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| Measuring active ageing among older adults in Singapore | | Author(s) | Emily Z K Lim, Claire L Thomson |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 36, no 9, October 2016 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, October 2016 |
| Pages | pp 1853-1869 |
| Source | journals.cambridge.org/aso |
| Keywords | Middle aged ; Age groups [elderly] ; Health [elderly] ; Well being ; Quality of life ; Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Measurement ; Singapore. |
| Annotation | Active Ageing is conceptualised to measure the extent to which older people remain actively engaged with life. However, there is no evidence that the concept of Active Ageing is actually associated with older people's activity levels. Influences of age, ethnicity and spirituality on Active Ageing are also unexplored. This study used the Active Ageing Index (AAI) to examine whether the level of Active Ageing predicted the actual activity level of 120 Singaporeans of Chinese, Malay and Indians ethnicities, aged 55-64 years old or 65 years and over. Spirituality, measured by the Spirituality Index of Well-Being, was added to the AAI, to see if the predictive power of AAI improved. Hierarchical multiple regression showed that the AAI alone (controlling for age) did not significantly predict the activity level of older people. The predictive power of the AAI improved significantly with spirituality included. Two-way between-groups Analysis of Variance revealed main effects of age and ethnicity, with higher AAI in those aged 55-64 and in Indian-Singaporeans. These findings suggest that the theoretical construct of Active Ageing needs further examination to identify the domains that distinguish it from chronological age, and support broadening the construct, by including spirituality in Active Ageing. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-161011004 A |
| Classmark | SE: BB: CC: D:F:5HH: F:59: EX: 3R: 7XD |
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