SELF-PERCEPTION OF HEALTH (SPH) IN THE OLDEST-OLD SUBJECTS
| Autor: | Jankelic S, Predrag Erceg, Dragoslav P. Milosevic, L. Zikic, Nebojsa Despotovic, Mladen Davidovic |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Gerontology Aging Health (social science) Health Status Genetic stability Population Self-concept Objective assessment Humans Medicine Personal health education Geriatric Assessment Life Style Aged Aged 80 and over education.field_of_study business.industry Geriatric assessment Middle Aged Self perception Oldest old Self Concept Female Geriatrics and Gerontology business Attitude to Health Serbia |
| Zdroj: | Scopus-Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 0167-4943 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.archger.2009.09.036 |
| Popis: | SPH is a subjective and objective assessment of personal health. It is important in evaluation of health status in the elderly as it has capacity to predict mortality, functional declining, and health-care demands. A lot of research has been published about SPH in the elderly, but little is known about SPH in the very old, especially in comparison with the "younger-old" (YO) population. The study has aimed to investigate SPH in 240 elderly patients and compare the data between the "oldest-old" (OO) (aged >or= 90 years; n=52) and the YO (aged 60-74 years; n=188) subjects. Results have shown that the OO group of patients had better SPH than their YO counterparts. Our findings implicate that very old persons belong to a special sub-group of elderly, the "successfully aged", probably due to their genetic stability, distinctive lifestyle, or both. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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