Study on the Relationship between Skinfold Thickness and Geriatric Depression in Older Adult Woman

Abstract. Depression in older adults can be explained by Erikson’s theory on the conflict of ego integrity versus hopelessness. The study investigated the relationship between past acceptance, hopelessness, death anxiety, and depressive symptoms in 100 older (≥50 years) adults. The total Beck Hopelessness (BHS), Geriatric Depression (GDS), and Accepting the Past (ACPAST) subscale scores of the depressed group were higher, while the total Death Anxiety (DAS) and Reminiscing the Past (REM) subscale scores of both groups were similar. A regression analysis revealed that the BHS, DAS, and ACPAST predicted the GDS. Past acceptance seems to be important for ego integrity in older adults.

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Body mass index as a measure of body fatness: age- and sex-specific prediction formulas

British Journal Of Nutrition ◽

10.1079/bjn19910073 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 65 (2) ◽

pp. 105-114 ◽

Cited By ~ 629

Author(s):

Paul Deurenberg ◽

Jan A. Weststrate ◽

Jaap C. Seidell

Keyword(s):

Body Mass Index ◽

Body Mass ◽

Body Fat ◽

Prediction Error ◽

Bioelectrical Impedance ◽

Skinfold Thickness ◽

Fat Percentage ◽

Wide Range ◽

The Relationship ◽

Age And Sex

In 1229 subjects, 521 males and 708 females, with a wide range in body mass index (BMI; 13.9–40.9 kg/m2), and an age range of 7–83 years, body composition was determined by densitometry and anthropometry. The relationship between densitometrically-determined body fat percentage (BF%) and BMI, taking age and sex (males =1, females = 0) into account, was analysed. For children aged 15 years and younger, the relationship differed from that in adults, due to the height-related increase in BMI in children. In children the BF% could be predicted by the formula BF% = 1.51xBMI–0.70xage–3.6xsex+1.4 (R2 0.38, SE of estimate (see) 4.4% BF%). In adults the prediction formula was: BF% = 1.20xBMI+0.23xage−10.8xsex–5.4 (R2 0.79, see = 4.1% BF%). Internal and external cross-validation of the prediction formulas showed that they gave valid estimates of body fat in males and females at all ages. In obese subjects however, the prediction formulas slightly overestimated the BF%. The prediction error is comparable to the prediction error obtained with other methods of estimating BF%, such as skinfold thickness measurements or bioelectrical impedance.

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Sexuality and Intimacy in the Older Adult Woman

Nursing Clinics of North America ◽

10.1016/j.cnur.2018.01.005 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 53 (2) ◽

pp. 279-287 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Alice L. March

Keyword(s):

Older Adult ◽

Adult Woman

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The Psychological and Demographic Factors of Quality of Life in Older Adults

Journal of Health and Behavioral Science ◽

10.35508/jhbs.v2i1.2118 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 45-59

Author(s):

Indra Yohanes Kiling ◽

Johana Endang Prawitasari

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Older Adults ◽

Regression Analysis ◽

Older Adult ◽

Psychological Factors ◽

Positive Relationship ◽

Demographic Factors ◽

The Relationship ◽

Major Hypothesis

This research aims to determine the relationship between psychological and demographic factors, which are dispositional optimism, and self-efficacy are the psychological factors, meanwhile home, sex and ethnicity as the demographic factors of quality of life in the older adults. The major hypothesis of this research proposed that there are positive relationship from both psychological factors and demographic factors to the quality of life in older adults. This study involved 53 older adult peoples. The result of multiple regression analysis shows that there is a positive relationship from all five variables to the quality of life in older adults as big as 76,5% (Adjusted R2= 0,765). This result means that both the psychological and demographic factors do have effective contributions to the quality of life in older adult people. The results of t-tests are also discussed.

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The Relationship of Strength to Function in the Older Adult

The Journals of Gerontology Series A ◽

10.1093/gerona/50a.special_issue.55 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 50A (Special) ◽

pp. 55-59 ◽

Cited By ~ 55

Author(s):

N. K. Fukagawa ◽

M. Brown ◽

D. R. Sinacore ◽

H. H. Host

Keyword(s):

Older Adult ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

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Older Adult Stereotypes Among Care Providers in Residential Care Facilities: Examining the Relationship between Contact, Education, and Ageism

Journal of Gerontological Nursing ◽

10.3928/00989134-20070201-08 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 33 (2) ◽

pp. 50-55 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Christine Reyna ◽

Eric J. Goodwin ◽

Joseph R. Ferrari

Keyword(s):

Older Adult ◽

Residential Care ◽

Care Providers ◽

Residential Care Facilities ◽

Care Facilities ◽

The Relationship

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Estimation of Non-Fat Body Tissues from Measurements of Skinfold Thickness, total Body Potassium and Total Body Nitrogen

Clinical Science ◽

10.1042/cs0650407 ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 65 (4) ◽

pp. 407-414 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

D. B. Morgan ◽

L. Burkinshaw

Keyword(s):

Fat Body ◽

Skinfold Thickness ◽

Statistical Technique ◽

Fat Free Mass ◽

Variable Component ◽

Total Body Potassium ◽

Tissue Mass ◽

Body Tissues ◽

Total Body ◽

The Relationship

1. Many previous reports have shown that the ratio of total body potassium to fat-free tissue mass is, on average, higher in men than in women. 2. In an attempt to explain this finding we have re-examined our own data and data taken from the literature. Our own data comprise measurements on 333 healthy people (196 men and 137 women). In all subjects we measured total body potassium and estimated fat-free mass from body weight and skinfold thickness; in 91 of them (62 men and 29 women) we measured, in addition, total body nitrogen. 3. We have used the statistical technique of factor analysis to obtain unbiased estimates of the relationships between the three quantities measured in the smaller group. The validity of the relationships is supported by the results from the larger group and by data from the literature. 4. The average values of total body potassium and fat-free mass are greater in men than in women, but the relationship between the two variables is identical in men and women. The relationship has a positive intercept on the axis of fat-free mass, so that the ratio of total body potassium to fat-free mass increases with fat-free mass. The higher ratio in men compared with women can therefore be explained by a difference in size alone. 5. The relationship between total body potassium and total body nitrogen has a negligible intercept. Therefore the ratio of total body potassium to total body nitrogen does not change with size. 6. These findings suggest that, on average, the fat-free mass is made up of a fixed component of approximately 9 kg of tissue containing no potassium or nitrogen, and a variable component with a potassium to nitrogen ratio of about 1.81 mmol/g.

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