Authors
Jaime Perales, Steven Martin, Jose Luis Ayuso-Mateos, Somnath Chatterji, Noe Garin, Seppo Koskinen, Matilde Leonardi, Marta Miret, Victoria Moneta, Beatriz Olaya, Beata Tobiasz-Adamczyk, Josep Maria Haro
Publication date
2014/8
Journal
International Psychogeriatrics
Volume
26
Issue
8
Pages
1363-1375
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Description
Background
Continuous population aging has raised international policy interest in promoting active aging (AA). AA theoretical models have been defined from a biomedical or a psychosocial perspective. These models may be expanded including components suggested by lay individuals. This paper aims to study the correlates of AA in three European countries, namely, Spain, Poland, and Finland using four different definitions of AA.
Methods
The EU COURAGE in Europe project was a cross-sectional general adult population survey conducted in a representative sample of the noninstitutionalized population of Finland, Poland, and Spain. Participants (10,800) lived in the community. This analysis focuses on individuals aged 50 years old and over (7,987). Four definitions (two biomedical, one psychosocial, and a complete definition including biomedical, psychosocial, and external variables) of AA were analyzed …
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