Perceived Health, Psychological Distress, and Subjective Well-Being among Older Adults with Parkinson's Disease: A Cross-Lagged Analysis.

ABSTRACT: A growing aging population leads to a gradual increase in the number of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). This study examines how perceived health, psychological distress, and subjective well-being evolve in older adults with PD. A cross-lagged study design was employed using data from Waves 4 and 6 of the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). In total, 421 older adults diagnosed with PD at baseline (46% women; mean age 74.98  ±  9.05 years) were included in the study and were followed up after a four-year lag. Auto-regressive and cross-lagged associations between the measured variables were examined in reciprocal models. Individual differences in perceived health, psychological distress, and subjective well-being were relatively stable over the 4-year lag. A fina

SUBMITTER: Lee S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8657129 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature