Metadata record for Well Elderly 2, Los Angeles, California, 2004-2008 Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research ICPSR metadata records are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License . 2013-05-25 Well Elderly 2, Los Angeles, California, 2004-2008 Well Elderly 2, November 2004 - October 2008, Los Angeles, CA 33641 10.3886/ICPSR33641.v1 Clark, Florence United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute on Aging R01 AG021108 Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research 2012-10-25 Clark, Florence. Well Elderly 2, Los Angeles, California, 2004-2008. ICPSR33641-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2012-10-25. doi:10.3886/ICPSR33641.v1 activities of daily living age aging population biomarkers cognition coping depression (psychology) education employment health income life satisfaction mental health neighbors physical limitations psychological wellbeing race social contact social networks stress NACDA.IV NACDA.V ICPSR.XVII.D NACDA.I NACDA.III NACDA.II DSDR.IX Older people are at risk for health decline and loss of independence. Lifestyle interventions offer potential for reducing such negative outcomes. The Well Elderly study attempts to determine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a preventive lifestyle-based occupational therapy intervention, administered in a variety of community-based sites, in improving mental and physical well-being and cognitive functioning in ethnically diverse older people. Participants included 460 men and women aged 60 - 95 years recruited from 21 sites in the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area. For six months elders in one group received the Well Elderly Intervention, while elders in the other group remained untreated for the first six months and received the intervention during the second six-month phase. Following receipt of the intervention, subjects in both groups remained untreated for respective twelve month spans. The manualized intervention consisted of small group and individual sessions led by a licensed occupational therapist. Typically, each group had six to eight members, all recruited from the same site and treated by the same intervener. Monthly community outings were scheduled to facilitate direct experience with intervention content such as the use of public transportation. An assessment battery (including questionnaires, cognitive tests, and biomarker samples) measured potential mediating variables as well as outcome variables and was administered at study baseline and at subsequent six-month intervals. In addition, at baseline a set of background and control variables were measured. At the end of each assessment session (questionnaires and cognitive tests), subjects provided salivary samples. The Samples were assayed for cortisol, dehydroepiandrosterone, and alpha amylase. Assessment of health-related quality of life, life satisfaction, and depression was based on self-rated questionnaires. Cognitive tests were conducted individually. Perceived physical health and aspects of mental well-being were measured, as were depressive symptoms, and life satisfaction. Variable categories include, health survey, stressful events, feelings, connections, attitudes, supports, beliefs, issues, activities, and demographics i.e. respondents age, sex, race, education level, employment, and income. The primary aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a preventive lifestyle-based occupational therapy intervention, administered in a variety of community-based sites, in improving mental and physical well-being and cognitive functioning in ethnically diverse older people. Older people are at risk for health decline and loss of independence. Lifestyle interventions offer potential for reducing such negative outcomes. The primary aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a preventive lifestyle-based occupational therapy intervention, administered in a variety of community-based sites, in improving mental and physical well-being and cognitive functioning in ethnically diverse older people. A randomized controlled trial was conducted comparing an occupational therapy intervention and a no-treatment control condition over a six-month experimental phase. Participants included 460 men and women aged 60 - 95 years recruited from 21 sites in the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area. For the first six months of their participation, elders in Group A received the Well Elderly Intervention. Elders in Group B remained untreated for the first six months and received the intervention during the second six-month phase. Following receipt of the intervention, subjects in both groups remained untreated for respective twelve-month spans. The manualized intervention consisted of small group and individual sessions led by a licensed occupational therapist. Typically, each group had six to eight members, all recruited from the same site and treated by the same intervener. Monthly community outings were scheduled to facilitate direct experience with intervention content such as the use of public transportation. Due to the overt nature of lifestyle programs, neither the therapists nor the treated participants were blind to the intervention. However, the interveners and participants were blind to the study design and hypotheses. An assessment battery (including questionnaires, cognitive tests, and biomarker samples) measured potential mediating variables as well as outcome variables and was administered at study baseline and at subsequent six-month intervals. In addition, at baseline a set of background and control variables were measured. At the end of each assessment session (questionnaires and cognitive tests), subjects were given vials for salivary samples and instructions on how to complete and store the samples at home. Subjects provided four samples on the following day (at rising, 30 minutes after rising, before lunch, before dinner) and stored them in their home freezers. These samples were picked up by a tester and transported on ice to the USC Health Sciences Campus the following day. Samples were shipped to Salimetrics in accordance with Centers for Disease Control guidelines. Upon arrival at Salimetrics, samples were stored at -80 degrees Celsius in a locked freezer until assay. Prior to testing, all samples were exposed to only a single freeze thaw cycle. Samples were assayed for cortisol, dehydroepiandrosterone, and alpha amylase. Assessment of health-related quality of life, life satisfaction and depression was based on self-rated questionnaires and was overseen by trained testers who were blind to the participants' condition assignments. The cognitive tests were conducted individually, in a private area adjacent to the main testing room. Norm-based scores on Version 2 of the 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36v2) were used to measure perceived physical health and aspects of mental well-being. The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) Scale20 was used to assess depressive symptoms. Life satisfaction was measured by the Life Satisfaction Index-Z (LSI-Z). Three cognitive outcome variables (immediate recall, delayed recall and recognition) were measured by the word list procedure developed by the Consortium to Establish a Registry of Alzheimer's Disease. Selective attention was measured by median reaction time on a widely used computer-based visual search task. Psychomotor speed, was assessed by the Digit Symbol Substitution Task of the Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale. Variable categories included: Health Survey; Stressful Events; Feelings; Connections; Attitudes; Supports; Beliefs; Issues; Activities; and Demographics which asked the respondents age, sex, race, education level, employment, and income. 2004-11 2008-10 2004-11-22 2008-10-30 California Los Angeles United States metropolitan area individual Independent-living older Americans ages 60-95 years. clinical data experimental data survey data Convenience sample randomly assigned to treatment condition. All participants were residents of, users of or visitors to the study recruitment sites; demonstrated no overt signs of psychosis or dementia, and were able to complete the study assessment battery (with assistance, if necessary). All prospective participants completed the informed consent process prior to study entry. Participants were recruited from 21 sites in the greater Los Angeles area, including 9 senior activity centres, 11 senior housing residences, and 1 graduated care retirement community. Recruitment strategies included providing sign-up booths, giving presentations at meetings and social events, and distributing flyers and posters. cognitive assessment test , mixed mode , on-site questionnaire Standard scoring for established measurement tools.

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Performed consistency checks.Created variable labels and/or value labels.Standardized missing values.Created online analysis version with question text.Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes. 1,109 assessed for eligibility. 838 (76 percent) eligible; 232 randomized to intervention (21 percent of eligible); 228 randomized to control (21 percent of eligible); 460 (55 percent of eligible) enrolled. Norm-based scores on Version 2 of the 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36v2) were used to measure perceived physical health and aspects of mental well-being. The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) Scale20 was used to assess depressive symptoms. Life satisfaction was measured by the Life Satisfaction Index-Z (LSI-Z). Three cognitive outcome variables (immediate recall, delayed recall and recognition) were measured by the word list procedure developed by the Consortium to Establish a Registry of Alzheimer's Disease. Selective attention was measured by median reaction time on a widely used computer-based visual search task. Psychomotor speed, was assessed by the Digit Symbol Substitution Task of the Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale. CES-D: Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale; SF-36v2: Short Form-36 v2 Health Survey; LSI-Z: Life Satisfaction Index-Z; MCI: Multidimensional Coping Inventory (COPE). Ann Arbor, Mi.: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Additional special permissions, where applicable, are described in the restrictions field. none

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