The Relationship Between Well-Being and Self-Rated Health Among Middle-Aged and Older Women in Israel

Iecovich, Esther; Cwikel, Julie

doi:10.1080/07317115.2010.502103

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“…It was uncommon for participants to select the top or bottom category in any of the measures, therefore the bottom two and top two categories were collapsed. Self-perceived health at older ages has been shown to be influenced by emotional wellbeing and physical health and is strongly correlated with objective health measures (Iecovich and Cwikel, 2010). Research suggests perceived life satisfaction reflects continuing long-term life circumstances, whilst perceived happiness has a closer link to emotions and reflects short-term current status (Helliwell and Barrington-Leight, 2010).…”

Section: Wellbeingmentioning

confidence: 97%

Resilience in the face of post-election violence in Kenya: The mediating role of social networks on wellbeing among older people in the Korogocho informal settlement, Nairobi

Bennett

Chepngeno-Langat

Evandrou

et al. 2015

Social Science & Medicine

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Older people in slum settings are a vulnerable sub-group during crises, yet have received minimal attention in the development discourse. This paper examines the protective role of different types of social networks for older slum dwellers' wellbeing during adversity by investigating the relationship between social networks, the Kenyan 2007/08 post-election violence, and dimensions of wellbeing namely self-rated health, life satisfaction and happiness amongst older people in the Korogocho slum, Nairobi. The analyses are based on conditional change logistic regression models using data from a unique longitudinal survey of the health and wellbeing of older people. The results show that maintaining or increasing formal local networks reduced the detrimental effects of the post-election violence for older people's wellbeing, whilst household environment and informal local and non-local networks did not influence the relationship. Consequently, the paper provides evidence that supporting inclusive community organisations which are accessible to older people can be valuable in promoting the resilience of this population group.

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Section: Wellbeingmentioning

confidence: 97%

Resilience in the face of post-election violence in Kenya: The mediating role of social networks on wellbeing among older people in the Korogocho informal settlement, Nairobi

Bennett

Chepngeno-Langat

Evandrou

et al. 2015

Social Science & Medicine

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“…Researchers who have described how women experience aging differently than men contribute a rationale for examining older women's resilience and identify aspects of identity that shape older women's experiences with aging and adversity. Older women's longevity contributes to an increased likelihood of experiencing health problems and a result, older women are more likely to suffer from stroke and hypertension, have functional limitations, report lower self-rated health [18,19] and more chronic health conditions [2] than their male counterparts. With respect to psychological health, older women are more likely to be diagnosed with anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder and more likely to take psychotropic medications than men [20].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Researchers who have studied older women's resilience have also focused critiques on the limited identities represented in study samples and have recommended that future research on older women's resilience examine how resilience varies according to identity differences such as gender, age, ethnicity, health, income, and geographic location [16][17][18][19] Although disability scholars focused on health and mobility, we considered the role of multiple other identity factors and how they contributed to women's experiences with adversity and resilience.…”

Section: Defining Resiliencementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The role of identity differences is increasingly recognized in contributing to the complexity of women's experiences of aging [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]. Researchers who have described how women experience aging differently than men contribute a rationale for examining older women's resilience and identify aspects of identity that shape older women's experiences with aging and adversity.…”

Section: Women's Aging and Identity Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Aging and Resilience: Older Women’s Responses to Change and Adversity

Gulbrandsen

Walsh

2015

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Abstract:The primary objective of the qualitative study was to describe women's resilience in older adulthood according to older women's interpretations of their experiences and the contexts of their lives. Intersectionality and critical feminist gerontology served as theoretical frameworks for examining, interpreting and highlighted the dynamic nature of intersecting identities and the interrelationships between identity and contextual factors. Constructivist grounded theory methodology was used to identify themes that represent older women's subjective interpretations of their experiences with adversity and to construct definitions of resilience based on their experiences. The aspects of identity that women in the study associated with their experiences of adversity and their resilience were age, physical and mental health, marital status and income. Women in the study emphasized how subjective interpretations influenced the meaning they associated with events, circumstances, or changes that accompanied aging and their understanding of the role of identities in those experiences.

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“…In addition, we asked about general health using a 5-point self-rated health variable that based on earlier research has been shown to be associated with depressive symptoms and functional health status among Israeli women of a similar age to this sample (Iecovich & Cwikel, 2010).…”

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confidence: 99%

Analysis of Memory Deficits Following Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer Survivors: Evidence from the Doors and People Test

Prokasheva

Faran

Cwikel

et al. 2011

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

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Studies of cognitive effects of chemotherapy among breast cancer patients show that not all women who are exposed to chemotherapy develop cognitive dysfunction and that the observed declines in cognitive functioning may be quite subtle. The use of measures that are sensitive to subtle cognitive decline are recommended yet rarely used among clinical populations. The purpose of this study is to specify the types of memory changes observed among breast cancer survivors treated with chemotherapy and tamoxifen, by using an analytic test of memory, the Doors and People test, which uses age-adjusted norms. The participants were 40 women who were survivors of breast cancer, 20 of whom had completed chemotherapy treatment and 20 women who were treated only with tamoxifen. There were no significant differences between the two groups in overall scores and in all four subtests: visual memory, verbal memory, recall, and recognition measured by age-adjusted scores. Forty percent of patients in both of the groups were classified as having mild impairment in episodic memory. No between-group differences were found in the frequency of subjective, cognitive complaints. Subjective complaints were reported by 69% of patients but were unrelated to objective performance. Memory deficits were observed in breast cancer patients who receive either chemotherapy or tamoxifen alone compared to age-adjusted norms. The Doors and People Test is a sensitive measure of memory deficits that is feasible for use with clinical populations of breast cancer patients in order to monitor changes in cognitive function.

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The Relationship Between Well-Being and Self-Rated Health Among Middle-Aged and Older Women in Israel

Cited by 17 publications

References 36 publications

Resilience in the face of post-election violence in Kenya: The mediating role of social networks on wellbeing among older people in the Korogocho informal settlement, Nairobi

Resilience in the face of post-election violence in Kenya: The mediating role of social networks on wellbeing among older people in the Korogocho informal settlement, Nairobi

Aging and Resilience: Older Women’s Responses to Change and Adversity

Analysis of Memory Deficits Following Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer Survivors: Evidence from the Doors and People Test

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