Meaning of home attenuates the relationship between functional limitations and active aging.

Autor: Slaug B; Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. bjorn.slaug@med.lu.se., Zingmark M; Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.; Health and Social Care Administration, Municipality of Östersund, Östersund, Sweden.; Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden., Granbom M; Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden., Björk J; Clinical Studies Sweden, Forum South, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.; Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden., Rantanen T; Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, Gerontology Research Centre, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland., Schmidt SM; Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden., Iwarsson S; Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Aging clinical and experimental research [Aging Clin Exp Res] 2024 Aug 01; Vol. 36 (1), pp. 159. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 01.
DOI: 10.1007/s40520-024-02810-x
Abstrakt: Background and Aims: Active aging is the process through which people strive to maintain wellbeing when growing old. Addressing the lack of research on active aging in the context of housing, the aim was to describe active aging among people aged 55 and older considering relocation and investigate whether perceived housing moderates the relationship between functional limitations and active aging.
Methods: We utilized cross-sectional data from a sub-sample (N = 820; mean age = 69.7; 54% women) of the Prospective RELOC-AGE. Functional limitations were reported using 10 dichotomous questions. Active aging was assessed with the University of Jyvaskyla Active Aging Scale (UJACAS; 17 items, self-rated for four perspectives). Perceived housing was self-rated with four usability questions and meaning of home (MOH; 28 items). Cross-sectional associations and interactions were analysed using linear regression models, adjusting for gender and educational level.
Results: Each functional limitation decreased the active aging score by almost five points (p < 0.001). Usability did not moderate that relationship while MOH significantly attenuated the association between functional limitations and active aging (p = 0.039). Those with high MOH had two points less decrease in active aging score compared to those with low MOH.
Discussion and Conclusions: Having a home with more personal meaning attached to it seems to provide more ability and opportunity for meaningful activities, thus supporting active aging despite functional limitations. This sheds new light on the known association between MOH and different aspects of wellbeing in old age and has relevance for theory development, housing policies and housing counselling targeting younger older adults.
(© 2024. The Author(s).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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