Plugge Marina
Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences, Institute of Sociology and Social Psychology (ISS), Graduate School GROW - Gerontological Research on Well-Being, University of Cologne, Albertus-Magnus-Platz, 50923 Cologne, Germany.
Eur J Ageing. 2021 Mar 29;18(4):537-547. doi: 10.1007/s10433-021-00609-7. eCollection 2021 Dec.
Despite rapid increase of people aged 80 and over, concepts of successful ageing (SA) are primarily examined for people below that age. Therefore, successful ageing was examined in a population-based representative sample of = 1863 people aged 80 to 102 (NRW80+) with 11% living in institutionalized settings. In this survey on quality of life and well-being, multiple linear and logistic regression models were used to calculate the distribution of successful agers. According to Rowe and Kahn's objective definition, 9% of the sample aged successfully, but one-third (33%) still met four to five SA criteria. This is in line with the theoretical a priori criterion of 10% in a normal distribution of a sample, while 80% age normally and 10% pathologically. However, averages of life satisfaction, affective well-being, positive ageing experience and valuation of life were high. The majority of the oldest old (65%) are successful agers in their own subjective perception, which is not in line with objective measurements. Moreover, 11% of objectively measured successful agers do not meet subjective criteria. These empirical findings reveal a remarkable discrepancy between objective and subjective criteria of SA. Future research on concepts that define successful ageing for the oldest old should consider more holistic markers of success, e.g., outcomes of productive social engagement.
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10433-021-00609-7.
尽管80岁及以上的人口迅速增加，但成功老龄化（SA）的概念主要是针对该年龄以下的人群进行研究的。因此，我们在一个基于人群的代表性样本中对成功老龄化进行了研究，该样本包括1863名年龄在80至102岁之间的人（NRW80 +），其中11%生活在机构环境中。在这项关于生活质量和幸福感的调查中，我们使用了多元线性和逻辑回归模型来计算成功老龄化者的分布情况。根据罗和卡恩的客观定义，9%的样本成功老龄化，但三分之一（33%）的人仍符合四到五项成功老龄化标准。这与样本正态分布中10%的理论先验标准一致，而80%的人正常老龄化，10%的人病理性老龄化。然而，生活满意度、情感幸福感、积极老龄化体验和生活评价的平均值都很高。大多数最年长的老人（65%）在他们自己的主观认知中是成功老龄化者，这与客观测量结果不一致。此外，11%经客观测量的成功老龄化者不符合主观标准。这些实证研究结果揭示了成功老龄化的客观标准和主观标准之间存在显著差异。未来关于为最年长老人定义成功老龄化的概念的研究应考虑更全面的成功标志，例如，富有成效的社会参与的结果。
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