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| Mental well-being of older people in Finland during the first year in senior housing and its association with physical performance | | Author(s) | Sinikka Lotvonen, Helvi Kyngäs, Pentti Koistinen, Risto Bloigu, Satu Elo |
| Journal title | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol 15, no 7, 2018 |
| Pages | 19 pp |
| Source | doi: 10.3390/ijerph15071331 |
| Keywords | Well being ; Keeping fit ; Self care capacity ; House removal ; Sheltered housing ; Correlation ; Longitudinal surveys ; Finland. |
| Annotation | Growing numbers of older people relocate to senior housing when their physical or mental performance declines. Such relocation is known to be one of the most stressful events in older people's lives and affects their mental and physical well-being. More information about the relationships between mental and physical parameters is required. The authors examined self-reported mental well-being of 81 older people aged 59-93 living in northern Finland, and changes in their well-being 3 and 12 months after relocation to senior housing. Most participants were female (70%). Their physical performance was also measured, and associations with gender were analysed. After 12 months, mental capability was very good or quite good in 38% of participants; however 22% of participants felt depressive symptoms daily or weekly. Moreover, 39% of participants reported daily or weekly loneliness. After 12 months, participants reported a significant increase in forgetting appointments, losing items and difficulties in learning new things. They felt that opportunities to make decisions concerning their own lives had significantly decreased. Furthermore, their instrumental activities of daily living (IADL), dominant hand's grip strength and walking speed decreased significantly. Opportunities to make decisions concerning their lives, feeling safe, loneliness, sleeping problems, negative thoughts, as well as fear of falling or having an accident outdoors were associated with these physical parameters. In addition to assessing physical performance and regular exercise, the various components of mental well-being and their interactions with physical performance should be considered during adjustment to senior housing. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-180724001 A |
| Classmark | D:F:5HH: CE: CA: TNH: KLA: 49: 3J: 76L * |
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