Psychosocial Stress, Memory, and Successful Aging of the Community-Residing Elderly / 農村醫學 地域保健

ABSTRACT

Objectives@#The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship among psychosocial stress, memory, and successful aging of the community-residing elderly. @*Methods@#152 people over 65 years old living in D area were interviewed, from August 1st, 2020 to October 30th, 2020. The outcomes were measured by Psychosocial Well-being Index (PWI), Mini-Memory Test (MiMeT) and successful aging. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficients and stepwise multiple regression. @*Results@#There was a positive correlation between successful aging and memory. There was a negative correlation between psychosocial stress and successful aging, and between psychosocial stress and memory. Psychosocial stress was identified as a predictor of successful aging, which explained 26.4% of total variance of successful aging. @*Conclusions@#When we prepare intervention programs which improve successful aging for community-residing older adults, we need to consider psychosocial stress. In addition, stress management programs for successful aging should be developed to improve current successful aging.