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Health and social networks as predictors of survival in old age
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- Ljungqvist, Birgit (författare)
- Jönköping University,HHJ, Institutet för gerontologi
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- Sundström, Gerdt (författare)
- Jönköping University,HHJ, Institutet för gerontologi,HHJ. Åldrande - livsvillkor och hälsa
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- 2016-09-05
- 1996
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine. - : Sage Publications. - 1403-4948 .- 0300-8037. ; 24:2, s. 90-101
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Abstract
Ämnesord
Stäng
- A random sample of non-institutionalised Swedish elderly (n = 1,062; aged 67+) were interviewed in 1954. All of them are now deceased; their interview data have been completed with dates of death and causes of death. A measure of survival capacity has been used, based on the endured total mortality risk from examination until death, according to life tables from Statistics Sweden. Survival analyses were performed by gender on the whole sample and on a number of sub-samples defined by age, health-status, social class, and marital status at examination. Physical health status and activity patterns had the overall most significant effects on subsequent longevity. Among the youngest elderly mental health was, however, even more important as a predictor of survival than was physical health. The impact of most other factors like social networks, mobility, and religiosity was of less magnitude, but their importance varied among sub-samples. Most of the variation in survival, however, remains unexplained.
Ämnesord
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Annan medicin och hälsovetenskap -- Gerontologi, medicinsk/hälsovetenskaplig inriktning (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Other Medical and Health Sciences -- Gerontology, specialising in Medical and Health Sciences (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- activity
- elderly
- longevity
- mental health
- mortality
- physical health
- social networks
Publikations- och innehållstyp
- ref (ämneskategori)
- art (ämneskategori)
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