William J Strawbridge
Biographic Data
| ID | 6535393 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William J Strawbridge |
| GIVEN NAMES | William J |
| FAMILY NAME | Strawbridge |
| SIGNATURE | STRAWBRIDGE W J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Public Health Foundation |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 200 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Impact of Spouse Vision Impairment on Partner Health and Well-Being
Spouses do not live in isolation; characteristics of one impact the other. Both treatment and rehabilitation programs should include spouses and other family members of visually impaired patients. Why wives appear more sensitive to their husbands' vision impairment is unclear and warrants further study
Impact of Self-Assessed Hearing Loss on a Spouse
Findings suggest that early diagnosis and treatment of hearing loss constitute important clinical strategies to enhance the well-being of both hearing-impaired individuals and their spouses and support policy change to cover hearing devices by insurance. Further research incorporating theoretical perspectives from communication theory and qualitative methodology would enhance understanding of how hearing loss impacts older couples and support ref…
Prospective association between obesity and depression
Physical Activity Reduces the Risk of Subsequent Depression for Older Adults
Previous studies assessing protective effects of physical activity on depression have had conflicting results; one recent study argued that excluding disabled subjects attenuated any observed effects. The authors' objective was to compare the effects of higher levels of physical activity on prevalent and incident depression with and without exclusion of disabled subjects. Participants were 1,947 community-dwelling adults from the Alameda County S…
Successful Aging and Well-Being
PURPOSE: This research evaluates the utility of two different definitions of successful aging in predicting well-being. DESIGN AND METHODS: We assessed the definitions of (a) self-rating and (b) Rowe and Kahn's criteria of absence of disease, disability, and risk factors; maintaining physical and mental functioning; and active engagement with life. We made associations with well-being for each definition using data from 867 Alameda County Study p…
Religious attendance increases survival by improving and maintaining good health behaviors, mental health, and social relationships
Several recent prospective analyses involving community-based populations have demonstrated a protective effect on survival for frequent attendance at religious services. How such involvement increases survival are unclear. To test the hypothesis that religious attendance might serve to improve and maintain good health behaviors, mental health, and social relationships, changes and consistencies in these variables were studied between 1965 and 19…
Religiosity Buffers Effects of Some Stressors on Depression but Exacerbates Others
Although religiosity is protective for mortality and morbidity, its relationship with depression is unclear. We used the 1994 Alameda County Study survey of 2,537 subjects aged 50–102 to analyze associations between two forms of religiosity and depression as well as the extent to which religiosity buffers relationships between stressors and depression. Non-organizational religiosity included prayer and importance of religious and spiritual belief…
Antecedents of Frailty Over Three Decades in an Older Cohort
Studies of disability in old age have focused on gross measures of physical functioning. More useful results for prevention might be gleaned from examining risk factors associated with frailty, a concept implying a broader range of more subtle problems in multiple domains. This study conceptualized frailty as involving problems or difficulties in two or more functional domains (physical, nutritive, cognitive, and sensory) and analyzed prospective…
New Burdens or More of the Same? Comparing Grandparent, Spouse, and Adult-Child Caregivers
This study compares the health of 42 grandparent, 44 spouse, and 130 adult-child caregivers with 1,669 noncaregivers in 1994 and 1974. In 1994, all three caregiver groups had poorer mental health than the noncaregivers; grandparent caregivers also had poorer physical health and greater activity limitations. Spouse and adult-child caregivers had not differed from the noncaregivers 20 years prior, but grandparent caregivers had experienced poorer h…
Prevalence and Correlates of Depression in an Aging Cohort
Data on symptoms of major depressive episodes were examined for the 1994 cohort (n = 2,417) of the Alameda County Study (mean age = 65). In addition to age, we examined gender, education, marital status, social isolation and social support, perceived physical and mental health, chronic medical conditions, functional impairment, life events, financial strain, and neighborhood quality. The point prevalence of symptoms of major depressive episodes w…
Frequent attendance at religious services and mortality over 28 years
