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| Activity as a predictor of mental well-being among older adults | | Author(s) | P Lampinen, R-L Heikkinen, M Kauppinen |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 10, no 5, September 2006 |
| Pages | pp 454-466 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Keeping fit ; Activities of older people ; Well being ; Correlation ; Finland. |
| Annotation | This 8-year follow-up study examines the roles of physical and leisure activity as predictors of the mental well-being of older people born 1904-1923. As part of the Evergreen Project in Finland, 1224 people aged 65-85 were interviewed at baseline (1988) and 663 at follow-up in 1996. Mental well-being factors including depressive symptoms, anxiety, loneliness, self-rated mental vigour and meaning in life were constructed using factor analysis. Predictors of mental well-being included physical and leisure activity, mobility status and number of chronic illnesses. A path analysis method was used to examine the predictors of mental well-being. Baseline mental well-being, better mobility status and younger age predicted mental well-being at the follow-up. Explanatory power of the path analysis model for the mental well-being factor at baseline was 19%, and 35% at follow-up. These findings suggest that mental well-being in later life is associated with activity, better health and mobility status, which should become targets for preventive measures. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070112204 A |
| Classmark | CE: G: D:F:5HH: 49: 76L |
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