Association between lifestyle and cognitive impairment among women aged 65 years and over in the Republic of Korea

Lee, Haein; Park, Sunhee; Lim, Kyounjoo; Lim, Kyoungmi; Park, Younghye; Jang, Jungsook

doi:10.1080/03601277.2015.1085794

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“…Despite its relatively brief civic engagement tradition, volunteering in SK is linked to better mental health-a finding that mirrors what we find in the western nations [26,27]. Like in the western world, SK data also show that volunteering carries mental health benefits for the elderly [28][29][30]. Relatively less is known, however, about the mental health impact of volunteering for the non-elderly volunteers in SK.…”

Section: Formal Volunteering In South Koreasupporting

confidence: 64%

“…Our study while not discounting the above takes a step further by examining the relationship between formal volunteering and mental health in a nonwestern society-namely, South Korea-and, assessing whether this relationship is conditioned by age. We move past looking at the elderly and instead concentrate on two non-elderly groups-young adults (18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35) and middle-aged adults (36)(37)(38)(39)(40)(41)(42)(43)(44)(45)(46)(47)(48)(49)(50)(51)(52)(53)(54)(55). Longitudinal analyses using data from KOWEPS reveal that formal volunteering in SK is associated with decreased depression thereby enhancing mental health among young adults but not their middle age counterparts.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, within the SK context, given their relatively more precarious economic conditions and the growing exposure to the value placed on volunteering in the SK culture, younger adults may reap richer dividends from their role as a formal volunteer compared to their middle-aged peers. As such, we draw on data from two waves of the KOWEPS survey to examine the extent to which the relationship between formal volunteering and mental health, as measured by depression, varies by age, as measured by two specific age groups-young adults (18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35) and middle-aged (36)(37)(38)(39)(40)(41)(42)(43)(44)(45)(46)(47)(48)(49)(50)(51)(52)(53)(54)(55). There are two hypotheses guiding this inquiry: Hypothesis 1.…”

Section: Formal Volunteering Age and Mental Health In South Koreamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…That said, SK is growing fast economically, showing clear signs of western democratization and recognizing the import of civic engagement [13,14]. The purpose of our study is to examine the extent to which mental health benefits of formal volunteering in SK varies across two specific age groups-young adults (18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35) and their middle-aged peers (36)(37)(38)(39)(40)(41)(42)(43)(44)(45)(46)(47)(48)(49)(50)(51)(52)(53)(54)(55). We argue that understanding the age differential in the link between formal volunteering and mental health is important, especially in these current times where young adults and their middle-aged peers in SK are embedded in such vastly differently socioeconomic and cultural contexts.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Formal Volunteering and Mental Health in South Korea: Does Age Matter?

Pai¹,

Kim²

2021

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion

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Extensive research shows a positive association between formal volunteering and mental health and this association is stronger for older adults compared to their younger peers. The purpose of our study is to re-examine the link between formal volunteering, age, and mental health in a non-western society, South Korea. We employ two recent waves-years 2012-13of nationally representative data from the Korea Welfare Panel Survey to test the extent to which the relationship between formal volunteering and mental health, as measured by depression, varies across two non-elderly age groups-young adults (18-35) and those middle-aged (36-55). Findings reveal that being a formal volunteer is psychologically more beneficial to young adults compared to their middle-aged counterparts. Understanding the age differential in the link between formal volunteering and depression in South Korea is crucial, given the different economic and sociocultural contexts, at current time, for young adults and their middle-aged peers.

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Section: Formal Volunteering In South Koreasupporting

confidence: 64%

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confidence: 99%

Section: Formal Volunteering Age and Mental Health In South Koreamentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Formal Volunteering and Mental Health in South Korea: Does Age Matter?

