{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"submitter":["van Loon AM"],"funding":["Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports","the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research","the Netherlands Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, Directorate of Long-Term Care"],"pubmed_abstract":["<b>Objectives:</b> The 'disability paradox' (DP) suggests that most older adults maintain subjective well-being (SWB) despite functional decline. However, this may depend the SWB component: positive affect (PA), negative/depressed affect (NA/DA) or life satisfaction (LS). We assessed trajectories of these components in older adults with substantial functional decline. <b>Methods:</b> Data originated from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (<i>N</i> = 2545) observed during 1992-2008. Using latent class growth analysis, we distinguished a group with substantial functional decline and examined their SWB trajectories and individual characteristics. <b>Results:</b> The DP occurred more frequently for DA (Men:73%, Women:77%) and LS (Men:14%, Women:83%) than for PA (Men:26%, Women:17%). Higher perceived control (mastery) emerged as the most consistent factor associated with higher odds of the DP. <b>Discussion:</b> We provide a nuanced view of the DP, shifting the question from whether it exists to for which dimension of SWB and for whom it is more or less apparent."],"journal":["Journal of aging and health"],"pagination":["8982643221108660"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9755699"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["The Disability Paradox? Trajectories of Well-Being in Older Adults With Functional Decline."],"pmcid":["PMC9755699"],"pubmed_authors":["van Loon AM","Hertogh CMPM","Huisman M","Kok AAL","Depla MFIA"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"The Disability Paradox? Trajectories of Well-Being in Older Adults With Functional Decline.","description":"<b>Objectives:</b> The 'disability paradox' (DP) suggests that most older adults maintain subjective well-being (SWB) despite functional decline. However, this may depend the SWB component: positive affect (PA), negative/depressed affect (NA/DA) or life satisfaction (LS). We assessed trajectories of these components in older adults with substantial functional decline. <b>Methods:</b> Data originated from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (<i>N</i> = 2545) observed during 1992-2008. Using latent class growth analysis, we distinguished a group with substantial functional decline and examined their SWB trajectories and individual characteristics. <b>Results:</b> The DP occurred more frequently for DA (Men:73%, Women:77%) and LS (Men:14%, Women:83%) than for PA (Men:26%, Women:17%). Higher perceived control (mastery) emerged as the most consistent factor associated with higher odds of the DP. <b>Discussion:</b> We provide a nuanced view of the DP, shifting the question from whether it exists to for which dimension of SWB and for whom it is more or less apparent.","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Jun","modification":"2025-04-04T13:33:17.958Z","creation":"2025-04-04T13:33:17.958Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9755699","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35713401"],"doi":["10.1177/08982643221108660"]}}