Profiles of behavioral, social and psychological well-being in old age and their association with mobility-limitation-free survival.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Successful aging is a multidimensional construct covering behavioral, social, and psychological domains of well-being. We aimed to identify well-being profiles and their association with mobility-limitation-free survival.

Methods

A total of 1488 healthy individuals aged 60+ from the Swedish National study on Aging and Care in Kungsholmen (SNAC-K) were followed-up for 15 years. Mobility limitation was defined as a walking speed <0.8m/s and vital status information was obtained from the National Cause of Death Register. Well-being profiles were derived from different behavioral, social and psychological indicators using latent class analysis among men and women. Cox and Laplace regression models were applied to examine the association with the incidence of a co

SUBMITTER: Saadeh M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9417239 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature