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Successful Aging in Older US Veterans: Results From the 2019-2020 National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study.
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ABSTRACT: Objective
To identify the current prevalence, and sociodemographic, military, health, and psychosocial correlates of successful aging in older US veterans.Methods
Data were analyzed from the 2019-2020 National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study, which surveyed a nationally representative sample of 3,001 US veterans aged greater than or equal to 60 years (mean = 73). Multiple regression and relative importance analyses were conducted to identify key factors associated with successful aging.Results
A total 79% of older veterans rated themselves as aging successfully. Physical and mental health difficulties emerged as the strongest correlates of successful aging (71% variance explained), while psychosocial factors, most notably perceived resilience, purpose in life, and positive expectations about emotional aging, explained 29% of the variance in this outcome.Conclusions
Nearly 4 of 5 US veterans rate themselves as successful agers. Prevention and treatment efforts designed to mitigate physical and mental health difficulties, and promote protective psychosocial factors may help bolster successful aging in this population.
SUBMITTER: Pietrzak RH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10697787 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Successful Aging in Older US Veterans: Results From the 2019-2020 National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study.
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 20200820 3
<h4>Objective</h4>To identify the current prevalence, and sociodemographic, military, health, and psychosocial correlates of successful aging in older US veterans.<h4>Methods</h4>Data were analyzed from the 2019-2020 National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study, which surveyed a nationally representative sample of 3,001 US veterans aged greater than or equal to 60 years (mean = 73). Multiple regression and relative importance analyses were conducted to identify key factors associated with su ...[more]