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| Emotional well-being predicts subsequent functional independence and survival | | Author(s) | Glenn V Ostir, Kyriakos S Markides, Sandra A Black |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 48, no 5, May 2000 |
| Pages | pp 473-478 |
| Keywords | Well being ; Self care capacity ; Mobility ; Ethnic groups ; Longitudinal surveys ; Mexico ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The relationship was investigated between positive affect (i.e. emotional well-being) and subsequent functional ability and survival of 2282 Mexican Americans aged 65 to 99 with no functional limitations at baseline interview. Interviews at home in 1993-94 and again in 1995-96 assessed their demographic variables, health conditions, activities of daily living (ADLs), performance-based mobility, survival, and a rating of positive and negative affect. In multivariate analyses, there was a direct relationship between positive affect scores at baseline, and mobility, functional status, and survival 2 years later, controlling for functional status, sociodemographic variables, major chronic conditions, body mass index (BMI), smoking status, drinking status, and negative affect at baseline. Those with high positive affect were half as likely to become disabled in ADLs, two-thirds as likely to have a slow walking speed, and half as likely to have died during the 2-year follow-up compared to those with lower positive affect scores. Positive affect appears to differ from the absence of depression or negative affect, and to protect individuals against physical decline in old age. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000824210 A |
| Classmark | D:F:5HH: CA: C4: TK: 3J: 7TY: 7T |
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