Karppinen Helena, Laakkonen Marja-Liisa, Strandberg Timo E, Huohvanainen Emmi A, Pitkala Kaisu H
General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland Department of Social Services and Health Care, Laakso Hospital, City of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Age Ageing. 2016 Jul;45(4):543-9. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afw059. Epub 2016 Apr 13.
little is known about the oldest-olds' views on ageing.
to investigate older people's desire and the reasons they give for wanting to live to 100.
a postal questionnaire, analysed both quantitatively and qualitatively.
population based in Helsinki, Finland.
a random sample (response rate 64%; N = 1,405) of community-dwelling older people (aged 75-96).
a structured self-completed questionnaire with an open-ended question on the reasons why/why not participants wished/did not wish to live to 100.
one-third (32.9%) of home-dwelling older people wanted to live to be 100. Those who did were older, more often male and self-rated their health better than those who did not. Often the desire for long life was conditional: 'Yes, if I stay healthy'. Among the reasons is that many were curious to see what would happen. Many stated that they loved life, they had twinkle in their eye or significant life roles. Those who did not want to live extremely long lives gave various rationales: they would become disabled, life would be meaningless, they were reluctant to become a burden to others or they feared loss of autonomy or suffering pain or loneliness. Some people also shared the view that they should not intervene in destiny or they felt that they had accomplished what they wanted in life.
one-third of the oldest-old participants wanted to live to 100. Identifying what motivated them to desire long life could be a resource in their care plans.
关于高龄老人对衰老的看法，人们了解甚少。
调查老年人活到100岁的愿望以及他们给出的理由。
一份邮寄问卷，进行定量和定性分析。
芬兰赫尔辛基的人群。
社区居住的老年人（75 - 96岁）的随机样本（回复率64%；N = 1405）。
一份结构化的自填问卷，其中有一个开放式问题，询问参与者希望/不希望活到100岁的原因。
三分之一（32.9%）的居家老年人希望活到100岁。希望活到100岁的人年龄更大，男性更多，且自我评估的健康状况比不希望活到100岁的人更好。对长寿的渴望往往是有条件的：“是的，如果我保持健康”。原因包括很多人好奇未来会发生什么。许多人表示他们热爱生活，眼中有光芒或者有重要的生活角色。那些不希望活得极其长久的人给出了各种理由：他们会变得残疾，生活会变得毫无意义，他们不愿意成为他人的负担，或者他们害怕失去自主性、遭受痛苦或感到孤独。有些人也认同不应干预命运，或者觉得自己已经完成了人生中想做的事。
三分之一的高龄参与者希望活到100岁。明确促使他们渴望长寿的因素可能有助于制定他们的护理计划。