Pai¹,

Kim²

2021

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion

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“…Although debate continues with respect to cause and effect, increasing evidence is indicative of links between SCD and negative affective symptoms (anxiety and depression), lower self-efficacy, the reporting of health troubles, less perceived control of life's difficulties, and poorer QoL [8,9,[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]. Less often investigated is the relationship between SCD, neuroticism, metacognition, and levels of stress.…”

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Distinct Profile Differences in Subjective Cognitive Decline in the General Public Are Associated with Metacognition, Negative Affective Symptoms, Neuroticism, Stress, and Poor Quality of Life

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Tree

Tales

2021

JAD

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Background: Subjective cognitive decline (SCD) is increasingly recognized in both the clinical and research arenas as a risk factor for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia. Although SCD is etiologically heterogeneous and potentially treatable, in comparison to MCI and Alzheimer’s disease, SCD remains poorly characterized with its clinical relevance often questioned. Objective: This study’s aim was to improve the characterization of SCD within the general public. Methods: Individuals with SCD were compared to those without via a battery of measures. Results: Both the SCD and the non-SCD group correlational analysis identified significant relationships between worse SCD, worse metacognitive dysfunction, negative affective symptoms, and greater levels of stress. The SCD group displayed additional correlational relationships between Cognitive Change Index (Self report) (CCI-S) scores, higher neuroticism scores, and poorer quality of life (QoL). Partial correlation analysis in the SCD group suggests CCI-S scores, anxiety, depression, and metacognition are intercorrelated. Ad hoc analyses using metacognition as the grouping variable found that those experiencing worse metacognitive dysfunction were significantly more likely to experience poorer SCD, psychological and social QoL, greater levels of anxiety, depression, stress, and neuroticism. Conclusion: The emerging pattern from the analysis indicates that SCD appears associated with sub-clinical negative affective difficulties, metacognitive, and other psycho-social issues, and poorer QoL. Dysfunctional cognitive control at a meta-level may impact someone’s ability to rationally identify cognitive changes, increase worry about cognitive changes, and allow such changes to impact their lives more than those with superior metacognitive control. Findings could impact SCD assessment, monitoring, early intervention, and ultimately reducing risk of further decline.

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Voluntary work for the physical and mental health of older volunteers: A systematic review

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Siren

Fridberg

et al. 2020

Campbell Systematic Reviews

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Background: The increasing imbalance between the number of older adults not working and the number of adults in the age range of labour force participation (age range 20-64) has long been a fundamental public policy challenge in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development member countries. At a societal level, this growing imbalance raises serious concerns about the viability and funding of social security, pensions and health programmes. At an individual level, the concern is probably more that of aging well with the prospect of many years in retirement. Some research suggests that retiring for some carries the risk of a fast decline in health. Volunteering can play a significant role in people's lives as they transition from work to retirement, as it offers a "structured" means of making a meaningful contribution in society once the opportunity to do so through work has been cut off. Some older people consider voluntary work as a way to replicate aspects of paid work lost upon retirement, such as organisational structure and time discipline. In many countries, volunteering of the older adults is increasing and programmes designed specifically for this subpopulation are emerging. Volunteering may contribute to both individuals aging well and society aging well, as volunteering by the older adults at the same time relieves the societal burden if it helps maintain health and functionality for those who volunteer. It thus remains to be established to what extent volunteering impacts on the physical and mental health of those who volunteer. Objectives: The main objective of this review is to answer the following research question: what are the effects of volunteering on the physical and mental health of people aged 65 years or older? Search Strategy: Relevant studies were identified through electronic searches of bibliographic databases, governmental and grey literature repositories, hand search in specific targeted journals, citation tracking, contact to international experts and internet search engines. The database searches were carried out to December 2018

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Association between lifestyle and cognitive impairment among women aged 65 years and over in the Republic of Korea

Cited by 8 publications

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Formal Volunteering and Mental Health in South Korea: Does Age Matter?

Formal Volunteering and Mental Health in South Korea: Does Age Matter?

Distinct Profile Differences in Subjective Cognitive Decline in the General Public Are Associated with Metacognition, Negative Affective Symptoms, Neuroticism, Stress, and Poor Quality of Life

Voluntary work for the physical and mental health of older volunteers: A systematic review

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