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Factors Associated with Attitudes toward Aging among Taiwanese Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Based on Population-Representative National Data

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  • Shu-Hsin Lee

    (Department of Nursing, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 402306, Taiwan
    Department of Nursing, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung 402306, Taiwan
    Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 402306, Taiwan)

  • Chih-Jung Yeh

    (Department of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 402306, Taiwan)

  • Cheng-Yu Yang

    (Department of Physical Therapy, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 402306, Taiwan)

  • Ching-Yi Wang

    (Department of Physical Therapy, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 402306, Taiwan
    Physical Therapy Room, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung 402306, Taiwan)

  • Meng-Chih Lee

    (Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 402306, Taiwan
    Department of Family Medicine, Taichung Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taichung 403301, Taiwan
    Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli 350401, Taiwan
    College of Management, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung 413310, Taiwan)

Abstract

In middle-aged and older adults, attitude toward aging (ATA) exerts significant influences on their current and future health. For health promotion to be successful, participants’ ATA requires health care providers’ attention. Knowing the factors associated with ATA can facilitate future studies to investigate effective interventions. The aim of this study was to identify the factors associated with ATA in middle-aged and older adults. This cross-sectional study analyzed data of a nationally representative sample of adults aged 58 years and older collected in a population-based longitudinal study: the Taiwan Longitudinal Study on Aging (TLSA). To identify the factors associated with ATA, we investigated demographic factors (age, gender, education, marital and cohabitation status, and financial satisfaction status) and health-related factors (number of co-morbidities, depression, physical function dependency) with bivariate analysis and multiple regression analysis. To identify the activities beneficial to ATA over and above demographic and health-related factors, various activities (exercise, volunteer service, and leisure activities) were each examined individually by multiple regression analysis. The factors detrimental to ATA were advanced age, a higher number of co-morbidities, living alone, depression, and dependence on physical function. Those beneficial to ATA were higher education, financial satisfaction, physical exercise, volunteer service, and six leisure activities.

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  • Shu-Hsin Lee & Chih-Jung Yeh & Cheng-Yu Yang & Ching-Yi Wang & Meng-Chih Lee, 2022. "Factors Associated with Attitudes toward Aging among Taiwanese Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Based on Population-Representative National Data," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(5), pages 1-10, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:5:p:2654-:d:758035
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