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A systematic review of the relationship between familism and mental health outcomes in Latino population
Valdivieso Mora, Esmeralda; Peet, Casie L.; Garnier Villarreal, Mauricio; Salazar Villanea, Mónica; Johnson, David K. (2016-10-25)Background: Familismo or familism is a cultural value frequently seen in Hispanic cultures, in which a higher emphasis is placed on the family unit in terms of respect, support, obligation, and reference. Familism has been ... -
C-20 Cardiorespiratory Fitness Predicts Processing Speed Performance in Urban Latin Americans
Alioto, Anthony; Conde, Karina; Salazar Villanea, Mónica; Moncada Jiménez, José; Cahn-Weiner, Deborah; Johnson, David K. (2019-07-29)Objective There is evidence that cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) protects against age-related declines in processing speed (PS), but studies investigating older adults living in low and middle-income countries are lacking. ... -
Depressive Symptoms Affect Working Memory in Healthy Older Adult Hispanics
Salazar Villanea, Mónica; Liebmann, Edward; Garnier Villarreal, Mauricio; Montenegro Montenegro, Esteban; Johnson, David K. (2015-09-27)Objectives: Low and middle income nations will experience an unprecedented growth of the elderly population and subsequent increase in age-related neurological disorders. Worldwide prevalence and incidence of all-types of ... -
Development of a VO2Peak prediction equation in elderly
Peralta Brenes, Mariana; Campos Salazar, Cinthya; Briceño Torres, José Miguel; Chacón Araya, Yamileth; Moncada Jiménez, José; Salazar Villanea, Mónica; Johnson, David K.; Campos Salazar, Cinthya (2017)Introduction. Aging decreases aerobic capacity as determined by direct maximal tests (Hassel et al. 2015). There are indirect methods to assess aerobic capacity such as the 6-min walking test (6MWT). Some equations to ... -
Differences in BADL, IADL and Cognitive Status in a Costa Rican Sample of older adults
Johnson, David K.; Salazar Villanea, Mónica; Garnier Villareal, Mauricio (2011) -
Fitness and cognitive performance in urban Latin Americans
Salazar Villanea, Mónica; Moncada Jiménez, José; Garnier Villareal, Mauricio; Liebmann, Edward; Montenegro Montenegro, Esteban; Vidoni, Eric D.; Johnson, David K. (2016)Our group recently conducted a randomized clinical trial in US dwelling older adults that indicated increasing cardiorespiratory fitness (measured by VO2 peak on treadmill) resulted in better visuospatial cognition ... -
Fitness Predicts Cognitive Performance in Urban Latin Americans
Garnier Villareal, Mauricio; Salazar Villanea, Mónica; Liebmann, Edward; Montenegro Montenegro, Esteban; Vidoni, Eric D.; Johnson, David K. (2015)Background: A recent clinical trial by the KU ADC indicated that increasing fitness predicted better cognition in active healthy older adults. Maximizing an individual’s cardiorespiratory fitness was the most important ... -
Health and Fitness Differences Between Urban and Rural Costa Rican Older Adults
Solano Mora, Luis Carlos; Salazar Villanea, Mónica; Araya Ortega, Luis Enrique; Valdivieso Mora, Esmeralda; Johnson, David K.; Chacón Araya, Yamileth; Moncada Jiménez, José (2019-06-01)Costa Rica has one of the highest life expectancies in America, even higher than the United States. Studies addressing health and fitness in Latin American urban and rural older adults are scarce. PURPOSE: The purpose ... -
Impact of social support on cognitive vascular risk factors in latino older adults
Conde, Karina; Alioto, Anthony; Cahn-Weiner, Deborah; Salazar Villanea, Mónica; Moncada Jiménez, José; Johnson, David K. (2019-11-15)Objective: Central Americans have a cardiovascular disease (CVD) health advantage, as they are half as likely to carry CVD as European Americans, despite having an equivalent degree of vascular risk factors (VRFs). We ... -
Measurement invariance of a neuropsychological battery across urban and rural older adults in Costa Rica
Valdivieso Mora, Esmeralda; Salazar Villanea, Mónica; Johnson, David K. (2022)This study evaluated the measurement invariance of a neuropsychological battery across rural and urban older adults from Costa Rica. Rural and urban older adults (N = 295) from the Epidemiology and Development of Alzheimer’s ... -
Profiles of cognitive performance and physical activity in old age: Characterization by gender and age in an urban sample from Costa Rica
Salazar Villanea, Mónica; Garnier Villareal, Mauricio; Montenegro Montenegro, Esteban; Johnson, David K. (2012)