity, and resilience [20,21].…”

“…Finally, resilience in our study is operationally defined as "personal qualities that enable one to thrive in the face of adversity" [36, p. 76]. Results showed that all the PROMIS health subscales are significantly correlated with each other [20,21]. Resilience is correlated with anxiety, depression, and pain intensity, such that higher resilience corresponds to lower anxiety, depression, and pain intensity [20,21].…”

“…Preliminary studies suggest that experiencing abuse exacerbates the risks for health indicators, resilience, social support, and technology use a psychosocial impact on the healthspan of older adults [20,21]. It is imperative to determine the socio-behavioral mechanisms that account for older adult's health disparities related to their experiences of abuse, resilience, technology use, and social support.…”

“…In our HEARTS study [20], we operationally defined health as that of the determinants stated in the PROMIS-29 questionnaire [33,34], which specifically pertains to physical function, anxiety, depression, fatigue, sleep disturbance, sleep-related impairment, ability to participate in social roles and activities, pain interference, and pain intensity. The experience of abuse refers to the different types of abuse older adults experience, physical, emotional, sexual, economic, and neglect [18,35].…”