The impact of social relationships on the maintenance of independence in advanced old age: findings of a Swiss Longitudinal Study .

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ID Serval
serval:BIB_35563
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
The impact of social relationships on the maintenance of independence in advanced old age: findings of a Swiss Longitudinal Study .
Périodique
Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Pin S, Guilley E, Spini D, Lalive d'Epinay C
ISSN
0948-6704 (Print)
ISSN-L
0948-6704
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2005
Volume
38
Numéro
3
Pages
203-209
Langue
anglais
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Publication Status: ppublish
Résumé
The impact of social relationships on the maintenance of independence over periods of 12-18 months in a group of 306 octogenarians is assessed in this study. The study is based on the results of the Swilsoo (Swiss Interdisciplinary Longitudinal Study on the Oldest Old). Participants (80-84 years old at baseline) were interviewed five times between 1994 and 1999. Independence was defined as the capacity to perform without assistance eight activities of daily living. We distinguished in our analyses kinship and friendship networks and evaluated social relationships with the help of a series of variables serving as indicators of network composition and contact frequency. Logistic regression models were used to identify the short-term effects of social relationships on independence, after controlling for sociodemographic and health-related variables; independence at a given wave of interviews was interpreted in the light of social factors measured at the previous wave. Our analyses indicate that the existence of a close friend has a significant impact on the maintenance of independence (OR=1.58, p<0.05), which is not the case with the other variables concerning network composition. Kinship contacts were also observed to have a positive impact on independence (OR=1.12, p<0.01).
Mots-clé
Activities of Daily Living, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Demography, Educational Status, Female, Friends, Health Status, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Interviews as Topic, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Regression Analysis, Risk Assessment/methods, Risk Factors, Sex Distribution, Social Behavior, Social Class, Statistics as Topic, hic" UI="D013557">Switzerland/epidemiology
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