Informal caregivers of patients with a cognitive impairment may face exhaustion while taking care of their relatives, and are themselves at higher risk of disease. The objective was to assess the relationship between patients' comorbidities evaluated with the Charlson index, and the caregiver burden, ...
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is associated with risk of sarcopenia. However, whether glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels are associated with sarcopenia has not reached a consensus. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between diabetes status based on HbA1c levels and sarcopenia indices in comm...
Healthy aging is an important means of promoting the well-being of older individuals. However, no studies have examined the relationship between eHealth literacy and healthy aging or its mechanism. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the relationship between eHealth literacy and healthy aging and the me...
Previous literature has reported that loneliness is the strongest predictor of frailty, which is also closely associated with activity engagement. Yet, to date, the path from loneliness to frailty has not been investigated. In this study, we evaluated whether activity engagement mediates the relationship b...
Both insomnia and malnutrition are quite common and can cause similar negative consequences, such as falls, depression, and cognitive impairment in older adults, but there is no study investigating the relationship between the 2. The aims were to investigate relationships between insomnia/insomnia severity...
This study aimed to examine the multiple mediation effects of activities of daily living and social isolation on the relationship between physical symptoms and loneliness in patients with heart failure.