Aging & Mental Health

Papers
(The TQCC of Aging & Mental Health is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Prevalence and health outcomes in community-dwelling older adults with comorbid cancer and dementia: a longitudinal analysis69
Comparative effectiveness of non-pharmacological interventions for depressive symptoms in mild cognitive impairment: systematic review with network meta-analysis50
Mental health and well-being for aging adults during the COVID-19 pandemic48
Emotion regulation across the lifespan: age differences in intrapersonal and interpersonal strategies for the adjustment to the COVID-19 pandemic in four countries43
The paradox of wellbeing: what happens among women with fibromyalgia? The effect of cognitive fusion40
Internet use and loneliness among older Chinese adults36
Playfulness in middle- and older age: testing associations with life satisfaction, character strengths, and flourishing36
Longer time horizons are associated with reduced risk of mortality and disability in older adults33
Understanding the caregiving experiences of Asian Indian, Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese American family care partners of persons living with dementia32
With age comes well-being: older age associated with lower stress, negative affect, and depression throughout the COVID-19 pandemic29
On taking up space: a qualitative inquiry of depression in older adults with cancer29
Perceived neighborhood disorder, social cohesion, and depressive symptoms in spousal caregivers27
Exercise for depression and depressive symptoms in older adults: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and Meta-analyses26
Solitude in old age: a scoping review of conceptualisations, associated factors and impacts25
Consumer Access, Appraisal, and Application of Services and Information for Dementia (CAAASI-Dem): a validation study22
Cognitive behavioural treatment for mild Alzheimer’s patients and their caregivers (CBTAC): results of a randomised controlled trial22
Factors relating to depressive symptoms of caregivers for older care recipients in Indonesia22
‘There’s no straight line…’ a consumer-informed intervention for FTD family care partners: the STELLA-FTD pilot study22
Loneliness and social disconnectedness in the time of pandemic period among Brazilians: evidence from the ELSI COVID-19 initiative22
The role of gender in the association between sensory impairments and well-being, depression symptoms, and relationship satisfaction among older adults21
Depression and loneliness symptoms in Brazilian older people during the COVID-19 pandemic: a network approach21
The association between gait speed and depressive disorders – A cross-sectional analysis of very old adults in the 21st century21
Assessing music-related memory in people with dementia: a scoping review21
Implementation and evaluation of a pain assessment app and novel community platform for long-term care health professionals20
Effects of probiotic supplementation on cognitive function in elderly: A systematic review and Meta-analysis20
The dyadic relationship of family carers and people living with dementia – an umbrella review20
Older adults’ perceptions of ageism before and during the COVID-19 pandemic20
Data-driven subtypes of late-life depression—secondary analysis of a cluster-randomized RCT19
Resistance training reduces depressive and anxiety symptoms in older women: a pilot study19
Interpersonal dysfunction predicts subsequent financial exploitation vulnerability in a sample of adults over 50: a prospective observational study18
Falls as a mental health risk among Korean-American residents in subsidized senior housing: mediating effect of fall-related self-efficacy18
The experiences of carers in supporting a person living with dementia to participate in virtual cognitive stimulation therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic18
Technology, aging, and mental health: opportunities and challenges18
Divergence and integration of identification methods for geriatric mental health disorders in nonspecialized institutions—a qualitative study of service providers from different departments in Shangha17
Economic hardships of Korean American family caregivers of persons with dementia: a mixed-methods study17
Reminiscence interventions for loneliness reduction in older adults: a systematic review17
Psychometric properties of the Partner Ambivalence Scale in middle-aged and older adults17
Community-based support to improve mental health and wellbeing in older sexually and gender diverse people: a scoping review17
Application and validation of an algorithmic classification of early impairment in cognitive performance16
Using choice modelling to inform service sustainability for dementia Meeting Centres for people living with dementia in the UK16
Momentary loneliness and intrusive thoughts among older adults: the interactive roles of mild cognitive impairment and marital status16
Feasibility, usability and clinical value of intensive longitudinal diary assessments in older persons with cognitive impairment and depressive symptoms16
The effect of virtual reality on executive function in older adults with mild cognitive impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis15
Community- and individual-level social capital and cognitive function among older adults in China: a multilevel analysis15
Leisure activities and cognitive impairment in old age: The role of life course socioeconomic status15
