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The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 2009 64B(5):597-602; doi:10.1093/geronb/gbp059
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Predictors of Normal and Successful Aging Among Urban-Dwelling Elderly Brazilians

Márcia Lorena Chaves1,2, Ana Luiza Camozzato1,2, Cláudio Laks Eizirik1,2 and Jeffrey Kaye3

1 Neurology Service, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil
2 Internal Medicine Department, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
3 Neurology Department, Layton Aging and Alzheimer's Disease Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland

Address correspondence to Marcia Lorena Chaves, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Neurology Service, Rua Ramiro Barcelos 2350/2040, Porto Alegre, 90035-903, Brazil. Email: mchaves{at}hcpa.ufrgs.br


  Abstract

The association of successful aging with demographic, socioeconomic, and medical characteristics in healthy community-dwelling Brazilian individuals aged 60 years and older (N = 345) was investigated. Participants were classified as successful (n = 214, 62%) or normal (n = 131, 38%) agers. Successful agers participated in significantly more leisure activities (34%) than did normal agers (21%). Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that the number of living children was a risk factor, whereas confidants and family income were protective factors for successful aging.

Key Words: Aging • Brazil • Community-dwelling elderly • Successful aging

Received May 5, 2008; Accepted June 18, 2009

Decision Editor: Rosemary Blieszner, PhD


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