Age and Ageing, Vol 28, 147-152, Copyright © 1999 by British Geriatrics Society
PK Hilleras, AF Jorm, A Herlitz and B Winblad
AIM: to measure activity patterns in very old people, the factors related
to this and the association of different types of activity with well-being.
METHODS: a study of 105 people, aged 90 years or older, who were not
cognitively impaired, living in Stockholm. The activities carried out
during the previous day were recorded and each activity was rated. RESULTS
AND CONCLUSIONS: the degrees of intellectual, social and physical activity
are independent of each other. Very elderly people tended to have variable
but relatively low activity levels over a day. Good health and not moving
home were associated with greater intellectual activity. Extraversion and
negative life events (such as death of close friend or family member) were
associated with greater social activity, while relatively younger age and
better health were associated with greater physical activity. There was
positive association between physical activity and well-being.
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Activity patterns in very old people: a survey of cognitively intact subjects aged 90 years or older
Stockholm Gerontology Research Centre, Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Family Medicine, Huddinge Hospital, Sweden. Pernilla.Hilleras@cnsf.ki.se
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