Pathways to healthy aging – Exploring the determinants of self-rated health in older adults

Zadworna-Cieślak, Magdalena

doi:10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103651

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“… 98 SRH may be related to mental health outcomes in bidirectional ways. 9 , 62–64 However, a study conducted by Peleg and Nudelman 59 found that self-assessed health had a greater longitudinal influence on depressive symptoms compared to the effect of depressive symptoms on SRH, especially among younger-older adults. The authors conclude that particular emphasis should be given to the impact of SRH on depressive symptoms in the years after retirement.…”

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“…Also, developmental task attainment in the late-life period and higher subjectively-perceived health are typical indicators of healthy and successful aging. 3 , 9 , 28 , 42 Effectively adapting to deteriorating health, retirement phase with lower financial resources and evolving social roles, as well as reconciling with the loss of relatives and friends while also reflecting on one’s life, may strengthen wellbeing and prevent depressive symptoms. Havinghurst 28 postulates that while maintaining a behavioral style consistent with earlier stages of life and pursuing personal plans and needs are crucial objectives in staying active, it is equally important to effectively cope with losses in retirement.…”

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Effects of Wisdom on Mental Health in Old Age: Exploring the Pathways Through Developmental Tasks Attainment and Self-Rated Health

Zadworna

2023

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Purpose A number of studies indicate a relationship between wisdom and mental health in older adults, which can be explained by different pathways. However, the role of developmental task accomplishment, and of self-rated health in the relationships between wisdom and mental health in later life remain unclear. The aim of the current study is to explore the structure of the relationships between wisdom, developmental task attainment, self-rated health, and positive and negative mental health outcomes (viz. wellbeing and depressive symptoms) in older adults. Methods The study included 381 Polish older adults aged 60–86 (M= 67.33; SD = 5.08). The respondents completed the Personal Wellbeing Index, Geriatric Depression Scale, Three-Dimensional Wisdom Scale, Developmental Tasks Attainment Questionnaire for Seniors, self-rated health scale and sociodemographic survey. Results Three-dimensional wisdom, developmental task attainment and self-rated health scores were positive predictors of personal wellbeing and negative predictors of depressive symptoms in older adults. Structural equation modelling revealed that developmental tasks attainment and self-rated health partially mediated the relations between wisdom and mental health in older adults. Conclusion It can be assumed that wise older adults implement developmental tasks more efficiently and assess their subjective health more favorably, which may strengthen their personal wellbeing and prevent depression. The findings suggest that wisdom plays an important role in healthy aging.

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Effects of Wisdom on Mental Health in Old Age: Exploring the Pathways Through Developmental Tasks Attainment and Self-Rated Health

Zadworna

2023

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“…[2] Magdalena Zadworna (2021) summarized four factors associated with healthy aging, (1) access to undertakings that people value, (2) solid physical and mental capacity, (3) surrounding factors; and (4) happiness, security, and contentment, and concluded that the most important health-related factor in this regard appears to be personal economic status. [3] Then it comes to region-specific factors for health and longevity. Wang Wuyi et al (2015) suggested that the distribution of elderly longevity is closely related to the natural and cultural surroundings, with the occurrence of centenarians predominating in the south, the delta, low and medium hills with impact and flood plains, and areas with few or no epidemics.…”

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Factors that influence the health of mathematicians, physicists, and chemists: Data obtained from China

Chen

Bai

2023

SHS Web Conf.

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Given the practical implications of looking into the health of scholars, it is of great priority to figure out the factors that are generally agreed to be the contributors to sustained health, to which end, this paper sets out to collect the mainstream insight into all possible influencing factors. Three research scheme are proposed in this paper under which basic personal information are collected first from 520 scholars in mathematics, physics, and chemistry for an analysis of their longevity performance via a comparison with common values under the demographic perspective to derive the raw longevity information of the scholars. Also, the ways they manage to maintain health are ascertained, on the basis of which the reasons for their sustained health are provided.

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“…This concept comprises four aspects of healthy ageing: functional abilities (health-related attributes that allow people to do what they have reason to value); intrinsic capacities (all the physical and mental capabilities that an individual can draw on); environments (sociodemographic traits, the natural and built environment that form the context of a person’s life); and well-being (happiness, security and fulfilment). Positive relationships between those factors can benefit various aspects of health across our life span, and enhance our quality of in old age ( Zadworna, 2022 ).…”

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Development of a composite healthy ageing score: evidence from middle-to-older aged Australians

John

Astell-Burt

et al. 2023

Health Promotion International

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Summary We developed and validated a composite healthy ageing score (HAS) to address the absence of a definitive composite score comprising multiple health domains that measure healthy ageing in epidemiology. The HAS is developed from 13 health domains reported to influence healthy ageing. Data to measure these domains was extracted from the 45 and Up Study baseline. We applied best practices for scale validation and development. Physical functioning, cognitive function, mental health, sleep, quality of life, balance, social connections and overall health were retained. Functional capacity and resilience were uncovered as underlying latent structures. The HAS ranges from 0 to 16 with higher scores indicating a better health profile. This research contributes a comprehensive measuring tool, HAS, It enables examination and comparison of individual or collective health profiles and the investigation of the factors that influence their chances of living healthy for longer.

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Pathways to healthy aging – Exploring the determinants of self-rated health in older adults

Cited by 7 publications

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Effects of Wisdom on Mental Health in Old Age: Exploring the Pathways Through Developmental Tasks Attainment and Self-Rated Health

Effects of Wisdom on Mental Health in Old Age: Exploring the Pathways Through Developmental Tasks Attainment and Self-Rated Health

Factors that influence the health of mathematicians, physicists, and chemists: Data obtained from China

Development of a composite healthy ageing score: evidence from middle-to-older aged Australians

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