OBJECTIVES: This study analyzed the long-term association between religious attendance and mortality to determine whether the association is explained by improvements in health practices and social connections for frequent attenders. METHODS: The association between frequent attendance and mortality over 28 years for 5286 Alameda Country Study respondents was examined. Logistic regression models analyzed associations between attendance and subseq…
An increasing prevalence of hearing impairment and associated risk factors over three decades of the Alameda County Study
OBJECTIVES: This study assessed changes in the prevalence of hearing impairment in persons aged 50 years and older over the past 30 years and identified risk factors. METHODS: Age-adjusted hearing impairment prevalence rates at four time intervals were calculated from the Alameda County Study (n = 5108). Logistic regression models analyzed risk factors from 1974 for 1994 incident hearing impairment. RESULTS: The prevalence of hearing impairment n…
Successful Aging
Six-year predictors of successful aging were analyzed for 356 Alameda County Study men and women aged 65-95 years measured prospectively in 1984 and followed to 1990. Successful aging was defined as needing no assistance nor having difficulty on any of 13 activity/mobility measures plus little or no difficulty on five physical performance measures. After adjusting for baseline successful aging, sex, and age, the authors found that 1984 predictors…
My Parent—Not Myself
We studied 100 adult child caregivers providing care to dependent parents and found that although the vast majority supported family care for older persons in general and their own parent in particular, 46% did not want family care for themselves if they became dependent. For many the contrast between their general statements supporting care of parents and eschewing it for themselves was quite sharp. Caregiver variables significantly associated w…
Factors Associated with Change in Physical Functioning in the Elderly
This study analyzes risk factors associated with 6-year change in physical functioning for 356 members of the Alameda County Study aged 65 and over. Statistically significant associations were found for baseline age, family income, perceived health, number of chronic conditions, prevalent stroke, prevalent heart attack, exercise, going out, marital status, social networks, depression, and internal health locus of control. Relatively strong (but n…
Functional Ability in the Oldest Old
The authors studied the relationships between physical functioning and cumulative measures of behavioral and psychosocial risk factors collected over two decades for 91 persons 80 years old and older at follow-up. They found that consistency of physical activity and absence of depression were associated with better functioning as were race (non-Blacks), education, and marital status. A health practices index that combined consistency of moderate …
The attribution of health problems to aging
The attribution of health problems to aging. W J StrawbridgeCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.83.9.1351-b Published Online: November 15, 2011
Is all in the family always best
Frequent attendance at religious services and mortality over 28 years
OBJECTIVES: This study analyzed the long-term association between religious attendance and mortality to determine whether the association is explained by improvements in health practices and social connections for frequent attenders. METHODS: The association between frequent attendance and mortality over 28 years for 5286 Alameda Country Study respondents was examined. Logistic regression models analyzed associations between attendance and subseq…
Religiosity Buffers Effects of Some Stressors on Depression but Exacerbates Others
Although religiosity is protective for mortality and morbidity, its relationship with depression is unclear. We used the 1994 Alameda County Study survey of 2,537 subjects aged 50–102 to analyze associations between two forms of religiosity and depression as well as the extent to which religiosity buffers relationships between stressors and depression. Non-organizational religiosity included prayer and importance of religious and spiritual belief…
Factors Associated with Change in Physical Functioning in the Elderly
This study analyzes risk factors associated with 6-year change in physical functioning for 356 members of the Alameda County Study aged 65 and over. Statistically significant associations were found for baseline age, family income, perceived health, number of chronic conditions, prevalent stroke, prevalent heart attack, exercise, going out, marital status, social networks, depression, and internal health locus of control. Relatively strong (but n…
Antecedents of Frailty Over Three Decades in an Older Cohort
Studies of disability in old age have focused on gross measures of physical functioning. More useful results for prevention might be gleaned from examining risk factors associated with frailty, a concept implying a broader range of more subtle problems in multiple domains. This study conceptualized frailty as involving problems or difficulties in two or more functional domains (physical, nutritive, cognitive, and sensory) and analyzed prospective…
Prevalence and Correlates of Depression in an Aging Cohort
