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Stability in perceived control
— implications for health among very old community-dwelling adults | | Author(s) | Judith G Chipperfield, Darren W Campbell, Raymond P Perry |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging and Health, vol 16, no 1, February 2004 |
| Pages | pp 116-147 |
| Source | http://www.sagepub.com |
| Keywords | Well being ; Health [elderly] ; Self care capacity ; Attitude ; Adjustment ; Longitudinal surveys ; Canada. |
| Annotation | How stability of variability in perceptions of control (PC) relate to a variety of health-related variables is examined. PC stability/variability across multiple domains was assessed in a longitudinal design including 318 older people aged 72-99, part of the Aging in Manitoba (AIM) study. PC and health-related measures were obtained during in-person interviews conducted some 3 months apart. PC variability was assessed in relation to self-reported health outcomes (perceived health, chronic health conditions, functional status) and objective measures of physician visits and hospital admissions recorded over a 4-year period in a highly reliable and comprehensive database. PC variability was associated with poorer health, poorer functional status, and more physician visits and hospital admissions, even after statistically controlling for mean PC level and direction-of-change in PC. Health and well-being in very old people may well be compromised by fluctuating levels of PC, or conversely, that stability in PC enhances health. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040909206 A |
| Classmark | D:F:5HH: CC: CA: DP: DR: 3J: 7S |
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