Associations and correlates of general versus specific successful ageing components

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dc.citation.issue4
dc.citation.volume18
dc.contributor.authorThoma MV
dc.contributor.authorKleineidam L
dc.contributor.authorForstmeier S
dc.contributor.authorMaercker A
dc.contributor.authorWeyerer S
dc.contributor.authorEisele M
dc.contributor.authorvan den Bussche H
dc.contributor.authorKönig H-H
dc.contributor.authorRöhr S
dc.contributor.authorStein J
dc.contributor.authorWiese B
dc.contributor.authorPentzek M
dc.contributor.authorBickel H
dc.contributor.authorMaier W
dc.contributor.authorScherer M
dc.contributor.authorRiedel-Heller SG
dc.contributor.authorWagner M
dc.coverage.spatialGermany
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-15T01:11:53Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-25T06:42:56Z
dc.date.available2020-12-12
dc.date.available2023-12-15T01:11:53Z
dc.date.available2024-07-25T06:42:56Z
dc.date.issued2021-12
dc.description.abstractThe heterogeneity in the operationalisation of successful ageing (SA) hinders a straightforward examination of SA associations and correlates, and in turn, the identification of potentially modifiable predictors of SA. It is unclear which SA associations and correlates influence all facets of the SA construct, and whether psychosocial reserve models developed in neuropathological ageing research can also be linked to SA. It was therefore the aim of this study to disentangle the effect of various previously identified SA associations and correlates on (1) a general SA factor, which represents the shared underpinnings of three SA facets, and (2) more confined, specific factors, using bifactor modelling. The associations and correlates of three recently validated SA operationalisations were compared in 2478 participants from the German AgeCoDe study, aged 75 years and above. Based on participants’ main occupation, cognitive reserve (CR) and motivational reserve (MR) models were built. Younger age, male gender, more education, higher socio-economic status, being married or widowed, as well as more physical exercise and cognitive activities in old age were found to correlate positively with the general SA factor, indicating a simultaneous effect on all aspects of SA. Smoking and ApoE-ε4 were related only to the physiological facet of SA. CR models were significantly related to the general SA factor. Among all SA associations and correlates, proxy indicators of lifelong cognitive activity and physical exercise showed the strongest effects on SA. Future intervention studies should assess the influence of the preservation of active lifestyle across the life span on SA.
dc.format.pagination549-563
dc.identifier.author-urlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34786016
dc.identifier.citationThoma MV, Kleineidam L, Forstmeier S, Maercker A, Weyerer S, Eisele M, van den Bussche H, König H-H, Röhr S, Stein J, Wiese B, Pentzek M, Bickel H, Maier W, Scherer M, Riedel-Heller SG, Wagner M. (2021). Associations and correlates of general versus specific successful ageing components.. Eur J Ageing. 18. 4. (pp. 549-563).
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10433-020-00593-4
dc.identifier.eissn1613-9380
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.issn1613-9372
dc.identifier.pii593
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/70734
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherSpringer Nature B.V
dc.relation.isPartOfEur J Ageing
dc.rights(c) 2020 The Author/s
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectAgeCoDe
dc.subjectAssociations and correlates
dc.subjectCognitive reserve
dc.subjectHealth
dc.subjectSuccessful ageing
dc.titleAssociations and correlates of general versus specific successful ageing components
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.elements-id455094
pubs.organisational-groupOther
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