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| Associations with changes in life satisfaction among three samples of elderly people living at home | | Author(s) | Ann Bowling, Morag Farquhar, Emily Grundy |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 11, no 12, December 1996 |
| Pages | pp 1077-1087 |
| Keywords | Life satisfaction ; Living in the community ; Health [elderly] ; Independence ; Personal relationships ; Measurement ; Longitudinal surveys ; London ; Essex. |
| Annotation | Life satisfaction, measured using Neugarten's Life Satisfaction Scale, was examined in three samples of elderly people in London and Essex at baseline and at follow-up 2.5-3 years later. The analyses reported here relate to changes in life satisfaction. Previously reported baseline analyses showed that poor health and functional ability were the strongest predictors of baseline life satisfaction. The results from follow-up data presented here show that baseline life satisfaction is the most significant predictor of changes in life satisfaction. While follow-up health and functional status, social network structure and activities explained the remainder of the explained variance, this was very little. The results are consistent with previous analyses of associations with changes in psychiatric morbidity (mainly depression) and highlight the importance of initiating early rehabilitation programmes. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970421027 A |
| Classmark | F:5HH: K4: CC: C3: DS: 3R: 3J: 82L: 8ES |
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