New image of growing old: A content analysis of books written by baby boomers in Taiwan

Chang, Edward F.; Chiu, Ching Ju; Wu, Yang; Chen, Stephanie Yu-Ching

doi:10.1080/17482631.2023.2207926

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“…The aging population is growing faster around the world. At the same time, the health [ 1 , 2 ], lifestyle, behaviors [ 3 , 4 ], and attitudes towards later life of middle-aged and older adults [ 5 ] are changing. Numerous studies have found that factors associated with the health and quality of life of middle-aged and older adults from a variety of perspectives, such as chronic diseases, medications, psychosocial correlates, activity and engagement, physical activity, dietary, subjective age, and neighborhood environment [ 6 – 12 ].…”

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The middle-aged and older Chinese adults’ health using actigraphy in Taiwan (MOCHA-T): protocol for a multidimensional dataset of health and lifestyle

Chiu,

Hou,

Wang

et al. 2024

BMC Public Health

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Background and objectives Older adults keep transforming with Baby Boomers and Gen Xers being the leading older population. Their lifestyle, however, is not well understood. The middle-aged and older Chinese adults’ health using actigraphy in Taiwan (MOCHA-T) collected both objective and subjective data to depict the health and lifestyle of this population. The objectives, design, and measures of the MOCHA-T study are introduced, and the caveats and future directions related to the use of the data are presented. Methods People aged 50 and over were recruited from the community, with a subset of women aged 45–49 invited to supplement data on menopause and aging. Four instruments (i.e., self-reported questionnaires, diary, wrist actigraphy recorder, and GPS) were used to collect measures of sociodemographic, health, psychosocial, behavioral, temporal, and spatial data. Results A total of 242 participants who returned the informed consent and questionnaires were recruited in the MOCHA-T study. Among them, 94.6%, 95.0%, and 25.2% also completed the diary, actigraphy, and GPS data, respectively. There was almost no difference in sociodemographic characteristics between those with and without a completed diary, actigraphy, and GPS data, except for age group and educational level for those who returned completed actigraphy data. Conclusion The MOCHA-T study is a multidimensional dataset that allows researchers to describe the health, behaviors, and lifestyle patterns, and their interactions with the environment of the newer generation of middle-aged and older adults in Taiwan. It can be compared with other countries with actigraphy and GPS-based lifestyle data of middle-aged and older adults in the future.

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