Hanzhang Xu

Biographic Data

ID6638410
NAMEHanzhang Xu
GIVEN NAMESHanzhang
FAMILY NAMEXu
SIGNATUREXU H
AFFILIATIONSDuke University
ORCID0000-0001-9617-247X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS5
WORKS AS AUTHOR11
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Positive Coping, Psychological Distress, and Medication Adherence Among People Living with HIV/Aids in Henan, China

    Open AccessShaoke Hou, Siwei Hou et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2025

  • Development and Validation of a Social Frailty Index Among Older Adults in the Philippines

    Open AccessEdina YQ Tan, Hanzhang Xu et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging and Health2025References: 2

    BackgroundSocial frailty has not been studied in the Philippines, a Southeast Asian country with distinct sociocultural characteristics.ObjectiveTo (i) develop and validate the Social Frailty Index-Philippines (SFI-Phil), using all-cause mortality (up to 4 years) as the outcome and (ii) evaluate performance of SFI-Phil across age, sex, and residence.MethodsPerforming regression analyses on baseline and 4-year follow-up data from 5153 older adults…

  • Longitudinal Associations Between Psychological Resilience and Cognitive Function

    Open AccessChenguang Du, Benjamin Katz et al.ARTICLEThe Journals of Gerontology…2024References: 8

    Objectives Reductions in psychological resilience and declining cognition are common among older adults. Understanding the longitudinal association between them could be beneficial for interventions that focus on age-related cognitive and psychological health. In this study, we evaluated the longitudinal associations between cognition and psychological resilience over time in a nationally representative sample of U.S. older adults. Methods A tota…

  • The Implementation of a Primary Care-Based Integrated Mobile Health Intervention for Stroke Management in Rural China

    Open AccessEnying Gong, Lixin Sun et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2021

    Background: There is a lack of evidence concerning the effective implementation of strategies for stroke prevention and management, particularly in resource-limited settings. A primary-care-based integrated mobile health intervention (SINEMA intervention) has been implemented and evaluated via a 1-year-long cluster-randomized controlled trial. This study reports the findings from the trial implementation and process evaluation that investigate th…

  • Living With Cognitive Impairment in China

    Open AccessJing Wang, Kirsten Corazzini et al.ARTICLEResearch on Aging2021

    China has experienced a substantial increase in the number of older adults with dementia and milder forms of cognitive impairment. Being spouses of Persons with cognitive impairment (PWCI) and living with them for several decades does not necessarily mean that it is easier for them to provide person-centered care and maintain a valued and healthy relationship. The current study explored how elements of PCC, as operationalized by the Senses Framew…

  • The Cumulative Impact of Chronic Stressors on Risks of Myocardial Infarction in US Older Adults

    M E Dupre, Heather R Farmer et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2021

    OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the association between cumulative exposure to chronic stressors and the incidence of myocardial infarction (MI) in US older adults. METHODS: Nationally representative prospective cohort data of adults 45 years and older (n = 15,109) were used to investigate the association between the cumulative number of chronic stressors and the incidence of MI in US older adults. Proportional hazards models adjusted …

  • Age at Migration and Cognitive Health Among Chinese Older Immigrants in the United States

    Open AccessMan Guo, Mengting Li et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging and Health2021Cited by: 2References: 5

    Objectives: This study addressed two questions: (1) Is age at migration associated with cognitive function among Chinese older immigrants? and (2) what personal and environmental factors confound the above relationship? Methods: Data were derived from the Population Study of Chinese Elderly ( N = 2957). Quantile and linear regressions were used to examine the associations between age at migration and Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and globa…

  • Gender differences in quality of life among community-dwelling older adults in low- and middle-income countries

    Open AccessKyung Hee Lee, Hanzhang Xu et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020

    This study provides a better understanding of QoL among older adults in LMICs, which can help prepare LMICs to better address the QoL of older adults. The results of this study can be used to develop programs to promote better living standards and services to reduce gender disparities and ultimately, to improve the QoL among older adults in LMICs

  • Acceptance of Love and Remarriage Among Older Adults in the Philippines

    Open AccessJu Young Kim, Hanzhang Xu et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging and Health2020Cited by: 3References: 2

    Objectives: Later-life re-partnership has been linked to healthy aging, but little is known about Philippine older adults' perception of love and remarriage in older age. Methods: Using two nationally representative surveys on aging in the Philippines, we estimated the proportion of older adults reporting acceptance. Using weighted logistic regression, we assessed sociodemographic and health factors associated with acceptance as well as the relat…

  • Validating a Scale of Health Beliefs in Preventive Health Screenings Among Chinese Older Adults

    Open AccessHanzhang Xu, P T Straughan et al.ARTICLEJournal of Transcultural Nursing2017

    We aimed to examine the psychometric properties of a modified 16-item Attitudinal Index (AI), a measure of Chinese older adults’ beliefs about preventive health screenings. We used the 2013 Shanghai Elderly Life and Opinion data including 3,418 respondents age 60+ who were randomly split into training and validation samples. We examined the validity and reliability of the modified AI. Psychometric evaluation of the modified AI revealed good respo…

  • Self–reported diabetes education among Chinese middle–aged and older adults with diabetes

    Open AccessHanzhang Xu, Jianfeng Luo et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2016

    BACKGROUND: To compare self-reported diabetes education among Chinese middle-aged and older adults with diabetes in three population groups: urban residents, migrants in urban settings, and rural residents. METHODS: We used data from the 2011 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study. The sample included 993 participants age 45 and older who reported having diabetes diagnosed from a health professional. We performed multilevel regressions pe…