Routinization: risk factor or marker of adjustment to negative health issues?
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry
; 37(3)2022 03.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
Routinization reflects how older people cope with the health problems. It remains to be seen whether it should be considered as a risk factor of negative health outcomes, or rather, a mechanism of adjustment to health issues mortality, institutionalization, dementia, disability, cognitive decline, depression and subjective health.METHODS:
From longitudinal data of two large-scale French epidemiological studies, the study sample consists of 961 participants aged 77 years on average, living at home and with no neurocognitive disorder. The relationship between the level of routines measured by the Preferences for Routines Scale-Short form and the adverse health outcomes are studied considering the level of routines at baseline and in time-dependent using Cox proportional hazards models and Latent process mixed models.RESULTS:
After adjustment for sociodemographic variables, the routinization score at baseline is not associated with any health outcomes while the routinization score as a time-dependent variable is significantly associated with an increased risk of dementia (hazard ratios (HR) = 1.08, 95% confidence intervals (CI) = 1.02-1.15, p = 0.016) and institutionalization (HR = 1.18, 95% CI = 1.03-1.36, p = 0.019), greater global cognitive decline (ß = -0.02, p = 0.001) and depressive symptoms (ß = 0.02, p = 0.023) and a decrease in subjective health (ß = 0.02, p = 0.008).CONCLUSIONS:
The level of routines measured at a given time is not associated with long-term prediction of negative health outcomes, while in time-dependent, it reveals to be a significant predictor. It should be seen as a marker of adjustment process.Palavras-chave
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Risk_factors_studies
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Aged
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Humans
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En
Ano de publicação:
2022
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Article