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View article: Exploring social determinants of disability among older filipinos: insights from a polysocial score approach
Exploring social determinants of disability among older filipinos: insights from a polysocial score approach Open
View article: Food insecurity and sleep deficiency among older Filipinos: the mediating roles of depressive symptoms and frailty phenotypes
Food insecurity and sleep deficiency among older Filipinos: the mediating roles of depressive symptoms and frailty phenotypes Open
The results indicated that food insecurity is associated with sleep deficiency, with frailty phenotype and depressive symptoms playing a potential mediating role. However, further research is needed to establish causal pathways. Preventing…
View article: DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A SOCIAL FRAILTY INDEX AMONG OLDER ADULTS IN THE PHILIPPINES
DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A SOCIAL FRAILTY INDEX AMONG OLDER ADULTS IN THE PHILIPPINES Open
The potential of social frailty, known to be associated with adverse health outcomes among older adults, for risk assessment can be maximized if the development of a scale to measure it considers the sociocultural context in which it will …
View article: Missed opportunities for hypertension screening of older people in the Philippines: cross-sectional analysis of nationally representative individual-level data
Missed opportunities for hypertension screening of older people in the Philippines: cross-sectional analysis of nationally representative individual-level data Open
Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation/Swiss National Science Foundation grant 400640_160374.
View article: Sex differences in the psychometric properties of the Center for Epidemiological Studies–Depression (CES-D) Scale in older Filipinos
Sex differences in the psychometric properties of the Center for Epidemiological Studies–Depression (CES-D) Scale in older Filipinos Open
The literature has yet to fully account for sex differences in the symptomatology and measurement of depressive symptoms, especially in developing settings like the Philippines. Thus, we established the factor structure and assessed the re…
View article: Website Design of West Corner Hotel to Improve Service Operations
Website Design of West Corner Hotel to Improve Service Operations Open
The study was conducted to West Corner Hotel, a budget-friendly hotel to improve the overall operations by utilizing information system and technology.As the management plans on implementing information strategies, the researchers proposed…
View article: Replication Data for: Psychometric Properties of the CES-D Scale in Older Filipinos
Replication Data for: Psychometric Properties of the CES-D Scale in Older Filipinos Open
This is replication data set for the analysis of sex differences in the psychometric properties of the Center for Epidemiological Studies - Depression (CES-D) Scale in older Filipinos. The data herein are part of the baseline survey of the…
View article: THE EFFECTS OF SLEEP DEFICIENCY ON MULTIMORBIDITY AMONG OLDER ADULTS IN THE PHILIPPINES AND VIETNAM
THE EFFECTS OF SLEEP DEFICIENCY ON MULTIMORBIDITY AMONG OLDER ADULTS IN THE PHILIPPINES AND VIETNAM Open
Multimorbidity increases the risks of disability and death and are prevalent among older adults. Evidence shows that sleep might play an important role in multimorbidity. However, previous research studies sleep quality and quantity in iso…
View article: FRAILTY AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS MEDIATE THE IMPACTS OF FOOD INSECURITY ON SLEEP DEFICIENCY AMONG OLDER FILIPINOS
FRAILTY AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS MEDIATE THE IMPACTS OF FOOD INSECURITY ON SLEEP DEFICIENCY AMONG OLDER FILIPINOS Open
Although research has shown that food insecurity may lead to sleep problems due to mental illness, it remains unclear whether physical health also mediates this relationship in addition to poor mental health. We investigated whether frailt…
View article: Normative values of hand grip strength of older Filipinos aged 60 to 85 years
Normative values of hand grip strength of older Filipinos aged 60 to 85 years Open
Background: Hand grip strength (HGS) is associated with a range of health outcomes in older persons. Interpretation of an individual older person's HGS requires comparison with normative values of HGS for the population the older person be…
View article: Falls among older adults in the Philippines and Vietnam: Results from nationally representative samples
Falls among older adults in the Philippines and Vietnam: Results from nationally representative samples Open
Falls are a major public health issues globally. However, no study with nationally representative samples, previously, had been done to understand falls among older adults in the Philippines and Vietnam. Using a biopsychosocial perspective…
View article: Philippine Older Adults’ Attitudes to Love and Remarriage
Philippine Older Adults’ Attitudes to Love and Remarriage Open
Attitudes to love in older adults, often operationalized as acceptance of love and re-marriage in their 60s and 70s, is a key yet understudied component of aging in Southeast Asia. Using data from the 2007 Philippine Study on Aging that in…
View article: Is children’s education associated with parental health? Evidence from the Philippines
Is children’s education associated with parental health? Evidence from the Philippines Open
This study examines the association between children’s education and parental health using data from the 2007 Philippine Study on Ageing. It employs a broad, more comprehensive, definition of health to capture the different health dimensio…
View article: Fungal Infections of the Central Nervous System: Clinical, Radiographic and Laboratory Manifestations
Fungal Infections of the Central Nervous System: Clinical, Radiographic and Laboratory Manifestations Open
Objective: To assess the epidemiological aspects of central nervous system (CNS) fungal infections at 2 tertiary care teaching hospitals. Patients and methods:We conducted a retrospective electronic medical record review of clinical, radio…
View article: Assessing the effectiveness of a social vulnerability index in predicting heterogeneity in the impacts of natural hazards: Case study of the Tropical Storm Washi flood in the Philippines
Assessing the effectiveness of a social vulnerability index in predicting heterogeneity in the impacts of natural hazards: Case study of the Tropical Storm Washi flood in the Philippines Open
As global warming and climate change predictions become increasingly certain, there is mounting pressure to gain a better understanding of disaster risk. Climate change is seen as a major contributing factor in the recent increases in the …
View article: Assessing the effectiveness of a social vulnerability index in predicting heterogeneity in the impacts of natural hazards: Case study of the Tropical Storm Washi flood in the Philippines
Assessing the effectiveness of a social vulnerability index in predicting heterogeneity in the impacts of natural hazards: Case study of the Tropical Storm Washi flood in the Philippines Open
As global warming and climate change predictions become increasingly certain, there is mounting pressure to gain a better understanding of disaster risk. Climate change is seen as a major contributing factor in the recent increases in the …