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ArticleBMC geriatrics2021

Physical capacity, subjective health, and life satisfaction in older women: a 10-year follow-up study.

Sarang Latif Qazi, Heli Koivumaa-Honkanen, Toni Rikkonen, Reijo Sund, Heikki Kröger, Masoud Isanejad, Joonas Sirola

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Article in BMC geriatrics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Sarang Latif QaziKuopio Musculoskeletal Research Unit (KMRU), University of Eastern Finland, Mediteknia Building, P.O. Box 1627, 70211, Kuopio, Finland. sarangq@uef.fi.
Heli Koivumaa-HonkanenKuopio Musculoskeletal Research Unit (KMRU), University of Eastern Finland, Mediteknia Building, P.O. Box 1627, 70211, Kuopio, Finland.
Toni RikkonenKuopio Musculoskeletal Research Unit (KMRU), University of Eastern Finland, Mediteknia Building, P.O. Box 1627, 70211, Kuopio, Finland.
Reijo SundKuopio Musculoskeletal Research Unit (KMRU), University of Eastern Finland, Mediteknia Building, P.O. Box 1627, 70211, Kuopio, Finland.
Heikki KrögerKuopio Musculoskeletal Research Unit (KMRU), University of Eastern Finland, Mediteknia Building, P.O. Box 1627, 70211, Kuopio, Finland.
Masoud IsanejadInstitute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Health & Life Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Joonas SirolaKuopio Musculoskeletal Research Unit (KMRU), University of Eastern Finland, Mediteknia Building, P.O. Box 1627, 70211, Kuopio, Finland.
University of Eastern Finland · FIKuopio University Hospital · FIUniversity of Liverpool · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPhysical capacity and subjective wellbeing are important for healthy aging. Our aim was to study how objective/subjective physical capacity and subjective health relate to life satisfaction, in a 10-year follow-up of aging women.

methodsThe participants (n = 1485, mean age 67.4 years) consisted of community-dwelling older women living in Kuopio, Finland. Grip strength and one-legged stance test time were used as objective, and self-rated mobility (SRM) as subjective physical capacity measures. Self-rated health (SRH) and SRM were assessed with one-item scales and life satisfaction with a 4-item scale. Correlation and linear regression were used to analyze these relationships and correlation network analysis to visualize them. Age and BMI were included in the analysis as adjusting factors.

resultsAll the study variables were significantly correlated with baseline and follow-up life satisfaction, except BMI, which was only associated with life satisfaction at follow-up. On both occasions, SRH and SRM were the two strongest correlates of life satisfaction, but their mutual correlation was still higher. In linear regression analyses, SRH was positively associated with both baseline and follow-up life satisfaction, but physical capacity measures became non-significant after including SRH and SRM in the model. In the partial correlation network analyses, SRH and SRM were the most central nodes, connecting every other variable.

conclusionsSelf-reports on health, mobility, and life satisfaction are closely intertwined and provide easily accessible health information among aging women, but the impacts of objective physical capacity measures warrant further longitudinal studies in respect to subjective wellbeing among aging people.

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Diagnostic Self EvaluationPersonal SatisfactionAgedAgingFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHealth StatusHumansIndependent LivingAgingNetwork analysisPhysical capacitySubjective wellbeing

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