Predicting successful ageing among older adults seems possible even as far as two decades ahead.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Successful ageing is the term often used for depicting exceptional ageing and can be measured with multidimensional models including physical, psychological and social wellbeing. The aim of this study was to test multidimensional successful ageing models to investigate whether these models can predict successful ageing, and which individual subcomponents included in the models are most significantly associated with successful ageing.

Methods

Successful ageing was defined as the ability to live at home without daily care at the age of 84 years or over. Data on the participants' physical, psychological and social wellbeing were gathered at baseline and the follow-up period was 20 years. Four successful ageing models were constructed. Backward stepwise logistic regre

SUBMITTER: Viljanen A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11143575 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature