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CONCLUSIONS: This study found that multimorbidity significantly reduces HRQoL among older adults in India, with women, individuals of lower socioeconomic status, and those reporting poor self-rated health experiencing the most significant burden. These findings highlight the need for gender-sensitive, equity-focused public health strategies aimed at managing chronic conditions and improving quality of life among the ageing population in India.

CONCLUSIONS: Overall, the study suggests that resuming combined exercise training partially mitigated the detraining-induced impairment in metabolic and physical capacities among older adults.

CONCLUSIONS: The Frailty Screening Scale (FSS) demonstrates good content basis and contextual adaptability as a brief frailty screening tool for community-dwelling older adults in China.It may serve as a complementary tool alongside existing frailty assessment instruments.

CONCLUSIONS: High positive mental health (flourishing) and positive attitudes to aging were significantly associated with better health and illness recovery outcomes among older adults. These findings emphasize the potential value of integrating positive mental health and positive attitudes to aging in clinical assessment and intervention. Further investigation of the biopsychosocial model incorporating positive psychology principles is warranted to elucidate a bio-positive-psychosocial medical...

CONCLUSIONS: During the PHE, simultaneous increase in services use and unmet service needs for some HCBS (e.g. personal care) suggests that temporary PHE measures taken were insufficient to offset the demand for those services. For caregiver respite/support, increased service use and decreased unmet service needs suggests that the temporary PHE measures for caregiver support may have offset a rise in service demand. These findings can inform evaluations of temporary PHE policies for HCBS and...

CONCLUSIONS: We found that cognitive impairment not only directly affects the quality of life of rural older adults with chronic diseases but also indirectly affects them through depressive symptoms and frailty. To improve the quality of life of rural older adults with chronic diseases, we should pay attention to their cognitive impairment. Simultaneously, efforts should focus on alleviating depressive symptoms and frailty in this population. Strengthening the management of chronic diseases is...