Lifetime intellectual function and satisfaction with life in old age: longitudinal cohort study
| Autor: | Alan J. Gow, John M. Starr, Alison Pattie, Ian J. Deary, Martha C. Whiteman, Lawrence J. Whalley |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Gerontology media_common.quotation_subject Happiness Intelligence Vitality Cohort Studies Quality of life cognitive ability Humans Longitudinal Studies Young adult Aged General Environmental Science media_common General Engineering Life satisfaction Cognition General Medicine Lothian birth-cohort studies Papers Quality of Life General Earth and Planetary Sciences Female Lothian Birth Cohort Studies Psychology Attitude to Health Cohort study |
| Zdroj: | Gow, A J, Whiteman, M C, Pattie, A, Whalley, L, Starr, J & Deary, I J 2005, ' Lifetime intellectual function and satisfaction with life in old age: longitudinal cohort study ', British Medical Journal (BMJ), vol. 331, no. 7509, pp. 141-142 . https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.38531.675660.F7 |
| ISSN: | 1468-5833 0959-8138 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/bmj.38531.675660.f7 |
| Popis: | What is successful ageing? Current opinion is that “cognitive vitality is essential to quality of life…in old age.”1 This depends substantially on people's cognitive ability from early life,2 and on how much they decline from their cognitive peak in young adulthood. Early cognitive ability also affects physical health and even survival to old age.2 But surely happiness and satisfaction with life are also key indices of successful ageing. Happiness was described as “the highest good and ultimate motivation for human action”3; this does not seem to be related to current cognitive ability.3 Cognitive level in youth and the amount of cognitive change across the lifespan are important indicators of cognitive vitality in old age. We examined a unique data set to investigate whether these factors are associated with people being happier. The Lothian birth cohort 1921 is a relatively healthy group of 550 older people (mean mini-mental state examination 28.2 (standard deviation 1.7), range 18-30). They were given the same test of mental ability (a version of the Moray House test number 12) at mean ages … |
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