Regional Impact of Population Aging on Changes in Individual Self-perceptions of Aging: Findings From the German Ageing Survey

Wolff, Julia K.; Beyer, Anja; Wurm, Susanne; Nowossadeck, Sonja; Wiest, Maja

doi:10.1093/geront/gnx127

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“…Residency was defined by asking the participant whether they now live in Germany. The cut-off was chosen to be in line with the German Ageing Survey (DEAS), a representative cohorts study [ 22 ] There were no exclusion criteria. After the first contact, appointments for home visits were made.…”

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Antibiotic use, knowledge and health literacy among the general population in Berlin, Germany and its surrounding rural areas

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ObjectivesKnowledge concerning antibiotic use in the general population is insufficient. The way health literacy is related to antibiotic use aside from knowledge needs further investigation. Our aim was to compare the levels of knowledge of antibiotics and health literacy in individuals who had taken antibiotics in recent years compared with those who not had taken antibiotics.MethodsA population-based cross-sectional survey of 2,000 individuals aged 35 and older from Berlin, Germany and its surrounding rural and suburban areas (response rate 59%) with strata urban/rural, sex, age, and education. Computer-assisted personal interviews were conducted by external, trained interviewers during home visits. Knowledge, health literacy, and antibiotic use were assessed using standardized questionnaires.ResultsIn all, 33.3% (666/2,000) of the participants indicated having had an antimicrobial therapy during the previous 12 months. Adjusting for sex, age, educational level and health literacy, individuals with four correct answers regarding antibiotics were 1.70 times and those with three correct answers 1.94 more likely to have had a history of recent antibiotic use than those who did not have any correct answers. Individuals with sufficient health literacy were 0.57 times less likely to have had a recent history of antibiotic use than individuals with insufficient health literacy.ConclusionPatients who have used antibiotics might have more knowledge as a result of their recent involvement with the topic of antibiotic use; health literacy may be a preventive mechanism to use antibiotics more critically. Besides improving the health knowledge of the general population and of vulnerable groups such as patients with low levels of health literacy, intervention strategies should focus on providers as well.

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Antibiotic use, knowledge and health literacy among the general population in Berlin, Germany and its surrounding rural areas

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“…effects of time-invariant, context-specific and time-varying, personspecific correlates/predictors based on three criteria: First, the chosen predictors were identified in conceptual models and relevant literature reviews (Diehl & Wahl, 2010;Kornadt, Kessler, et al, 2019). Second, the relevance of the predictors was supported by findings from previous studies (Jung et al, 2019;Miche, Elsässer, et al, 2014;Wolff et al, 2018;Wurm et al, 2019;Wurm & Huxhold, 2012). Third, the identified predictor variables were available for all measurement occasions of the German Ageing Survey.…”

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Age-related change in self-perceptions of aging: Longitudinal trajectories and predictors of change.

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Wettstein²,

Spuling³

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Psychology and Aging

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Using data from the German Ageing Survey (Deutscher Alterssurvey, DEAS; N = 4,712), this study examined age-related change in three dimensions of self-perceptions of aging (SPA): perceptions of physical losses, social losses, and ongoing development. Participants ranged in age from 40 to 85 years at study entry (1996, 2002, or 2008) and were followed for up to 21 years. Time-invariant, context-specific and timevarying, person-specific predictors of the observed age-related changes were examined. Findings from longitudinal multilevel regression analyses showed significant nonlinear age-related change for all three dimensions. Specifically, starting at about age 65, participants showed age-related increases in perceptions of physical and social losses, with increases getting steeper in old age. Starting at about age 55, participants reported increasingly fewer perceptions related to ongoing development. The decline in perceptions of ongoing development also became increasingly steeper after age 70. Region of residence was a significant context-specific predictor of the intercepts of the three SPA dimensions. Health-related variables (i.e., number of chronic diseases, self-rated health), affective well-being (i.e., positive and negative affect), and measures of social integration (i.e., loneliness) were significant person-specific predictors. Health-related variables had their strongest association with perceptions of physical losses, whereas negative affect and loneliness had their strongest association with perceptions of social losses. Positive affect had its strongest association with perceptions of ongoing development. This study is the first one to describe age-related change trajectories in multiple dimensions of SPA and significant predictors of these change trajectories.

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“…Indeed, international evidence suggests that countries with lower healthy life expectancy and smaller proportions of older adults are more likely to hold ageist attitudes (Officer, Thiyagarajan, Schneiders, Nash, & Fuente-Nunez, 2020). Additionally, older people living in regions with faster rates of population aging (and, therefore, potentially fewer supportive resources already in place) have more negative perceptions of their own aging (Wolff, Beyer, Wurm, Nowossadeck, & Wiest, 2018).…”

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Geographic patterns of implicit age bias and associations with state‐level health outcomes across the United States

Giasson

Chopik

2020

Euro J Social Psych

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Negative views of aging and older adults are pervasive in contemporary society. This age bias becomes ingrained early in life and can have large implications for the health and well-being of older adults. The overall amount-and influence-of age bias also differs across contexts. In the current study, we examined regional variation in implicit age bias across the United States, linking regional variation in implicit age bias to regional outcomes in health among adults ages 65 and over. We also demonstrate an association between state-level implicit age bias and the psychological process of age-group dissociation, such that older adults living in particularly ageist states tended to dissociate more from their chronological age. We examined these associations using a large sample of over 800,000 Project Implicit participants from 50 U.S. states (and the District of Columbia). 1.1 | Stigma surrounding aging and old age Early in life, we are exposed to an array of messages about what it means to be "old". Representations in media, advertising, entertainment, and art reflect and reinforce cultural notions about the value of maintaining a youthful appearance (Richards, Warren, & Gott, 2012), with the implication that old age is something we should try to avoid or conceal (Smirnova, 2012). There are also commonly held ideas about older adults as a social group and different intellectual traditions have generated models and taxonomies for how attitudes toward older adults are conceptualized. For example, in the stereotype-content model, older adults are generally considered to have relatively low social status and are consistently stereotyped as being interpersonally warm but also incompetent (Cuddy, Norton,

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Regional Impact of Population Aging on Changes in Individual Self-perceptions of Aging: Findings From the German Ageing Survey

Abstract: The study underlines the importance for regional differences in population aging on the development of SPA. In particular, societies should be aware that fast population aging may result in more negative SPA.

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Antibiotic use, knowledge and health literacy among the general population in Berlin, Germany and its surrounding rural areas

Antibiotic use, knowledge and health literacy among the general population in Berlin, Germany and its surrounding rural areas

Age-related change in self-perceptions of aging: Longitudinal trajectories and predictors of change.

Geographic patterns of implicit age bias and associations with state‐level health outcomes across the United States

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