title: Predictors of normal and successful aging among urban-dwelling elderly Brazilians.
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.
authors: Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Neurology Service, Porto Alegre, 90035-903, Brazil. mchaves@hcpa.ufrgs.br
authors: Márcia Lorena
authors: ML
authors: Chaves
authors: Ana Luiza
authors: AL
authors: Camozzato
authors: Cláudio Laks
authors: CL
authors: Eizirik
authors: Jeffrey
authors: J
authors: Kaye
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D001938:Brazil; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003906:Developing Countries; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D033062:Friends / Q000523:psychology; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007899:Leisure Activities; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012944:Social Support; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population