Social engagement and health in younger, older, and oldest-old adults in the Louisiana Healthy Aging Study.
Social engagement and health in younger, older, and oldest-old adults in the Louisiana Healthy Aging Study.
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DOI：
10.1177/0733464811409034
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发表时间：
2013-02
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影响因子：
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通讯作者：
Frisard MI
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作者：
Cherry KE;Walker EJ;Brown JS;Volaufova J;LaMotte LR;Welsh DA;Su LJ;Jazwinski SM;Ellis R;Wood RH;Frisard MI
社会支持已被证明会影响晚年的健康结果。在这项研究中，我们将社会参与作为一个伞式结构，涵盖了生命周期样本中的选定社会行为，其中包括最年长的老年人，这是成年人口中目前很少有数据的一部分。我们研究了社会参与、积极健康行为和身体健康之间的关系，以提供新的证据来弥补现有文献中有关老年人社会参与和健康老龄化的空白。路易斯安那州健康老龄化研究 (LHAS) 的参与者包括较年轻（21-59 岁）、较年长（60-89 岁）和最年长（90-97 岁）的成年人 (N = 364)。线性回归分析表明，年龄、性别和外出时间与自我报告的健康状况显着相关。考虑到年龄组和教育水平后，俱乐部的数量和外出时间在分析客观健康状况时比积极的健康行为更重要。这些数据强烈表明，直到成年晚期，社会参与仍然是身体健康的重要决定因素。讨论的重点是这些结果的实际应用，包括维持或改善晚年健康的社会支持干预措施。
Social support has been shown to influence health outcomes in later life. In this study, we focus on social engagement as an umbrella construct that covers select social behaviors in a lifespan sample that included oldest-old adults, a segment of the adult population for whom very little data currently exist. We examined relationships among social engagement, positive health behaviors, and physical health to provide new evidence that addresses gaps in the extant literature concerning social engagement and healthy aging in very old adults. Participants were younger (21–59 years), older (60–89 years), and oldest-old (90–97 years) adults (N = 364) in the Louisiana Healthy Aging Study (LHAS). Linear regression analyses indicated that age, gender, and hours spent outside of the house were significantly associated with self-reported health. The number of clubs and hours outside of home were more important factors in the analyses of objective health status than positive health behaviors, after considering age group and education level. These data strongly suggest that social engagement remains an important determinant of physical health into very late adulthood. The discussion focuses on practical applications of these results including social support interventions to maintain or improve late life health.
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DOI：
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发表时间：
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