a Department of Social Work and Social Administration , The University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong , China.
Aging Ment Health. 2014 Mar;18(2):217-24. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2013.823377. Epub 2013 Aug 6.
This study examined subjective age and its cross-domain correlates in Chinese oldest-old.
We conducted a secondary data analysis using cross-sectional data drawn from the 2006 Sample Survey on the Aged Population in Urban/Rural China, which consisted of a sample of 860 community-dwelling Chinese older adults aged 85 years and above.
A small percentage (8%) of the oldest-old participants reported that they did not feel old. Binary logistic regression analyses revealed that urban living, better physical and self-reported cognitive functioning and mental health were all related to not feeling old, whereas chronological age was found to have no association with subjective age when controlling for indicators of physical and self-reported cognitive functioning.
The findings revealed the key roles of functional limitations and mental health in the construction of subjective age in Chinese oldest-old. The possible cross-cultural similarity in the links of subjective age to mental health and physical functioning in later life suggests that maintaining a youthful subjective age may have adaptive value for the oldest-old and contribute to their successful aging.
本研究考察了中国高龄老人的主观年龄及其跨领域相关性。
我们使用来自 2006 年中国城乡老年人口抽样调查的横断面数据进行二次数据分析，该调查包括 860 名 85 岁及以上的社区居住的中国高龄老人。
一小部分（8%）的高龄老人表示他们不觉得自己老了。二元逻辑回归分析显示，城市生活、更好的身体和自我报告的认知功能以及心理健康都与不觉得自己老有关，而在控制身体和自我报告的认知功能指标后，实际年龄与主观年龄之间没有关联。
研究结果揭示了功能限制和心理健康在构建中国高龄老人主观年龄方面的关键作用。主观年龄与心理健康和身体功能在晚年的联系可能存在跨文化的相似性，这表明保持年轻的主观年龄可能对高龄老人具有适应性价值，并有助于他们成功老龄化。
