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Health and happiness among older adults: a community-based study

dc.contributor.authorAngner, Erik
dc.contributor.authorRay, Midge N.
dc.contributor.authorSaag, Kenneth G.
dc.contributor.authorAllison, Jeroan J.
dc.date2022-08-11T08:10:43.000
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-23T17:17:48Z
dc.date.available2022-08-23T17:17:48Z
dc.date.issued2009-04-23
dc.date.submitted2010-08-05
dc.identifier.citationJ Health Psychol. 2009 May;14(4):503-12. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105309103570">Link to article on publisher's site</a>
dc.identifier.issn1359-1053 (Linking)
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1359105309103570
dc.identifier.pmid19383651
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/47711
dc.description.abstractThe relationship between health and happiness was explored using a cross-sectional survey of 383 community-dwelling older adults. As a function of self-reported health, median happiness was increasing at a decreasing rate; happiness variability was decreasing at a decreasing rate. In multivariable logistic regression, lowest-quartile happiness was associated with poverty, unfavorable subjective health, debilitating pain and urinary incontinence, but not with the comorbidity count or other comorbidities. The results, robust to common method bias, suggest that subjective health measures are better predictors of happiness than objective measures are, except for conditions that disrupt daily functioning or are associated with social stigma.
dc.language.isoen_US
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dc.relation.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105309103570
dc.subjectActivities of Daily Living
dc.subjectAged
dc.subjectAged, 80 and over
dc.subjectAging
dc.subjectAlabama
dc.subjectAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
dc.subject*Attitude to Health
dc.subjectChronic Disease
dc.subjectComorbidity
dc.subjectCross-Sectional Studies
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subject*Geriatric Assessment
dc.subject*Happiness
dc.subjectHealth Surveys
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectMiddle Aged
dc.subjectPain
dc.subjectPoverty
dc.subjectPrimary Health Care
dc.subjectUrinary Incontinence
dc.subjectBioinformatics
dc.subjectBiostatistics
dc.subjectEpidemiology
dc.subjectHealth Services Research
dc.titleHealth and happiness among older adults: a community-based study
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.source.journaltitleJournal of health psychology
dc.source.volume14
dc.source.issue4
dc.identifier.legacycoverpagehttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/qhs_pp/834
dc.identifier.contextkey1426308
html.description.abstract<p>The relationship between health and happiness was explored using a cross-sectional survey of 383 community-dwelling older adults. As a function of self-reported health, median happiness was increasing at a decreasing rate; happiness variability was decreasing at a decreasing rate. In multivariable logistic regression, lowest-quartile happiness was associated with poverty, unfavorable subjective health, debilitating pain and urinary incontinence, but not with the comorbidity count or other comorbidities. The results, robust to common method bias, suggest that subjective health measures are better predictors of happiness than objective measures are, except for conditions that disrupt daily functioning or are associated with social stigma.</p>
dc.identifier.submissionpathqhs_pp/834
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Quantitative Health Sciences
dc.source.pages503-12


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