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- Agüero-Torres, Hedda, et al.
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Disability in activities of daily living among the elderly
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Ingår i: Current Opinion in Psychiatry. - 0951-7367 .- 1473-6578. ; 14:4, s. 355-359
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The rise in number and proportion of older people, and the functional disability that is associated with increasing age, generate concern regarding the societal consequences of a large number of disabled elderly persons. Therefore, measuring disability in terms of activities of daily living has become routine in surveys of older people in most studies on ageing. Despite methodological obstacles, research into functional ability in the elderly has progressed during the past few decades. A high prevalence of functional disability in the elderly is consistently reported, although considerable variation has been found among studies. In contrast to functionally independent elderly, disabled elderly have been found to make increased use of home help services, and have higher institutionalization rates and premature mortality. Factors that are consistently reported as being associated with increased functional disability are older age, female sex, lower educational level, lack of exercise, chronic disease and impaired cognition. Among the chronic diseases, dementia is a progressive and disabling condition that accounts for a large proportion of the disability in elderly populations. A combination of various strategies must be employed in the approach to reduction of disability in the elderly population. More research is needed to gain a better understanding of risk and protective factors, so that we will be able to detect persons at early stages of disability, and to plan for services or rehabilitation for severely disabled persons.
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- Hillerås, Pernilla, et al.
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Factors influencing well-being in the elderly
- 2001
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Ingår i: Current Opinion in Psychiatry. - 0951-7367 .- 1473-6578. ; 14:4, s. 361-365
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- One of the aims of research on well-being is to discover the factors that either increase or decrease well-being, in both young and old people. Many factors have been studied in relation to well-being, but only some have been found to be associated with it. These factors are demographic (age, sex, culture, marital status), social (socioeconomic status, having children, religion, social contacts) or are related to personality, life events, health, and activities. However, some of these factors have a stronger association than others. This article gives a brief review of this research with special focus on the elderly.
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- Hillerås, Pernilla K, et al.
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Factors influencing well-being in the elderly
- 2001
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Ingår i: Current Opinion in Psychiatry. - : Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health). - 0951-7367 .- 1473-6578. ; 14:4, s. 361-365
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Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)
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- Hillerås, Pernilla K., et al.
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Life satisfaction among the very old : a survey on a cognitively intact sample aged 90 years or above
- 2001
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Ingår i: The International Journal of Aging & Human Development. - 0091-4150 .- 1541-3535. ; 52:1, s. 71-90
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The purpose of the study was to measure life satisfaction and the factors believed to influence it. The study involved 105 very old people, ninety years and above, who were not cognitively impaired, living in the inner part of Stockholm, Sweden. In order to assess life satisfaction, the Life Satisfaction Index-B (LSI-B) and Life Satisfaction Index-Z (LSI-Z) were used. Information about life events, activities, personality and social contacts were collected in order to determine their relative influence on life satisfaction. Factors associated with life satisfaction were also investigated in a content analysis to find out what the elderly themselves believe gives them life satisfaction. Results showedthat health and an emotionally stable personality were, independently of other factors, the most important factors for life satisfaction among the very old.
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- Hillerås, Pernilla K, et al.
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Nonagenarians : a qualitative exploration of individual differences in wellbeing
- 2000
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Ingår i: Ageing & Society. - 0144-686X .- 1469-1779. ; 20:6, s. 673-697
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper focuses on the subjective experience of extreme old age for 12 people scoring high and low respectively, on wellbeing measures. The purpose was to illustrate and expand upon the quantitatively derived findings from a previous study of nonagenarians living in Stockholm, using a qualitative approach inspired by grounded theory. The results suggest that outlook on life, social and emotional ties, engagement with the outside world and physical capability are important contributors to subjectively experienced wellbeing in this age group.
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- Hillerås, Pernilla
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Välbefinnandemätningar bland äldre
- 2000
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Ingår i: Nordisk Geriatrik. - 1403-2082. ; :4, s. 62-66
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