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Do psychosocial factors modify the negative association between disability and life satisfaction in old age?

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  • Thomas Puvill
  • Sasmita Kusumastuti
  • Rikke Lund
  • Erik Lykke Mortensen
  • Joris Slaets
  • Jolanda Lindenberg
  • Rudi G J Westendorp

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Context: Many assume that having poor physical health in old age lowers life satisfaction, but in fact there are large differences in life satisfaction among older people who experience disability. Objective: To investigate whether psychosocial factors modify the negative association between disability and life satisfaction in older people and whether these differ across the life course. Design: Cross sectional study. Setting: 66,561 community-dwelling Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) participants aged 50–106 with a mean age of 67.8 ± 9.9 (SD) years from 17 European countries and Israel. Methods: Psychosocial factors included depression (EURO-D scale), perceived loneliness, having a spouse, having children, contact with children, and participation in social activities. Disability was assessed by limitations in (Instrumental) Activities of Daily Living ((I)ADL) and life satisfaction by Cantril’s ladder. We also ran the analyses with the Control Autonomy Self-realization Pleasure (CASP-12) Index, a normative measure of quality of life. We used multiple linear regressions to estimate associations and proportion of variance explained. Results: The variance in life satisfaction that could be attributed uniquely to ADL and IADL disability was 0.17% and 0.33% respectively (both p

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  • Thomas Puvill & Sasmita Kusumastuti & Rikke Lund & Erik Lykke Mortensen & Joris Slaets & Jolanda Lindenberg & Rudi G J Westendorp, 2019. "Do psychosocial factors modify the negative association between disability and life satisfaction in old age?," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(10), pages 1-15, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0224421
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0224421
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    1. Darío Moreno-Agostino & Francisco José Abad & Francisco Félix Caballero, 2022. "Evidence on the Bidirectional Relationship Between Health and Life Satisfaction in Older Adults," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 23(4), pages 1561-1577, April.
    2. Mihaela Angelova, 2024. "Changes in Determinants of Life Satisfaction of People Aged 50 and Over before and after the Outbreak of COVID-19," Economic Studies journal, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - Economic Research Institute, issue 2, pages 114-138.

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