Investigating Discontinuity of Age Relations in Cognitive Functioning, General Health Status, Activity Participation, and Life Satisfaction between Young-Old and Old-Old Age
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Materials
2.2.1. Cognitive Abilities
2.2.2. General Health Status
2.2.3. Activity Participation
2.2.4. Life Satisfaction
2.3. Procedure
2.4. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Descriptive Statistics
3.2. Examining the Pattern of Age Relations across Old Age
3.2.1. Processing Speed
3.2.2. Verbal Abilities
3.2.3. General Health Status
3.2.4. Activity Participation
3.2.5. Life Satisfaction
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Stratification Variables | Overall N = 3080 | |
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Age group | 65–69: 573 (18.6%) | 70–74: 609 (19.8%) |
75–79: 567 (18.4%) | 80–84: 495 (16.1%) | |
85–89: 463 (15.0%) | 90+: 373 (12.1%) | |
Sex | Women: 1485 (48.2%) | Men: 1595 (51.8%) |
Canton | Basel: 636 (20.6%) | Bern: 684 (22.2%) |
Geneva: 578 (18.8%) | Ticino: 606 (19.7%) | |
Valais: 576 (18.7%) |
Variable | M | SD |
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Processing speed (seconds) | 66.20 | 30.61 |
Verbal abilities (percent correct) | 59.4 | 25.7 |
General health status (rating 0 to 100) | 75.24 | 20.13 |
Activities (number) | 8.15 | 3.50 |
Life satisfaction (rating −3 to +3) | 1.37 | 1.07 |
Variable | Gradual Model | Stage Model | |||||||
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blinear | bquadratic | R2 | Age Break | blinear | bagegroup | binteraction | R2 | ΔR2 | |
Processing speed | 2.35 ns | −0.02 * | 0.14 *** | 90 | −3.13 *** | 22.83 *** | 1.76 * | 0.14 *** | < 0.001 ns |
Verbal abilities | −0.15 ns | −0.003 ns | 0.03 *** | 87 | 0.38 ns | 9.99 *** | −0.88 * | 0.03 *** | 0.003 ** (8.1%) |
General health status | −1.22 ns | 0.005 ns | 0.03 *** | 87 | 0.02 ns | 6.07 *** | −0.53 * | 0.03 *** | 0.001 * (4.0%) |
Activities | 0.36 ** | −0.004 *** | 0.29 *** | 80 | −0.27 *** | 3.29 *** | 0.12 *** | 0.29 *** | 0.001 * (0.4%) |
Life satisfaction | −0.06 ns | 0.0004 ns | 0.0006 ns | 90 | −0.05 * | −0.11 ns | 0.05 ns | 0.003 ns | 0.002 * (312.2%) |
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Ihle, A.; Jopp, D.S.; Oris, M.; Fagot, D.; Kliegel, M. Investigating Discontinuity of Age Relations in Cognitive Functioning, General Health Status, Activity Participation, and Life Satisfaction between Young-Old and Old-Old Age. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2016, 13, 1092. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13111092
Ihle A, Jopp DS, Oris M, Fagot D, Kliegel M. Investigating Discontinuity of Age Relations in Cognitive Functioning, General Health Status, Activity Participation, and Life Satisfaction between Young-Old and Old-Old Age. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2016; 13(11):1092. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13111092
Chicago/Turabian StyleIhle, Andreas, Daniela S. Jopp, Michel Oris, Delphine Fagot, and Matthias Kliegel. 2016. "Investigating Discontinuity of Age Relations in Cognitive Functioning, General Health Status, Activity Participation, and Life Satisfaction between Young-Old and Old-Old Age" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 13, no. 11: 1092. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13111092