Social isolation among older veterans: findings from the National Health and Aging Trends Study15
A self-guided e-learning program improves metamemory outcomes in healthy older adults: a randomized controlled trial15
The risk of dementia or cognitive impairment in patients with cataracts: a systematic review and meta-analysis14
Objectification and body esteem: age group patterns in women’s psychological functioning14
Rapid review to inform the selection of a set of brief set of universal indicators for use in large-scale cross-national ageism research14
Direct and indirect associations between childhood socioeconomic status and cognitive function in the middle-aged and older adults in China14
Clinical characteristics and presenting symptoms of dementia - a case-control study of older ethnic minority patients in a Dutch urban memory clinic13
Positive aspects of caregiving in incident and long-term caregivers: Role of social engagement and distress13
Attitudes toward mental health and mental health care among custodial grandparents13
Effects of reversible cognitive frailty on disability, quality of life, depression, and hospitalization: a prospective cohort study13
Quantity and quality of social relationships and their associations with loneliness in older adults13
Age-friendly environment, social support, sense of community, and loneliness among middle-aged and older adults in Korea13
Socioeconomic status, perceived family support and psychological distress in older Kenyans: a cross-sectional study13
Racial disparities in visitation and health among older adults incarcerated in prison13
Drinking and mental health in middle adulthood: exploring the impact of wellbeing, mental health literacy, and drinking motives on risk of alcohol dependence13
Sibling support exchange in late adulthood moderates the long-term impact of childhood neglect on psychological outcomes13
Dyadic loneliness, age, and cognitive functioning among midlife and older Black couples12
Past trauma, resettlement stress, and mental health of older Bhutanese with a refugee life experience12
The effectiveness of structured physical activity on agitation in people with dementia: a rapid review12
Barriers to treatment seeking for depression among elderly service users at Butabika National Referral and Teaching hospital, Kampala- Uganda12
Ratings of the reasons for and against the disclosure of an Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis: has anything changed in the past 20 years?12
Exploring the pathways linking visual green space to depression in older adults in Shanghai, China: using street view data12
The moderating effect of intergenerational relationships on the association between Internet engagement and mental well-being12
Theory-of-mind abilities in older patients with common mental disorders – a cross-sectional study12
Lifetime vicarious experiences of major discrimination and depressive symptoms among middle-aged and older black adults12
Well-being in middle-aged and older adults who volunteer: a qualitative network analysis12
The effectiveness of exergames on fear of falling in community-dwelling older adults: a systematic review12
The use of constant observation with people with dementia in hospitals: a mixed-methods systematic review12
Grief and loss in people living with dementia: a review and metasynthesis of qualitative studies11
Reciprocal associations between depressive symptoms and satisfaction with sexual life in older adults: the roles of gender and importance attached to sexuality11
Efficacy of memory training interventions targeting metacognition for older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis11
The impacts of sexual stigma on the mental health of older sexual minority men11
Cognitive fusion and distress in family caregivers: the role of satisfaction with personal values11
Relationship between physical activity and incidence of dementia in people aged 50 and over in Europe11
Life review intervention in the promotion of quality of relationships and quality of life of rural older widows in Northeastern Iran: a clinical trial study11
Internet-delivered guided self-help acceptance and commitment therapy for family carers of people with dementia (iACT4CARERS): a feasibility study11
More than a third of middle-aged adults (50–65) have understated executive dysfunction11
Positive affect expression during a play interaction and psychological health among older adults living with cognitive impairment and their adult children11
Supporting behaviour change in younger-onset dementia: mapping the needs of family carers in the community11
Sensory impairments and depressive symptoms in Europe: a cross-national cohort study11
Separated kin: location of multiple children and mental health trajectories of older parents in rural China11
Positive psychology and attitudes to ageing in people aged 50 and over in the United Kingdom11
Burden of depression and its associated factors among older people living in Gondar town, Ethiopia: a community based cross-sectional study11
At-risk drinking, loneliness and self-reported diagnosed depression among older people, 70–84 years of age10
Understanding factors influencing residential respite service use by carers of people living with dementia using Andersen’s behavioural model of health services use: A qualitative study10
Family conflict over illness beliefs and care strategies: implications for burden in family caregivers10
