| Literature DB >> 19605757 |
Márcia Lorena Chaves1, Ana Luiza Camozzato, Cláudio Laks Eizirik, Jeffrey Kaye.
Abstract
The association of successful aging with demographic, socioeconomic, and medical characteristics in healthy community-dwelling Brazilian individuals aged 60 years and older (N = 345) was investigated. Participants were classified as successful (n = 214, 62%) or normal (n = 131, 38%) agers. Successful agers participated in significantly more leisure activities (34%) than did normal agers (21%). Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that the number of living children was a risk factor, whereas confidants and family income were protective factors for successful aging.Entities:
Mesh:
Year: 2009 PMID: 19605757 PMCID: PMC2800815 DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbp059
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci ISSN: 1079-5014 Impact factor: 4.077