ArticleInternational journal of geriatric psychiatry2017
The association between hope and mortality in homebound elders.
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- Effects of Psychotherapy on Hope/Hopelessness in Adults with Cancer: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2022Pooled it
- The effect of Baduanjin qigong combined with CBT on physical fitness and psychological health of elderly housebound.Medicine · 2018Trial
- Harnessing hope: a psychological strategy for achieving the sustainable development goals.International journal of mental health systems · 2026Article
- Return to the New Normal with the Positive Religious Coping and Transformative Power of Suffering After the 2023 Kahramanmaraş Earthquake, Türkiye.Journal of religion and health · 2025Article
- The effects of social support and self-efficacy on hopefulness in low-income older adults during COVID-19 pandemic.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Predictive influence of disease knowledge and hope on self-care behavior among adults with heart failure.Journal of education and health promotion · 2024Article
- Hope for brain health: impacting the life course and society.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Risk of Death in the Elderly with Excessive Daytime Sleepiness, Insomnia and Depression: Prospective Cohort Study in an Urban Population in Northeast Brazil.Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia · 2021Article
- The relationship between hopelessness and risk factors for early mortality in people with a lived experience of a serious mental illness.Social work in mental health · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveDespite high rates of mortality and depression, there is limited knowledge of how depressive symptoms, especially feeling of hopefulness, affect mortality in the homebound elderly.
methodsWe conducted a secondary analysis of data from a community sample of 1034 adults, age 60 years and older. The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale was used to evaluate the mood symptoms and feeling of hopefulness at baseline. The death data were collected within an 8-year follow-up period. Analysis of variance and Chi-square were used to compare the clinical conditions among the groups of individuals who feel hopeful always, sometimes, and rarely. Logistic regression was used to explore the association between the hopefulness about the future and mortality as an outcome.
resultsIn the 8-year follow-up period, frequency of feeling hopeful, but not other individual depressive symptoms, was associated with mortality rate. The mortality rate among those who always, sometimes, and rarely felt hopeful were 21.6%, 26.4%, and 35.7%, respectively (P = 0.002). Logistic regression also confirmed that individuals who rarely feel hopeful had higher odds of decease within the 8-year follow-up period than those who always felt hopeful (OR = 1.74, CI = 1.14-2.65) after adjusting for age and medical conditions.
conclusionsBaseline hopefulness predicts mortality outcome among the homebound elderly in the community. Identifying individuals who are depressed with hopelessness in the elderly and providing early intervention may improve the mortality rate. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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