Use and uptake of technology by people with dementia and their supporters during the COVID-19 pandemic10
Disorder, networks, and cognition: do social networks buffer the influence of neighborhood and household disorder on cognitive functioning?10
The hidden stigma of aging and COVID-19: aggravating factors and strategies to mitigate the impact of the pandemic in older adults, a text mining analysis10
Functional training and Mat Pilates have a positive effect on non-motor symptoms improving cognition, depressive symptoms, anxiety, and happiness in people with Parkinson’s disease: a randomized contr10
The relationship between older adults’ technology use, in-person engagement, and pandemic-related mental health10
Examining sociocultural factors in widowhood and cognitive function among older Chinese immigrants: findings from the PINE study10
A participatory approach to understand what might be most meaningful to people living with dementia in a positive psychology intervention10
Community resilience and psychological distress in Chinese older adults amid COVID-19: the roles of perceived community prevention effectiveness and risk perception10
Psychometric properties of the PHQ-9 measure of depression among Brazilian older adults10
The early impacts of COVID-19 on people living with dementia: part I of a mixed-methods systematic review10
Cognitive decline complaints scale (CDCS): validation and normative studies for the adults and older adults Portuguese population9
Living with Parkinson’s in England during and beyond COVID-19 restrictions: a longitudinal qualitative study9
Understanding the social and leisure needs of lonely and socially isolated older adults living in residential care: a qualitative study9
The effect of laughter yoga and music intervention on depression, anxiety, and stress in the Rafsanjan-Iran aged: a randomized clinical trial study9
Preliminary evaluation and implications of the SPECAL method as an intervention for informal dementia care partners9
Factors associated with depressive and anxiety symptoms in older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: a Brazilian study9
Parkinson’s and the couple relationship: a qualitative meta-synthesis9
The association between white matter hyperintensity volume and cognitive/physical decline in older people with dementia: A one-year longitudinal study9
The effectiveness of mindfulness-based meditation treatments for late life anxiety: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials9
Impact of self-reported cognitive dysfunction on the alternative model of personality disorders among older adults9
Sleep hygiene education in older adults: effectiveness and association with comprehensive geriatric assessment8
Brief Behavioral Activation Therapy is effective on apathy symptoms of the older adults with mild Alzheimer’s disease but not with moderate Alzheimer’s disease8
Financial exploitation vulnerability and social connectedness in middle-aged and older adults without dementia8
Sex differences in quality of life and depressive symptoms among middle-aged and elderly Europeans: results from the SHARE survey8
Childhood maltreatment and association with trajectories of depressive symptoms among older adults: a longitudinal study in China8
Experience of carers for older people with delirium: a qualitative study8
The effects of residential segregation on cognition among U.S. older adults: a systematic review based on the social determinants of health model8
Uncertainty about aging: an investigation of the relation of intolerance of uncertainty and dementia experience to dementia worry8
‘That feels alien to me, to be honest’: using Applied Thematic Analysis to co-produce a culturally adapted psychosocial intervention with Sikh carers of people living with dementia8
Daily sleep, well-being, and adult day services use among dementia care dyads8
Life satisfaction and its associated factors among young and older adults in the United Kingdom (UK)8
Racial/ethnic and nativity differences in adversity profiles among middle-aged and older adults8
Change in visual acuity over a 12-year period predicts cognitive decline in older adults: identifying social engagement as a potential mediator8
Objective and perceived service accessibility and mental health in older adults8
Association between chronic illnesses in older adults and caregiver burden: a cross sectional study in the United States8
Daily stressor forecasting and anticipatory coping: Within-Person processes in age differences in positive emotional reactivity8
The mediating role of self-compassion between quality of life and positive mental health in older adults8
Rumination moderates the longitudinal associations of awareness of age-related change with depressive and anxiety symptoms8
Measuring music engagement in older adults: the UNE music in aging wellness scale (MAWS)8
A meta-structure for DSM-5 and ICD-11 pathological traits and the differentiation of personality functioning at different trait levels in older adults8
Efficacy of group reminiscence therapy based on Chinese traditional festival activities (CTFA-GRT) on loneliness and perceived stress of rural older adults living alone in China: a randomized controll8
Moderated mediation of physical activity through depression on the relationship between loneliness and cognitive function in older adults7
Impact of dementia on 30-, 180-, and 365-day mortality during the first pandemic wave in older adults seen in spanish emergency departments diagnosed with or without COVID-197
