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    Determinants of Aging in Place Willingness Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Thailand: Results of a National Survey
    (2025-01-01) Pengpid S.; Peltzer K.; Theerawanviwat D.; Anantanasuwong D.; Kaewchankha W.; Pengpid S.; Mahidol University
    influencing AIP willingness were evaluated using logistic regression. Results: The prevalence of AIP willingness was 88.3%. Logistic regressions showed that predisposing factors (increasing age, being retired, and female sex), enabling factors (satisfactory... support from children), need factors (multimorbidity, fewer depressive symptoms, and fewer pain sites), and psychosocial factors (not agreeing on an elderly home, higher subjective life expectancy, and current non-smoking) were associated with AIP
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    Number of pain points and multisite pain in people 80 years and older in Thailand
    (2026-02-01) Pengpid S.; Peltzer K.; Hajek A.; Gyasi R.M.; Pengpid S.; Mahidol University
    and multisite pain were measured using established metrics. The time-variant causes and outcomes were evaluated using fixed-effects regression.Results: – The average NPS was 2.4 (SD = 3.1); the proportion of MSP was 46.1% and 31.4% for having ≥2 and ≥3 pain... sites, respectively; and 42.8% reported moderate or severe pain on at least 1 pain site. Fixed-effects (FE) regressions showed that increasing age, subjective economic status, and work status decreased the NPS. Transitioning to live alone, past smoking
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    Depression and generalised anxiety and associated factors among adults in Bhutan: Results of national cross-sectional survey in 2019
    (2022-01-01) Pengpid S.; Peltzer K.; Mahidol University
    The study aimed to evaluate the prevalence and correlates of major depressive disorder (MDD) and generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) in people 15 years in Bhutan in 2019. Cross-sectional data were analyzed from 5575 people (15–69 years) who... (Adjusted Odds Ratio-AOR: 2.23, 95% Confidence Interval-CI: 1.35–3.68), suicidal behaviour (AOR: 7.69, 95% CI: 3.69–6.01), passive smoking (AOR: 7.69, 95% CI: 3.69–6.01), heart attack, angina or stroke (AOR: 3.32, 95% CI: 2.13–5.79), and current tobacco use
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    Prevalence, correlates, and health indicators associated with meal-skipping among middle-aged and older adults in Thailand: A national longitudinal study
    (2024-01-01) Pengpid S.; Peltzer K.; Anantanasuwong D.; Pengpid S.; Mahidol University
    Aim: The purpose of this longitudinal study was to evaluate the prevalence and correlates of and the factors contributing to meal-skipping in middle-aged and older adults in Thailand. Methods: We examined prospective cohort data from three... generalized estimating equations analysis to evaluate the longitudinal relationships between sociodemographic, lifestyle, and health indicators and meal-skipping between 2015 (wave 1), 2017 (wave 2), and 2020 (wave 3). Furthermore, binary logistic regression
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    Combined victimization of face-to-face and cyberbullying and adverse health outcomes among school-age adolescents in Argentina
    (2022-01-01) Pengpid S.; Peltzer K.; Mahidol University
    Face-to-face bullying victimization (FBV) and cyber bullying victimization (CBV) are of global concern, including in Latin America. The aim of this study was to evaluate the associations between combined FBV and CBV relative to single victimization..., suicidal ideation, loneliness, suicide plan and attempt, smoking, smokeless tobacco use, history of intoxication, alcohol-related problems, current cannabis use, ever use of amphetamine, school truancy, participation in physical fighting, physically
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    Time-varying lifestyle and mental-ill health risk factors for the longitudinal development of daily activity limitations among middle-aged and older adults in Thailand
    (2024-01-01) Anantanasuwong D.; Pengpid S.; Peltzer K.; Anantanasuwong D.; Mahidol University
    (5616 in 2015, 3600 in 2017 and 2863 in 2020) over the age of 45 from three consecutive waves of HART (health, age, retirement) in Thailand. ADL disability was assessed with a 4-item ADL scale. In order to evaluate the longitudinal correlation between.... Current smoking (aOR: 0.39, 95 % CI: 0.24–0.64) was negatively associated with ADL disability. We found that lifestyle factors (physical inactivity and having underweight) and loneliness, poor quality of life/happiness, probable depression, self-reported
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    German population norms of the preference to solitude scale and its correlates
    (2024-05-01) Hajek A.; Sutin A.R.; Luchetti M.; Stephan Y.; Peltzer K.; Terracciano A.; König H.H.; Hajek A.; Mahidol University
    Aim Our first aim was to present norm values for the Preference for Solitude Scale by sex, age, and other sociodemographic groups. Our second aim was to evaluate the correlates of preference for solitude. Methods Data were collected in August... balance between social interaction and being alone. This is important because preference for solitude is associated with poor self-rated health and depression, but also with healthy behaviors such as abstaining from smoking and drinking