Associations between functional ability and life satisfaction in the oldest old: results from the longitudinal population study Good Aging in Skane

作者：Enkvist Asa^*; Ekstrom Henrik; Elmstahl Solve

来源：Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2012, 7: 313-320.

DOI：10.2147/CIA.S33610

• life satisfaction
• functional ability
• longitudinal
• oldest old

Objectives: To describe change in functional ability in the oldest-old population during 3 years and examine its relation to life satisfaction (LS). A total of 681 individuals aged 78 and older from the population-based study Good Aging in Skane took part. %26lt;br%26gt;Methods: Functional ability was assessed using Sonn and Asberg%26apos;s Activities of Daily Living (ADL) scale and related to LS assessed by Neugarten et al%26apos;s Life Satisfaction Index A (LSI-A). %26lt;br%26gt;Results: Fifty-one percent of 87-93-year-olds reported ADL decline during 3 years. Individuals reporting impaired ADL had a mean LSI-A value of 23.0 compared to 26.4 in those unchanged. ADL decline had a stronger negative effect on LS in the younger group (78-84 years), r = 0.207, P %26lt; 0.001. In a multiple regression model, one score%26apos;s decline in ADL capacity corresponded to 1.5 scores lower LS (P %26lt; 0.001). %26lt;br%26gt;Discussion: Effort put into keeping the oldest old on a high level of functional ability has the potential to maintain the LS of this population.

• 出版日期2012