Data on symptoms of major depressive episodes were examined for the 1994 cohort (n = 2,417) of the Alameda County Study (mean age = 65). In addition to age, we examined gender, education, marital status, social isolation and social support, perceived physical and mental health, chronic medical conditions, functional impairment, life events, financial strain, and neighborhood quality. The point prevalence of symptoms of major depressive episodes w…
Functional Ability in the Oldest Old
The authors studied the relationships between physical functioning and cumulative measures of behavioral and psychosocial risk factors collected over two decades for 91 persons 80 years old and older at follow-up. They found that consistency of physical activity and absence of depression were associated with better functioning as were race (non-Blacks), education, and marital status. A health practices index that combined consistency of moderate …
An increasing prevalence of hearing impairment and associated risk factors over three decades of the Alameda County Study
OBJECTIVES: This study assessed changes in the prevalence of hearing impairment in persons aged 50 years and older over the past 30 years and identified risk factors. METHODS: Age-adjusted hearing impairment prevalence rates at four time intervals were calculated from the Alameda County Study (n = 5108). Logistic regression models analyzed risk factors from 1974 for 1994 incident hearing impairment. RESULTS: The prevalence of hearing impairment n…
Impact of Self-Assessed Hearing Loss on a Spouse
Findings suggest that early diagnosis and treatment of hearing loss constitute important clinical strategies to enhance the well-being of both hearing-impaired individuals and their spouses and support policy change to cover hearing devices by insurance. Further research incorporating theoretical perspectives from communication theory and qualitative methodology would enhance understanding of how hearing loss impacts older couples and support ref…
Impact of Spouse Vision Impairment on Partner Health and Well-Being
Spouses do not live in isolation; characteristics of one impact the other. Both treatment and rehabilitation programs should include spouses and other family members of visually impaired patients. Why wives appear more sensitive to their husbands' vision impairment is unclear and warrants further study
Is all in the family always best
Is all in the family always best
Factors Associated with Change in Physical Functioning in the Elderly
This study analyzes risk factors associated with 6-year change in physical functioning for 356 members of the Alameda County Study aged 65 and over. Statistically significant associations were found for baseline age, family income, perceived health, number of chronic conditions, prevalent stroke, prevalent heart attack, exercise, going out, marital status, social networks, depression, and internal health locus of control. Relatively strong (but n…
Functional Ability in the Oldest Old
The authors studied the relationships between physical functioning and cumulative measures of behavioral and psychosocial risk factors collected over two decades for 91 persons 80 years old and older at follow-up. They found that consistency of physical activity and absence of depression were associated with better functioning as were race (non-Blacks), education, and marital status. A health practices index that combined consistency of moderate …
The attribution of health problems to aging
The attribution of health problems to aging. W J StrawbridgeCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.83.9.1351-b Published Online: November 15, 2011
My Parent—Not Myself
We studied 100 adult child caregivers providing care to dependent parents and found that although the vast majority supported family care for older persons in general and their own parent in particular, 46% did not want family care for themselves if they became dependent. For many the contrast between their general statements supporting care of parents and eschewing it for themselves was quite sharp. Caregiver variables significantly associated w…
Successful Aging
Six-year predictors of successful aging were analyzed for 356 Alameda County Study men and women aged 65-95 years measured prospectively in 1984 and followed to 1990. Successful aging was defined as needing no assistance nor having difficulty on any of 13 activity/mobility measures plus little or no difficulty on five physical performance measures. After adjusting for baseline successful aging, sex, and age, the authors found that 1984 predictors…
New Burdens or More of the Same? Comparing Grandparent, Spouse, and Adult-Child Caregivers
This study compares the health of 42 grandparent, 44 spouse, and 130 adult-child caregivers with 1,669 noncaregivers in 1994 and 1974. In 1994, all three caregiver groups had poorer mental health than the noncaregivers; grandparent caregivers also had poorer physical health and greater activity limitations. Spouse and adult-child caregivers had not differed from the noncaregivers 20 years prior, but grandparent caregivers had experienced poorer h…
Prevalence and Correlates of Depression in an Aging Cohort