Reminiscing and intergenerational advice giving during the COVID-19 pandemic7
Potential for reducing dementia risk: association of the CAIDE score with additional lifestyle components from the LIBRA score in a population at high risk of dementia7
Cost-effectiveness of the FindMyApps eHealth intervention vs. digital care as usual: results from a randomised controlled trial7
Social and spatial inequalities in healthcare use among people living with dementia in England (2002–2016)7
Association between hearing loss and suicidal ideation among middle-aged and older adults7
Sensory impairment and depressive symptoms among older adults before and during the COVID-19 pandemic7
An application study-subjective cognitive decline Questionnaire9 in detecting mild cognitive impairment (MCI)7
Older adults living with Alzheimer’s Disease, dementia or mild cognitive impairment with no informal caregiver or care partner: IDEA Café, the first pilot randomized trial intervention for this unders7
Characterizing different patterns of digital competence and their associations with loneliness and social isolation among older adults: findings from South Korea7
Mental health and self-rated health of older carers during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from England7
Prevalence of motoric cognitive risk syndrome among older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis7
Simultaneous employment and depressive symptom trajectories around retirement age in Chile7
‘I feel like this will never end’: mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic among older adults with chronic conditions7
Hard to let it go: repetitive negative thinking and hoarding in later life in Japan7
Effectiveness of a 14-week protocol for cognitive stimulation therapy for mild dementia: results from a pragmatic study using routinely collected clinical data7
Deterioration of people with Parkinson’s symptoms during COVID-19 lockdown: results of a web-based survey in Northwestern Italy7
Optimal dose and type of non-pharmacological treatments to improve cognitive function in people with Alzheimer’s disease: a systematic review and network meta-analysis7
How strong is the will-to-live in frail older persons? A survey study in acute geriatric wards and nursing homes in Belgium7
Older immigrant adults experiences with social isolation: a qualitative interpretive meta synthesis7
Association between food insecurity and perceived stress among older adults (50+) in six low- and middle-income countries7
Sociocultural factors, guilt and depression in family caregivers of people with dementia. Kinship differences7
Perceived social support and relationship quality predict loneliness in older adults: a social network approach7
Burden and quality of life of family caregivers of Alzheimer’s disease patients: the role of forgiveness as a coping strategy6
Impact of caregiving stressors on elder abuse—examining the mediating role of caregiver coping strategies6
Mental health and contributing factors to mental wellbeing in older people at high risk of hospitalization in Sweden6
Association of hearing impairment with social participation restriction and depression: comparison between midlife and older adults6
Health practitioner beliefs regarding the impact of age-based stereotype threat on performance in the cognitive assessment of older adults6
The impact of life stress, psychological resources, and proactive behaviors on quality of life among people living with HIV6
The struggle of apathy in dementia6
Effect of stimuli type on affective memory of patients with different severities of cognitive impairment6
The effect of cognitive stimulation therapy (CST) on apathy, loneliness, anxiety and activities of daily living in older people with Alzheimer’s disease: randomized control study6
Systematic review of pharmacological interventions for people with Lewy body dementia6
The relationship between optimism, MCI, and dementia among postmenopausal women6
Participation in diverse social activities predicts fewer depressive symptoms6
Contributors to age inequalities in loneliness among older adults: a decomposition analysis of 29 countries6
Two-year follow-up of dementia caregivers after a digital health intervention WECARE: a mixed-method study6
Risky drinking and cognitive impairment in community residents aged 50 and over6
Ethnic enclaves, social capital, and psychological well-being of immigrants: the case of Chinese older immigrants in Chicago6
Healthcare visits for mental disorders and use of psychotropic medications before and after self-harm in a cohort aged 75+6
Age-related digital disparities, functional limitations, and social isolation: unraveling the grey digital divide between baby boomers and the silent generation in senior living facilities6
Co-occurrence of depressive and anxious symptoms and their influence on self-rated health: a national representative survey among Chinese older adults6
Navigating bereavement by suicide in later life: a qualitative analysis of health and social care professional perspectives6
Adaptation and virtual feasibility pilot of a mindfulness-based lifestyle program targeting modifiable dementia risk factors in older adults6
How do care-related beliefs contribute to depression and anxiety in family caregivers of people with dementia? Testing a cognitive vulnerability-stress model6
Dementia care needs for individuals and caregivers among Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic Whites6
