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| Satisfaction with present life predicts survival in octogenarians | | Author(s) | Tiina-Mari Lyyra, Timo Törmakangas, Sanna Read |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 61B, no 6, November 2006 |
| Pages | pp P319-P326 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Octogenarians ; Twins ; Life satisfaction ; Longevity ; Death rate [statistics] ; Correlation ; Longitudinal surveys ; Sweden. |
| Annotation | The effect of life satisfaction on survival over 10 years was examined among same-sex twins aged 80+. The authors used data from the Swedish OCTO-Twin Study; 320 individuals responded to the Life Satisfaction Index Z questionnaire. Participants were treated as individuals in semi-parametric Cox regression mixed effects models (frailty) by adjusting the similarity of mortality risk within twin pairs by modelling it as a random variable. An exploratory factor analysis yielded three factors: Zest and Mood represented satisfaction with present life, and Congruence represented satisfaction with past life. Those in the lowest quartile of factors of satisfaction with present life had an almost two-fold risk of mortality compared with those in the highest quartile, even after adjustment for mortality confounders. Satisfaction with past life satisfaction showed no association with mortality. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070216202 A |
| Classmark | BBM: SVR: F:5HH: BGA: S5: 49: 3J: 76P |
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