Personal Variables Affecting the Successful Aging

Personal Variables Affecting the Successful Aging Level of Individuals Age of Sixty and Over

Three hundreds patients aged 60 years and older applicant for any reasons between January 3, 2019 and May 30, 2019, in Health Sciences University Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital Family Medicine Polyclinics. A 21-item questionnaire including demographic information was asked to the individuals who gave consent to participate in the study, voluntarily, and who met the participation criteria and the Successful Aging Scale was administered face-to-face with the questionnaire method. Participants were evaluated under two subheadings according to the Successful Aging Scale and the results were compared with their demographic characteristics.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Aging; Coping Skills; Healthy Lifestyle

Detailed Description

In our cross-sectional study; the target sample size was calculated as 299, with a population of 1350. The prevalence was 50%, the standard error was 5% in a 95% confidence interval. Between 03.01.2019 and 30.05.2019; 300 elderly volunteers who applied to the Health Sciences University Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital Family Medicine Polyclinics for any reason, who were not diagnosed with neuropsychiatric disease, do not had physical or mental problems that would prevent them from understanding and filling the scales and do not have a health problem that require urgent intervention are included. Participants were informed, their consent was taken, and a 21-item sociodemographic form prepared by the researchers was applied. Afterwards, a 7-point Likert-type "Successful Aging Scale" (SAS) consisting of 10 questions was applied to the participants.16 The scale had two sub-components, namely "healthy lifestyle" (HL) and "adaptive coping" (AC). The values of the expressions in the scale were as "strongly agree:7, agree:6, partially agree:5, undecided:4, partially disagree:3, disagree:2, strongly disagree:1". The values for each individual were summed up and the scale was evaluated by subtracting the total score. Finally, the results from the questionnaire and the Successful Aging Scale were compared and analyzed according to subcomponents.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 300

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Üsküdar
    • İstanbul, Üsküdar, Turkey
      • Haydarpasa Numune Research and Training Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Participants aged 60 and above, who presented to the Family Medicine Clinics of Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital between January 3, 2019, and May 30, 2019, for any reason; and voluntarily agreed to participate, were included in our study.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Not having received a diagnosis of dementia at any stage of life.
• Not having any cognitive or physical impediments that hinder understanding and completing the scales.
• Having full orientation and cooperation.
• Having completed the scales in their entirety.
• The absence of symptoms or diseases requiring urgent intervention.
• Voluntarily participating in the study and having signed the informed consent form after being informed.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Having received a diagnosis of dementia.
• Having cognitive and physical impediments that hinder understanding the scales.
• Lack of full orientation and cooperation.
• Having a clinically significant diagnosis of an active psychiatric disorder.
• having symptoms of a situation requiring urgent intervention.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Sociodemographic properties affect successful aging scores	Gender, education level, level of income, retirement status affect scores of "Successful Aging Scale" (SAS) was used to assess the participants. The SAS consisted of 10 questions and had two sub-components: "healthy lifestyle" (HL) and "adaptive coping" (AC). The scale utilized the following response options: "strongly agree" (7), "agree" (6), "partially agree" (5), "undecided" (4), "partially disagree" (3), "disagree" (2), and "strongly disagree" (1). The higher the score taken from the scale, the higher the level of successful aging.	1 week

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Healthy life habits affect successful aging scores	Doing sports regularly, quitting existing bad habits (smoking and alcohol consumption) affect scores of "Successful Aging Scale" (SAS) was used to assess the participants. The SAS consisted of 10 questions and had two sub-components: "healthy lifestyle" (HL) and "adaptive coping" (AC). The scale utilized the following response options: "strongly agree" (7), "agree" (6), "partially agree" (5), "undecided" (4), "partially disagree" (3), "disagree" (2), and "strongly disagree" (1). The higher the score taken from the scale, the higher the level of successful aging.	1 week
Having chronic diseases affect successful aging scores	Having hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hyperlipidemia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), kidney failure, thyroid diseases and other chronic diseases affect scores of "Successful Aging Scale" (SAS) was used to assess the participants. The SAS consisted of 10 questions and had two sub-components: "healthy lifestyle" (HL) and "adaptive coping" (AC). The scale utilized the following response options: "strongly agree" (7), "agree" (6), "partially agree" (5), "undecided" (4), "partially disagree" (3), "disagree" (2), and "strongly disagree" (1). The higher the score taken from the scale, the higher the level of successful aging.	1 week

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Marmara University Pendik Training and Research Hospital
• Collaborators: Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• McLaughlin SJ, Jette AM, Connell CM. An examination of healthy aging across a conceptual continuum: prevalence estimates, demographic patterns, and validity. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2012 Jun;67(7):783-9. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glr234. Epub 2012 Feb 24.
• Iwamasa GY, Iwasaki M. A new multidimensional model of successful aging: perceptions of Japanese American older adults. J Cross Cult Gerontol. 2011 Sep;26(3):261-78. doi: 10.1007/s10823-011-9147-9.
• Park SM, Jang SN, Kim DH. Gender differences as factors in successful ageing: a focus on socioeconomic status. J Biosoc Sci. 2010 Jan;42(1):99-111. doi: 10.1017/S0021932009990204. Epub 2009 Aug 25.
• Cosco TD, Stephan BCM, Brayne C, Muniz G; MRC CFAS. Education and Successful Aging Trajectories: A Longitudinal Population-Based Latent Variable Modelling Analysis. Can J Aging. 2017 Dec;36(4):427-434. doi: 10.1017/S0714980817000344. Epub 2017 Oct 11.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 3, 2019
• Primary Completion (Actual): May 30, 2019
• Study Completion (Actual): May 30, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 3, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 3, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): January 12, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): January 22, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 19, 2024
• Last Verified: January 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: aging; family medicine; healthy aging; successful aging
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2018/107

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No