Search Results - "HAYS, J. C."

Symptoms of depression among community-dwelling elderly African-American and white older adults by Blazer, D G, Landerman, L R, Hays, J C, Simonsick, E M, Saunders, W B

“…Few studies have explored the variance in individual symptoms by race in older adults. Data were analysed from the Duke site of the Established Populations for…”
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MRI-defined vascular depression by RANGA RAMA KRISHNAN, K, HAYS, J. C, BLAZER, D. G

“…OBJECTIVE: The authors' goal was to characterize the clinical and demographic features of vascular depression. METHOD: They classified 89 depressed patients…”
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Potential production and environmental effects of switchgrass and traditional crops under current and greenhouse-altered climate in the central United States: a simulation study by Brown, R.A, Rosenberg, N.J, Hays, C.J, Easterling, W.E, Mearns, L.O

“…If, as many climate change analysts speculate, industrial and other emissions of CO 2 can be offset by substitution of biofuels, large areas of land, including…”
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Does Religious Attendance Prolong Survival? A Six-Year Follow-Up Study of 3,968 Older Adults by Koenig, Harold G., Hays, Judith C., Larson, David B., George, Linda K., Cohen, Harvey Jay, McCullough, Michael E., Meador, Keith G., Blazer, Dan G.

“…Background. The purpose of the study was to examine religious attendance as a predictor of survival in older adults. Methods. A probability sample of 3,968…”
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Comparison of agricultural impacts of climate change calculated from high and low resolution climate change scenarios : Part II. Accounting for adaptation and CO2 direct effects by EASTERLING, W. E, MEARNS, L. O, HAYS, C. J, MARX, D

“…We assert that the simulation of fine-scale crop growth processes and agronomic adaptive management using coarse-scale climate change scenarios lower…”
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Does Social Support Buffer Functional Decline in Elderly Patients With Unipolar Depression? by Hays, Judith C., Steffens, David C., Flint, Elizabeth P., Bosworth, Hayden B., George, Linda K.

“…OBJECTIVE: This study tested whether social support protects against functional decline, either generally or selectively, in the most severely depressed…”
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The Relationship Between Religious Activities and Cigarette Smoking in Older Adults by Koenig, Harold G., George, Linda K., Cohen, Harvey J., Hays, Judith C., Larson, David B., Blazer, Dan G.

“…Background. The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between religious activities and cigarette smoking in community-dwelling older adults…”
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Does private religious activity prolong survival? A six-year follow-up study of 3,851 older adults by Helm, H M, Hays, J C, Flint, E P, Koenig, H G, Blazer, D G

“…Previous studies have linked higher religious attendance and longer survival. In this study, we examine the relationship between survival and private religious…”
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Risk of napping: excessive daytime sleepiness and mortality in an older community population by Hays, J C, Blazer, D G, Foley, D J

“…To describe the demographic and health-related factors related to excessive daytime sleepiness. To estimate the risk of mortality associated with excessive…”
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Religious Activity and Depression among Community-Dwelling Elderly Persons with Cancer: The Moderating Effect of Race by Musick, Marc A., Koenig, Harold G., Hays, Judith C., Cohen, Harvey Jay

“…Objectives. Research has been oriented toward elucidating the links between religion and mental health. The purpose of this article is to further our knowledge…”
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Relations between directional spectral vegetation indices and leaf area and absorbed radiation in Alfalfa by Walter-Shea, E.A., Privette, J., Cornell, D., Mesarch, M.A., Hays, C.J.

“…Sensors on satellite platforms with extreme view angles have been increasingly used to analyze regional and global vegetation cover and productivity because of…”
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Patterns of religious practice and belief in the last year of life by IDLER, Ellen L, KASL, Stanislav V, HAYS, Judith C

“…Although it is frequently assumed that issues of religious faith become more salient at the end of life, there is little or no population-based empirical…”
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The relationship between religious activities and blood pressure in older adults by Koenig, H G, George, L K, Hays, J C, Larson, D B, Cohen, H J, Blazer, D G

“…To examine the relationship between religious activities and blood pressure in community-dwelling older adults. Blood pressure and religious activities were…”
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Clinical and phenomenological comparisons of late-onset and early-onset depression by Krishnan, K R, Hays, J C, Tupler, L A, George, L K, Blazer, D G

“…The authors examined the relationship between age at onset of first depressive episode and clinical features in elderly depressed patients. They used data on…”
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Competing Risk of Household Expansion or Institutionalization in Late Life by Hays, Judith C., Pieper, Carl F., Purser, Jama L.

“…Objectives. The purpose of this study was to evaluate predictors of change in household size and institutionalization in late life. Methods.The Duke…”
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Preference for place of death in a continuing care retirement community by Hays, J C, Galanos, A N, Palmer, T A, McQuoid, D R, Flint, E P

“…To describe death-related planning and preferences for place of death among well elders in a community characterized by a low rate of hospital deaths…”
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Sleep complaints in older adults: a racial comparison by Blazer, D G, Hays, J C, Foley, D J

“…Sleep complaints have been reported in epidemiologic studies to be more frequent in late life, among females, among the physically impaired, and among persons…”
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Social Correlates of the Dimensions of Depression in the Elderly by Hays, Judith C., Landerman, Lawrence R., George, Linda K., Flint, Elizabeth P., Koenig, Harold G., Land, Kenneth C., Blazer, Dan G.

“…Few investigations of the social correlates of depressive symptomatology have addressed variation in the correlates across multiple dimensions of depression…”
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Global self-ratings of health and mortality: Hazard in the North Carolina Piedmont by Hays, Judith C., Schoenfeld, David, Blazer, Dan G., Gold, Deborah T.

“…We analyzed the first 5 years of surveillance data from the Established Population for the Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (EPESE) in the Piedmont of…”
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Psychosocial and physical correlates of chronic depression by Hays, Judith C., Krishnan, K.Ranga R., George, Linda K., Pieper, Carl F., Flint, Elizabeth P., Blazer, Dan G.

“…This study used a case-control design to address differences in psychosocial, physical and clinical profiles between subjects who presented with a chronic…”
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