The National Health & Aging Trends Study conducts annual in-person interviews with a nationally representative sample of US Medicare beneficiaries, & the National Study of Caregivers periodically gathers data on their family and unpaid carers. nhats.org
NHATS & NSOC
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New research using #NHATS / #NSOC by Xu et al.:
doi.org/10.1001/jama...
“In a cohort of 4475 community-dwelling participants aged 65 years and older, a CS threshold of 1.60 logCS emerged as the point at which loss of CS translated into perceived visual disability in daily life."
New research using #NHATS / #NSOC by Chen and Liu:
doi.org/10.1016/j.in...
“[Video consultations] not only allows #healthcare providers to assess patients more thoroughly but also fosters a sense of connection that can motivate #patients to be more adherent to their #medication regimens.”
Interested in our summer workshops but missed the application deadline? You can still sign up to audit the workshops! Visit nhatsannex.org/learning-opp... to learn more and sign up.
New research using #NHATS / #NSOC by Liu et al.:
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
Canes, walkers, and grab bars are small tools with a big impact. The share of older adults managing daily needs independently with assistive devices grew from 31% in 2011 to 37% by 2023. See what else the data show at nhats.org/findings
New research using #NHATS / #NSOC by Wang et al.:
doi.org/10.1007/s001...
“We found that [difficulty initiating #sleep] was bidirectionally related to #depressive symptoms both concurrently and longitudinally; however, these reciprocal relationships did not extend to [difficulty maintaining sleep]"
“We observed that participants with co-occurring #depressive and #insomnia symptoms had higher #dementia hazard than those with insomnia-only or neither symptom in the overall sample. However, dementia hazard did not differ between the co-occurring and depression-only groups."
NHATS & NSOC
Nearly two-thirds of family caregivers are women. NSOC data offer a closer look at who’s providing care and what that experience looks like. Explore the data at nhats.org/findings
