Differences in awareness of positive and negative age-related changes account for variability in health outcomes
dc.contributor.author | Sabatini, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Ukoumunne, OC | |
dc.contributor.author | Brothers, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Diehl, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Wahl, H-W | |
dc.contributor.author | Ballard, C | |
dc.contributor.author | Collins, R | |
dc.contributor.author | Corbett, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Brooker, H | |
dc.contributor.author | Clare, L | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-12-07T09:31:14Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-02-04 | |
dc.date.updated | 2021-12-06T19:33:06Z | |
dc.description.abstract | Higher awareness of positive age-related changes (AARC gains) is related to better mental health, whereas higher awareness of negative age-related changes (AARC losses) is related to poorer mental and physical health. So far perceived gains and losses have been explored separately, but people report gains and losses concurrently in varying degrees, and different profiles of gains and losses may be differentially associated with health. We identified profiles of gains and losses and explored whether different profiles differed in physical, mental, and cognitive health. We used cross-sectional data from the PROTECT study (N= 6,192; mean (SD) age= 66.1(7.0)). Using latent profile analysis, a four-class solution showed the best model fit. We found that 45% of people perceived many gains and few losses (Class 1); 24% perceived moderate gains and few losses (Class 2); 24% perceived many gains and moderate losses (Class 3); 7% perceived many gains and many losses (Class 4). Analysis of variance and Chi-squared tests showed that Class 1 had relatively better physical, mental, and cognitive health, followed by Classes 2, 3, and 4. Experiencing one’s ageing to a high degree as gain may be related to better health only when individuals interpret ageing as involving low levels of loss across several life domains. Risk in terms of poorer health emerged in those who perceived high losses. Considering gains and losses in parallel, rather than separately, may lead to a more fine-tuned understanding of relations with health. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | University of Exeter | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Published online 4 February 2022 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s10433-021-00673-z | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/128039 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Springer | en_GB |
dc.rights | © The Author(s) 2022. Open Access. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. | |
dc.subject | AARC | en_GB |
dc.subject | subjective cognitive decline | en_GB |
dc.subject | subjective ageing | en_GB |
dc.subject | latent profile analysis | en_GB |
dc.title | Differences in awareness of positive and negative age-related changes account for variability in health outcomes | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2021-12-07T09:31:14Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1613-9380 | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from Springer via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.description | Availability of data and materials: This study was conducted using secondary data collected as part of the PROTECT ongoing study. PROTECT data are available to investigators outside the PROTECT team after request and approval by the PROTECT Steering Committee. Data for the AARC-10 SF questionnaire will be available from May 2022. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | European Journal of Ageing | en_GB |
dc.relation.ispartof | European Journal of Ageing | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2021-12-06 | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2021-12-06 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2021-12-06T19:33:09Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | AM | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2022-02-28T16:21:11Z | |
refterms.panel | A | en_GB |
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