title: Low Psychological General Well-Being (PGWB) is associated with deteriorated 10-year survival in men but not in women among the elderly.
abstract: We studied Psychological General Well-Being (PGWB) and its relation to 10-year survival in 75-year-olds from the general population. The PGWB global score (sum of six subscale scores) and the subscale scores were transformed to 0-100 scales. Ten-year survival in relation to PGWB global and subscale scores was studied in a cohort of 204 men and 213 women. Global PGWB score (median) was 83 in men and 79 in women (for difference p=0.001). Significantly higher male scores were found for most PGWB subscales. Global PGWB score was significantly related to better 10-year survival in men (relative risk per ten points of score was 0.80; p=0.001 and 0.85; p=0.022 adjusting for chronic diseases and living alone) but not in women (relative risk 0.94; p=0.478 unadjusted). Among 75-year-olds, PGWB score was significantly higher for men. A high PGWB score was significantly related to better survival in men but not in women.
authors.affiliation: Center for Clinical Research, Uppsala University, Department of Medicine, Central Hospital, Vasteras, SE-72189 Vasteras, Sweden.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nilsson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ohrvik
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lonnberg
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hedberg
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006304:Health Status; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D009026:Mortality; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life; D012737:Sex Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology