Productive engagement and late life physical and mental health - Findings from a nationally representative panel study
Productive engagement and late life physical and mental health - Findings from a nationally representative panel study
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DOI：
10.1177/0164027507300806
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发表时间：
2007-07-01
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Rozario, Philip A.
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作者：
Hinterlong, James E.;Morrow-Howell, Nancy;Rozario, Philip A.
这项研究探讨了从事生产性角色与60岁及以上成年人的身心健康之间的关联。我们对三波美国人改变生活研究（n = 1，644）的数据进行了二次分析。自测健康，功能障碍和抑郁情绪回归的参与措施，在过去的12个月内使用广义估计方程，同时控制在前一波的社会人口特征和健康措施。其中包括五种生产性角色：有酬工人、非正规有酬工人、无酬志愿者、照顾者和非正规社会援助提供者。研究结果显示，从事至少一个生产性角色和总的角色数量与更好的自评健康和更少的功能障碍有关，但与抑郁情绪无关。工作时间没有影响。研究结果表明，富有成效的参与是晚年健康的重要途径，但不一定是因果关系。
This study examines the association between engagement in productive roles and the physical and mental health of adults aged 60 and over. We present secondary analyses of data from three waves of the Americans' Changing Lives Study (n = 1,644). Self-rated health, functional impairment, and depressive mood were regressed on measures of engagement during the previous 12 months using generalized estimating equations, while controlling for sociodemographic characteristics and health measures at the previous wave. Five productive roles were included: paid worker, irregular paid worker, unpaid volunteer, caregiver, and provider of informal social assistance. The findings reveal that being engaged in at least one productive role and the total role number are associated with better self-rated health and less functional impairment but not depressive mood. There is no effect of hours of engagement. The findings illuminate productive engagement as an important, but not necessarily causal, pathway to health in late life.