Individual differences in the temporal relationship between sleep and agitation: a single-subject study in nursing home residents with dementia experiencing sleep disturbance and agitation6
Online peer support: views and experiences of people with young onset dementia (YOD)6
Operationalising the Recovery College model with people living with dementia: a realist review6
Substance use treatment services for older adults in five states in the Southern United States: a state-by-state comparison of available treatment services6
Widowhood and depression among Chinese older adults: examining coping styles and perceptions of aging as mediators and moderators5
Mental health effects of adult children’s outmigration on older parents in Central and Eastern Europe5
Intervention program needs for older adults living with HIV who are childhood sexual abuse survivors5
Linking widowhood and later-life depressive symptoms: Do childhood socioeconomic circumstances matter?5
Self-reported sense of purpose in life and proxy-reported behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia in the last year of life5
A mixed methods feasibility study of a virtual group-based social support program for older adults in residential care5
Mindset matters: contributions from grit and growth mindsets to successful aging5
The early impacts of COVID-19 on unpaid carers of people living with dementia: part II of a mixed-methods systematic review5
An evaluation of common risk factors for prolonged grief disorder using the international classification of diseases-11 criteria5
Socio-ecological barriers to behavior change-oriented dementia prevention: a qualitative study of healthcare professionals’ perspectives5
Trajectories of relationship quality in dementia: a longitudinal study in eight European countries5
Identifying predictors of transition to a care home for people with dementia: findings from the IDEAL programme5
Being alone after late-life divorce: freedom and loneliness from an intergenerational familial/dyadic perspective5
Long-term psychological consequences of parental bereavement prior to midlife: volunteering helps5
Dyadic perspectives on loneliness and social isolation among people with dementia and spousal carers: findings from the IDEAL programme5
Staying connected in old age: associations between bonding social capital, loneliness and well-being and the value of digital media5
Longitudinal associations of relationship support and strain and internalized homophobia with mental health among middle-aged and older gay and bisexual men5
Age-based stereotype threat: a scoping review of stereotype priming techniques and their effects on the aging process5
Cognitive correlates of caregiver fear of falling5
Loneliness and functional limitations shaping one another: evidence from the Health and Retirement Study5
Grit and successful aging in older adults5
Association between mental health and sleep condition with social frailty: evidence from ardakan cohort study on aging (ACSA)5
Connected but lonely? The role of social networking sites among older adults experiencing isolation and loneliness5
Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia and adverse patient outcomes post-hospitalization5
Empowering patients with dementia to make legally effective decisions: a randomized controlled trial on enhancing capacity to consent to treatment5
The future of dementia care in an increasingly digital world5
PTSD moderates the association between subjective cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers in older veterans5
Experiences of family caregivers of people with dementia from a Muslim migrant background in high-income countries: a systematic review and meta-synthesis5
Associations of spousal and non-spousal caregiving with six-year trajectories of depressive symptoms among older women in the Caregiver-Study of Osteoporotic Fractures study5
Purposeful retirement expectations and their associations with retirement planning5
Older and feeling unsafe? Differences in underlying vulnerability, anxiety and life satisfaction among older adults5
Caregivers’ perceptions of lying to people with dementia in Denmark: a qualitative study5
The differential effect of emotional loneliness and social loneliness on late-life depression5
Implementation of exergaming for people with dementia: facilitators, barriers, and recommendations5
Living between two cultures: stress in Korean American family caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias5
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: an effective treatment for resistant depressive episodes in the elderly5
‘Letting it be’: a grounded theory about dementia care in Fiji5
Loneliness and associated factors among middle-aged and older adults: cross-sectional and longitudinal survey results from the HAALSI cohort in South Africa5
Does the coexistence of pain and depressive symptoms accelerate cognitive decline?5
The relative effectiveness of different combination modes for exercise and cognitive training on cognitive function in people with mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer’s disease: a network meta-anal5
‘With or without you’: associations between noteworthy events and cognitive complaints across 100 days5
Life-course socioeconomic conditions and cognitive performance in older adults: a cross-cohort comparison5
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