Profiles of physical, emotional and psychosocial wellbeing in the Lothian birth cohort 1936.
BMC Geriatr
; 12: 64, 2012 Oct 22.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23088370
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Physical, emotional, and psychosocial wellbeing are important domains of function. The aims of this study were to explore the existence of separable groups among 70-year olds with scores representing physical function, perceived quality of life, and emotional wellbeing, and to characterise any resulting groups using demographic, personality, cognition, health and lifestyle variables.METHODS:
We used latent class analysis (LCA) to identify possible groups.RESULTS:
Results suggested there were 5 groups. These included High (n = 515, 47.2% of the sample), Average (n = 417, 38.3%), and Poor Wellbeing (n = 37, 3.4%) groups. The two other groups had contrasting patterns of wellbeing one group scored relatively well on physical function, but low on emotional wellbeing (Good Fitness/ Low Spirits,n = 60, 5.5%), whereas the other group showed low physical function but relatively well emotional wellbeing (Low Fitness/Good Spirits, n = 62, 5.7%). Salient characteristics that distinguished all the groups included smoking and drinking behaviours, personality, and illness.CONCLUSIONS:
Despite there being some evidence of these groups, the results also support a largely one-dimensional construct of wellbeing in old age--for the domains assessed here--though with some evidence that some individuals have uneven profiles.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Qualidade de Vida
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Apoio Social
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Nível de Saúde
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Saúde Mental
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Estilo de Vida
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
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Patient_preference
Limite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
BMC Geriatr
Assunto da revista:
GERIATRIA
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Reino Unido