Morbidades, Autoavaliação de Saúde, Propósito e Satisfação com a Vida em Idosos

Alonso, Vanessa; Neri, Anita Liberalesso; Yassuda, Mônica Sanches; Batistoni, Samila Sathler Tavares; Borim, Flávia Arbex Silva; Cachioni, Meire

Vanessa Alonso

conception and design of this study

data analysis and interpretation

manuscript revision

approval of the final version

assumes public responsibility for content of the manuscript

Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas-SP, Brazil

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0578-8971

Anita Liberalesso Neri

conception and design of this study

data analysis and interpretation

manuscript revision

approval of the final version

assumes public responsibility for content of the manuscript

Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas-SP, Brazil

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6833-7668

Mônica Sanches Yassuda

conception and design of this study

data analysis and interpretation

manuscript revision

approval of the final version

assumes public responsibility for content of the manuscript

Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo-SP, Brazil

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9182-2450

Samila Sathler Tavares Batistoni

conception and design of this study

data analysis and interpretation

manuscript revision

approval of the final version

assumes public responsibility for content of the manuscript

Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo-SP, Brazil

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8587-8298

Flávia Arbex Silva Borim

conception and design of this study

data analysis and interpretation

manuscript revision

approval of the final version

assumes public responsibility for content of the manuscript

Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas-SP, Brazil

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7316-1145

Meire Cachioni

conception and design of this study

data analysis and interpretation

manuscript revision

approval of the final version

assumes public responsibility for content of the manuscript

Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo-SP, Brazil

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5220-410X

Correspondence address: Vanessa Alonso. Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Rua Tessália Vieira de Camargo, 126, Campinas-SP, Brazil. CEP 13.083-880. E-mail: va-alonso@hotmail.com

Vanessa Alonso is a PhD student of the Escola de Ciências Médicas at Campinas of the Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas-SP, Brazil.

Anita Liberalesso Neri is a Professor of the Escola de Ciências Médicas at Campinas of the Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas-SP, Brazil.

Mônica Sanches Yassuda is a Professor of the Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades at São Paulo of the Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo-SP, Brazil.

Samila Sathler Tavares Batistoni is a Professor of the Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades at São Paulo of the Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo-SP, Brazil.

Flávia Arbex Silva Borim is a Professor of the Escola de Ciências Médicas at Campinas of the Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas-SP, Brazil.

Meire Cachioni is a Professor of the Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades at São Paulo of the Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo-SP, Brazil.

Associate editor:

Fabio Scorsolini-Comin

Characteristic		n	%	M (SD)	Md
Gender
	Woman	293	69.9
	Man	126	30.1
Age range
	70 to 74 years	35	8.4	80.2±4.5	80
	75 to 79 years	150	35.8
	80 to 84 years	164	39.1
	≥ 85 years	70	16.7
Schooling (years)
	No schooling	57	13.7	4.4±3.7	4
	1 to 4	244	58.2
	≥ 5	118	28.1
Morbidities
	0	35	8.9	2.2±1.3	2
	1	96	23.9
	2	116	28.9
	3	86	21.4
	4	40	9.9
	5	27	6.8
	6	1	0.2
Self-reported health
Overall				16.6±2.6	17
	Poor/very poor	32	7.7
	Fair	165	39.4
	Good/very good	222	52.9
Compared to the others of the same age
	Worse/much worse	21	5.0
	Similar	77	18.7
	Better/much better	316	76.3
Compared to the previous year
	Worse/much worse	155	36.9
	Similar	199	47.5
	Better/much better	65	15.6
Activity level compared to the previous year
	Worse/much worse	175	41.8
	Similar	198	47.3
	Better/much better	46	10.9
Memory compared to others of the same age
	Worse/much worse	44	10.8
	Similar	132	32.5
	Better/much better	230	56.7
Purpose in life
	Low	134	34.8	29.9±5.4	29
	Medium	147	38.2
	High	104	27.0
Overall satisfaction with life				23.1±3.7	23
	Very little/little	14	3.4
	More or less	71	16.9
	Very satisfied/extremely	334	79.7
Satisfaction with health
	Very little/little	56	13.4
	More or less	128	30.6
	Very satisfied/extremely	235	56.0
Satisfaction with memory
	Very little/little	72	17.3
	More or less	134	32.0
	Very satisfied/extremely	212	50.7
Satisfaction with friendships
	Very little/little	20	4.7
	More or less	44	10.6
	Very satisfied/extremely	354	84.7
Satisfaction with the environment they live in
	Very little/little	49	11.8
	More or less	68	16.2
	Very satisfied/extremely	302	72.0
Satisfaction with family relations
	Very little/little	15	3.4
	More or less	47	11.2
	Very satisfied/extremely	357	85.4

Indirect associations	Mediating variable	Standardized coefficient	p-value
sex → self-reported health	morbidities	−0.39	0.001
morbidities → purpose in life	self-reported health	−0.16	0.011
sex→ purpose in life	morbidities self-reported health	−0.12	0.024
morbidities→ satisfaction with life	self-reported health	−0.35	0.001
self-reported health → satisfaction with life	purpose in life	0.04	0.015
sex → purpose in life	morbidities self-reported health	−0.26	0.001
schooling → satisfaction with life	self-reported health	0.36	0.013

[1] Correspondence address: Vanessa Alonso. Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Rua Tessália Vieira de Camargo, 126, Campinas-SP, Brazil. CEP 13.083-880. E-mail: va-alonso@hotmail.com

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