Data on symptoms of major depressive episodes were examined for the 1994 cohort (n = 2,417) of the Alameda County Study (mean age = 65). In addition to age, we examined gender, education, marital status, social isolation and social support, perceived physical and mental health, chronic medical conditions, functional impairment, life events, financial strain, and neighborhood quality. The point prevalence of symptoms of major depressive episodes w…
Frequent attendance at religious services and mortality over 28 years
OBJECTIVES: This study analyzed the long-term association between religious attendance and mortality to determine whether the association is explained by improvements in health practices and social connections for frequent attenders. METHODS: The association between frequent attendance and mortality over 28 years for 5286 Alameda Country Study respondents was examined. Logistic regression models analyzed associations between attendance and subseq…
An increasing prevalence of hearing impairment and associated risk factors over three decades of the Alameda County Study
OBJECTIVES: This study assessed changes in the prevalence of hearing impairment in persons aged 50 years and older over the past 30 years and identified risk factors. METHODS: Age-adjusted hearing impairment prevalence rates at four time intervals were calculated from the Alameda County Study (n = 5108). Logistic regression models analyzed risk factors from 1974 for 1994 incident hearing impairment. RESULTS: The prevalence of hearing impairment n…
Religiosity Buffers Effects of Some Stressors on Depression but Exacerbates Others
Although religiosity is protective for mortality and morbidity, its relationship with depression is unclear. We used the 1994 Alameda County Study survey of 2,537 subjects aged 50–102 to analyze associations between two forms of religiosity and depression as well as the extent to which religiosity buffers relationships between stressors and depression. Non-organizational religiosity included prayer and importance of religious and spiritual belief…
Antecedents of Frailty Over Three Decades in an Older Cohort
Studies of disability in old age have focused on gross measures of physical functioning. More useful results for prevention might be gleaned from examining risk factors associated with frailty, a concept implying a broader range of more subtle problems in multiple domains. This study conceptualized frailty as involving problems or difficulties in two or more functional domains (physical, nutritive, cognitive, and sensory) and analyzed prospective…
Religious attendance increases survival by improving and maintaining good health behaviors, mental health, and social relationships
Several recent prospective analyses involving community-based populations have demonstrated a protective effect on survival for frequent attendance at religious services. How such involvement increases survival are unclear. To test the hypothesis that religious attendance might serve to improve and maintain good health behaviors, mental health, and social relationships, changes and consistencies in these variables were studied between 1965 and 19…
Physical Activity Reduces the Risk of Subsequent Depression for Older Adults
Previous studies assessing protective effects of physical activity on depression have had conflicting results; one recent study argued that excluding disabled subjects attenuated any observed effects. The authors' objective was to compare the effects of higher levels of physical activity on prevalent and incident depression with and without exclusion of disabled subjects. Participants were 1,947 community-dwelling adults from the Alameda County S…
Successful Aging and Well-Being
PURPOSE: This research evaluates the utility of two different definitions of successful aging in predicting well-being. DESIGN AND METHODS: We assessed the definitions of (a) self-rating and (b) Rowe and Kahn's criteria of absence of disease, disability, and risk factors; maintaining physical and mental functioning; and active engagement with life. We made associations with well-being for each definition using data from 867 Alameda County Study p…
Prospective association between obesity and depression
Impact of Self-Assessed Hearing Loss on a Spouse
Findings suggest that early diagnosis and treatment of hearing loss constitute important clinical strategies to enhance the well-being of both hearing-impaired individuals and their spouses and support policy change to cover hearing devices by insurance. Further research incorporating theoretical perspectives from communication theory and qualitative methodology would enhance understanding of how hearing loss impacts older couples and support ref…
Impact of Spouse Vision Impairment on Partner Health and Well-Being
Spouses do not live in isolation; characteristics of one impact the other. Both treatment and rehabilitation programs should include spouses and other family members of visually impaired patients. Why wives appear more sensitive to their husbands' vision impairment is unclear and warrants further study
Medicine (17 works) · Psychiatry (13 works) · Psychology (13 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (10 works) · Gerontology (9 works) · Gerontology (9 works) · Demography (7 works) · Aging and Gerontology Research (6 works) · Depression (economics (6 works) · Environmental health (6 works)