Poon Leonard W, Martin Peter, Bishop Alex, Cho Jinmyoung, da Rosa Grace, Deshpande Neha, Hensley Robert, Macdonald Maurice, Margrett Jennifer, Randall G Kevin, Woodard John L, Miller L Stephen
Institute of Gerontology, University of Georgia, GA 30602, USA.
Curr Gerontol Geriatr Res. 2010;2010. doi: 10.1155/2010/680657. Epub 2010 Sep 26.
While it is understood that longevity and health are influenced by complex interactions among biological, psychological, and sociological factors, there is a general lack of understanding on how psychosocial factors impact longevity, health, and quality of life among the oldest old. One of the reasons for this paradox is that the amount of funded research on aging in the US is significantly larger in the biomedical compared to psychosocial domains. The goals of this paper are to highlight recent data to demonstrate the impact of four pertinent psychosocial domains on health and quality of life of the oldest old and supplement recommendations of the 2001 NIA Panel on Longevity for future research. The four domains highlighted in this paper are (1) demographics, life events, and personal history, (2) personality, (3) cognition, and (4) socioeconomic resources and support systems.
虽然人们明白长寿和健康受到生物、心理和社会因素之间复杂相互作用的影响，但对于心理社会因素如何影响最年长者的长寿、健康和生活质量，人们普遍缺乏了解。造成这种矛盾现象的原因之一是，与心理社会领域相比，美国在生物医学领域资助的衰老研究数量要多得多。本文的目的是强调近期数据，以证明四个相关心理社会领域对最年长者的健康和生活质量的影响，并补充2001年国家老龄问题研究所长寿问题小组对未来研究的建议。本文重点介绍的四个领域是：（1）人口统计学、生活事件和个人经历，（2）个性，（3）认知，以及（4）社会经济资源和支持系统。
