The well-being of community-dwelling near-centenarians and centenarians in Hong Kong: a qualitative study.
BMC Geriatr
; 14: 63, 2014 May 13.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Hong Kong has one of the highest life expectancy rankings in the world. The number of centenarians and near-centenarians has been increasing locally and internationally. The relative growth of this population is a topic of immense importance for population and health policy makers. Living long and living well are two overlapping but distinct research topics. We previously conducted a quantitative study on 153 near-centenarians and centenarians to explore a wide range of biopsychosocial correlates of health and "living long". This paper reports a follow-up qualitative study examining the potential correlates of "living well" among near-centenarians and centenarians in Hong Kong.METHODS:
Six cognitively, physically, and psychologically sound community-dwelling elders were purposively recruited from a previous quantitative study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted.RESULTS:
Four major themes related to living long and well emerged from the responses of theparticipants:
(a) Positive relations with others, (b) Positive events and happiness, (c) Hope for the future, and (d) Positive life attitude. Specifically, we found that having good interpersonal relationships, possessing a collection of positive life events, and maintaining salutary attitudes towards life are considered as important to psychological well-being by long-lived adults in Hong Kong. Most participants perceived their working life as most important to their life history and retired at very old ages.CONCLUSIONS:
These findings also shed light on the relationships between health, work, and old age.
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Assunto principal:
Satisfação Pessoal
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Características de Residência
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Nível de Saúde
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Pesquisa Qualitativa
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Satisfação no Emprego
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limite:
Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Article