Trajectories of psychological and social well-being preceding death.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Poorer psychological and social well-being has been linked to increased mortality.

Objective

To delineate the trajectories of psychological and social well-being during the last two decades of life.

Methods

Within the Rush Memory and Aging Project, 1971 older adults were followed up for up to 22 years. Aspects of psychological well-being (ie, depression symptoms, loneliness and purpose in life) and social well-being (ie, cognitive activity, social activity and social network) were annually measured through structured interviews. Survival status was tracked during the follow-up period. Data were analysed using Cox regression and mixed-effect models with a backward timescale.

Findings

During the follow-up, 1119 (56.77%) participants died. In multiadjus

SUBMITTER: Wang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12599000 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature