TY - JOUR
T1 - Predictors of normal and successful aging among urban-dwelling elderly brazilians
AU - Chaves, Márcia Lorena
AU - Camozzato, Ana Luiza
AU - Eizirik, Cláudio Laks
AU - Kaye, Jeffrey
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by grants from Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development) (350027/1995-1 and 306458/2004-7) and from the National Institutes of Health (P30 AG08017).
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The association of successful aging with demographic, socioeconomic, and medical characteristics in healthy community-dwelling Brazilian individuals aged 60 years and older (N = 345) was investigated. Participants were classified as successful (n = 214, 62%) or normal (n = 131, 38%) agers. Successful agers participated in significantly more leisure activities (34%) than did normal agers (21%). Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that the number of living children was a risk factor, whereas confidants and family income were protective factors for successful aging.
AB - The association of successful aging with demographic, socioeconomic, and medical characteristics in healthy community-dwelling Brazilian individuals aged 60 years and older (N = 345) was investigated. Participants were classified as successful (n = 214, 62%) or normal (n = 131, 38%) agers. Successful agers participated in significantly more leisure activities (34%) than did normal agers (21%). Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that the number of living children was a risk factor, whereas confidants and family income were protective factors for successful aging.
KW - Aging
KW - Brazil
KW - Community-dwelling elderly
KW - Successful aging
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U2 - 10.1093/geronb/gbp059
DO - 10.1093/geronb/gbp059
M3 - Article
C2 - 19605757
AN - SCOPUS:69249240152
SN - 1079-5014
VL - 64
SP - 597
EP - 602
JO - Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
JF - Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
IS - 5
ER -