Successful aging: considering non-biomedical constructs
| Autor: | Lisa F. Carver, Diane Buchanan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Gerontology
Adult medicine.medical_specialty Aging Inclusion (disability rights) media_common.quotation_subject Disease Review Models Biological Religiosity 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Optimism gerotranscendence medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine resilience media_common Aged Aged 80 and over 030214 geriatrics Successful aging business.industry Public health successful aging General Medicine Middle Aged optimism Life course approach Psychological resilience Geriatrics and Gerontology business engagement |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Interventions in Aging |
| ISSN: | 1178-1998 |
| Popis: | Objectives Successful aging continues to be applied in a variety of contexts and is defined using a number of different constructs. Although previous reviews highlight the multidimensionality of successful aging, a few have focused exclusively on non-biomedical factors, as was done here. Methods This scoping review searched Ovid Medline database for peer-reviewed English-language articles published between 2006 and 2015, offering a model of successful aging and involving research with older adults. Results Seventy-two articles were reviewed. Thirty-five articles met the inclusion criteria. Common non-biomedical constructs associated with successful aging included engagement, optimism and/or positive attitude, resilience, spirituality and/or religiosity, self-efficacy and/or self-esteem, and gerotranscendence. Discussion Successful aging is a complex process best described using a multidimensional model. Given that the majority of elders will experience illness and/or disease during the life course, public health initiatives that promote successful aging need to employ non-biomedical constructs, facilitating the inclusion of elders living with disease and/or disability. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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