Personality, self-rated health, and cognition in centenarians: Do personality and self-rated health relate to cognitive function in advanced age?

Kato, Kaori; Zweig, Richard A.; Schechter, Clyde B.; Verghese, Joe; Barzilai, Nir; Atzmon, Gil

doi:10.18632/aging.100545

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“…” with four choices of responses including “ Very Good, Good, Average, and Not Good ” (Kato, Zweig, Schechter, Verghese, Barzilai, & Atzmon, 2013). Self-rated health has been typically measured by a similar single-item question.…”

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Positive attitude toward life, emotional expression, self-rated health, and depressive symptoms among centenarians and near-centenarians

Kato

Zweig

Schechter

et al. 2015

Aging & Mental Health

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Objectives Favorable attitudes, emotions, personality characteristics, and self-rated health have been associated with successful aging in late life. However, less is known regarding these constructs and their relationships to mental health outcomes in the oldest old persons. This study examined cross-sectional relationships of these psychological factors to depressive symptoms in centenarians and near-centenarians. Methods A selected sample of Ashkenazi Jewish older adults ages 98 to 107 (n = 54, 78% female) without significant cognitive impairment participated. Cognitive function was assessed by Mini Mental Status Exam (MMSE), Positive Attitude Towards Life and Emotional Expression by the Personality Outlook Profile Scale (POPS), self-rated health by participants’ subjective rating of their present health, and depressive symptoms by the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS). Results Results demonstrated inverse associations of the Positive Attitude Towards Life domain of the POPS and self-rated health with participants’ levels of depressive symptoms even after adjusting for the effects of history of medical illnesses, cognitive function, and demographic variables. Additionally, participants with high levels of care showed higher levels of depressive symptoms. Path analysis supported the partially mediating role of Positive Attitude Towards Life in the relationship between self-rated health and depressive symptoms. Conclusion These findings emphasized the important roles of positive attitudes and emotions as well as self-rated health in mental health outcomes in the oldest old. Although, limited by its cross-sectional design, findings suggest these psychological factors may exert protective effects on mental health outcomes in advanced age.

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“…A higher sense of mastery or personal control in older adults has been linked to better overall health (Lachman, 2006) and lower depression (Steunenberg et al, 2010). In addition, a more recent study reports that a positive attitude towards life correlates with better cognition in centenarians (Kato et al, 2013). Low mastery has been associated with memory complaints in the absence of overall cognitive impairment, suggesting that a negative self-image alone may cause older adults to believe they have a poor memory when their cognition is actually normal (Comijs et al, 2002).…”

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The impact of personality on memory function in older adults-results from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam

Klaming

Veltman

Comijs

2016

Int J Geriatr Psychiatry

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Results demonstrate the role personality constructs, in particular those related to control beliefs and proneness to psychological stress, play in cognitive function in older adults, and support the development of intervention programs. Targeted training has the potential to promote a sense of control over life outcomes and to lower stress in older adults who are at risk for impaired memory function.

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“…Personality is an essential element of quality of life and may play an important role in older people' perceptions of their health status: it may partially explain or mediate the relationship between self-rated health and cognitive functions (Kato et al 2013). Our oldest-old patients showed significantly better quality of life than the younger ones in the area of psychological quality of life: this confirms that a series of factors must be taken into consideration to foster optimal living in old age, such as health and clinical conditions, daily living activities, motivations.…”

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An Observational Study on the Factors of Successful Aging in a Sample of Nonagenarian Patients in a Rehabilitation Hospital Complex

Boero¹,

Francesco²,

Vizzuso³

et al. 2017

Population Ageing

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The number of individuals aged sixty and older is expected to increase from 605 million in 2000 to over two billion in 2050. As a consequence the number of elderly medicare beneficiaries likely to be frail will triple. Our study explored the factors of successful aging in a sample of nonagenarians with no cognitive impairment, temporarily admitted to a rehabilitation hospital complex, with regard to quality of life, mood, clinical and cognitive conditions and personality traits. It was a descriptive study with forty nonagenarians of both genders, with no cognitive impairment, no psychiatric diseases and forty two younger patients with similar diseases and socio-demographic conditions, but aged <90. The sample was recruited randomly among patients temporarily admitted to Beata Vergine Consolata Rehabilitation Hospital Complex from 2009 to 2015. The nonagenarians examined showed common personality traits, better mood, Population Ageing

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“…35 Subjective well-being also depends on a favorable cognitive evaluation of life as well as affective balance between positive and negative emotional experiences, as well as personalities. 37,38 Physical frailty and some of the newly added components of CMF (such as psychological well-being and social activities) could be considered as components of self-rated health. 39e41 However, some of the vulnerabilities included in CMF, such as perceived socioeconomic status and barriers to social activities are correlates of self-rated health, rather than components that are sampled by people when they are to make a coherent judgment of their health.…”

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Toward a Comprehensive Model of Frailty: An Emerging Concept From the Hong Kong Centenarian Study

Kwan

Lau

Cheung

2015

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

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“…Income and education serve as protective factors for health at older ages (Salas, 2002, Sickes & Taubaman, 1984. Active forms of coping, high levels of social support and cognitive functioning have been associated with better health (Arne et al, 2011;Kato;Penley, Tomaka & Wiebe, 2002). In older adults, satisfaction with level of social support was an important determinant of selfperceived health (Krause, 1987).…”

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Examining resources and their influence on developmental health outcomes in older African Americans

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to have experienced it alongside you. As we have always said, "We start together, we end together." I am forever grateful to Tiffany Banks, Ebony Jackson, Monique Ewan, and a host of others who have been by my side ensuring that I reach the finish line. Lastly, to my fiancé, Nicholas Nicholson, I thank and honor you as you are my biggest supporter and cheerleader. I am so grateful for the sacrifices you have made for us, in order for me to achieve this dream, I love you more than I can ever show you.

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Personality, self-rated health, and cognition in centenarians: Do personality and self-rated health relate to cognitive function in advanced age?

Cited by 23 publications

References 42 publications

Positive attitude toward life, emotional expression, self-rated health, and depressive symptoms among centenarians and near-centenarians

The impact of personality on memory function in older adults-results from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam

An Observational Study on the Factors of Successful Aging in a Sample of Nonagenarian Patients in a Rehabilitation Hospital Complex

Toward a Comprehensive Model of Frailty: An Emerging Concept From the Hong Kong Centenarian Study

Examining resources and their influence on developmental health outcomes in older African Americans

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