Personal and behavioral determinants of active aging

Abstract

Introduction: The aging process is related to the multidimensional changes that converge on the involvement of disability and caring dependency, thus corroborating with the loss of independence in older people. Active aging emerges as a strategy to achieve the quality of life, being permeated and influenced by determinant factors such as personal and behavioral. Objective: Measure the determinants factors personal and behavioral of active aging among the elderly. Methods: A descriptive and exploratory study with a quantitative approach, developed with assisted elderly in the Integral Care Center for Elderly Health in the city of João Pessoa, PB, Brazil. The sample consisted by 235 elderly. Data collection was conducted from October to December 2014, through interviews subsidized by a structured instrument covering related information to the proposed objective. Data were analyzed from the quantitative approach using descriptive statistics of unvaried nature for both variables, including frequency measures, from position and dispersion. To do this, was used the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences Computer System-SPSS version 20.0. Results: It was verified that the majority of the sample were female (68.1%) with a predominance of the age group from 60 to 69 (59.1%). As for the personal determinants was found the hypertension (28.4%), osteoporosis (20.4%) and arthritis (19.2%) as the most prevalent morbidities, in addition to the falls occurrence (41.

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“…Most studies conducted on active aging provided an analysis of the effects of personal aspect, including health, age, shared genetic attributes, educational level, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, self-efficacy, and exercise history [23]. In addition, many studies included diet and lifestyle factors which are related to the person's behavior such as adoption of a balanced diet and food restrictions [38]. These restrictive diets and eating habits appear to be aimed for a balance between the imposition of the aging physique and the limitations due to disease and sickness.…”

“…These restrictive diets and eating habits appear to be aimed for a balance between the imposition of the aging physique and the limitations due to disease and sickness. Therefore, to maintain active aging, a healthy diet should be considered as a major component for older people to provide them with strong levels of health and well-being, which in turn help them experience growth and maturity [38]. Another component associated with the behavior aspect that can maintain active aging is the attitude towards these behaviors, because it can be modified at any point leading to a considerable increase in active aging [38].…”

“…Therefore, to maintain active aging, a healthy diet should be considered as a major component for older people to provide them with strong levels of health and well-being, which in turn help them experience growth and maturity [38]. Another component associated with the behavior aspect that can maintain active aging is the attitude towards these behaviors, because it can be modified at any point leading to a considerable increase in active aging [38]. Therefore, several studies found that those elderly who have never smoked or drank enjoyed a considerably better active aging compared to those with such habits [38].…”

“…Another component associated with the behavior aspect that can maintain active aging is the attitude towards these behaviors, because it can be modified at any point leading to a considerable increase in active aging [38]. Therefore, several studies found that those elderly who have never smoked or drank enjoyed a considerably better active aging compared to those with such habits [38]. Evidence also suggests that physical activity is a significant factor in active aging [23,38].…”

“…Therefore, several studies found that those elderly who have never smoked or drank enjoyed a considerably better active aging compared to those with such habits [38]. Evidence also suggests that physical activity is a significant factor in active aging [23,38].…”