Bowling, Ann and Iliffe, Steve (2011) Psychological approach to successful ageing predicts future quality of life in older adults. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 9(13), ISSN (online) 1477-7525
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Abstract
Only the psychological approach to successful ageing independently predicted QoL at follow-up. Successful ageing is not only about the maintenance of health, but about maximising one's psychological resources, namely self-efficacy and resilience. Increasing use of preventive care, better medical management of morbidity, and changing lifestyles in older people may have beneficial effects on health and longevity, but may not improve their QoL. Adding years to life and life to years may require two distinct and different approaches, one physical and the other psychological. Follow-up health status, number of supporters and social activities, and self-rated active ageing also significantly predicted QoL at follow-up. The longitudinal sample bias towards healthy survivors is likely to underestimate these results.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Research Area: | Allied health professions and studies Health services research |
| Faculty, School or Research Centre: | Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences |
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| Depositing User: | Automatic Import Agent |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Apr 2011 10:43 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Jul 2012 21:50 |
| URI: | http://eprints.kingston.ac.uk/id/eprint/18675 |
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