Preventive health behaviors influenced by self-perceptions of aging
Preventive health behaviors influenced by self-perceptions of aging
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DOI：
10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.02.029
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发表时间：
2004-09-01
影响因子：
5.1
通讯作者：
Myers, LM
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作者：
Levy, BR;Myers, LM
背景。研究发现，老年人是最不可能采取预防性健康行为的年龄组，尽管这些行为在整个生命周期中继续使个人受益。我们首次调查了年龄特异性因素，即老年人对自己衰老的信念，是否能预测他们随着时间的推移参与预防性健康行为的可能性。本研究采用多元线性回归方法，对241名50 ~ 80岁的俄亥俄州老年与退休纵向研究对象进行老龄化自我认知对预防健康行为的预测价值进行检验。预防健康行为包括均衡饮食、运动和遵医嘱服药。在控制了年龄、受教育程度、功能健康、性别、种族和自评健康等因素后，对老龄化自我认知越积极的个体在未来20年内倾向于采取更多的预防性健康行为（P = 0.032）。我们的研究结果表明，解决关于老龄化的观点可能有助于提高老年人预防健康行为的努力。(C) 2004癌症预防研究所和爱思唯尔公司。版权所有。
Background. Research has found that the elderly are the age group that is the least likely to engage in preventive health behaviors, even though these behaviors continue to benefit individuals throughout the life span. We investigated for the first time whether an age-specific factor, older individuals' beliefs about their own aging, predicts their likelihood of engaging in preventive health behaviors over time.Methods. We conducted multivariate linear regression to test the predictive value of aging self-perceptions on the preventive health behaviors of 241 individuals, who participated in the Ohio Longitudinal Study of Aging and Retirement (OLSAR) aged 50-80 years old. The preventive health behaviors included eating a balanced diet, exercising, and following directions for taking prescribed medications.Results. Individuals with more positive self-perceptions of aging tended to practice more preventive health behaviors over the next two decades after controlling for age, education, functional health, gender, race, and self-rated health (P = 0.032).Conclusions. Our findings suggest that addressing views about aging could help improve efforts to increase preventive health behaviors in the older population. (C) 2004 The Institute For Cancer Prevention and Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.