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| Predicting successful aging at one hundred years of age | | Author(s) | Lia Araujo, Oscar Ribeiro, Laetitia Teixeira |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 38, no 6, August 2016 |
| Publisher | Sage, August 2016 |
| Pages | pp 689-709 |
| Source | roa.sagepub.com |
| Keywords | Centenarians ; Young elderly ; Cluster analysis ; Portugal. |
| Annotation | The present study is based on a multidimensional model of successful ageing. It aims to identify subgroups of centenarians sharing common characteristics in successful ageing profiles, and to determine the role of sociodemographic factors and psychological, social, and economic resources on successful ageing. Eighty centenarians had been interviewed face-to-face in two Portuguese studies: 43 from the Oporto Centenarian Study, and 37 from the Beira Interior Centenarian Study. Cluster analysis was performed to identify distinct groups of successful ageing, and logistic regression models were performed which considered the cluster membership as a dependent covariate. There were two distinct clusters, with 40 centenarians in each, one of them presenting better results in all domains. Male sex and better income adequacy were the best predictors of successful ageing. Results help to identity different patterns of successful ageing and provide greater clarity regarding its correlates, increasing current understanding of its modifiable aspects. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-160826226 A |
| Classmark | BBT: BBA: 3YB: 76T |
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