Psychosocial characteristics of successful agers among Filipino senior citizens in six districts of Quezon City From June-October 2017
- Author:
Czarinah P. Pagay
;
Pia Natalia Reyes- Sia
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Successful aging;
Resilience
- MeSH:
Healthy Aging;
Quality of Life
- From:
The Philippine Journal of Psychiatry
2019;41(2):10-19
- CountryPhilippines
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Objectives:To describe the socio-demographic and
psychological characteristics of self-rated successful agers
among seniors 60 years old above in Quezon City Philippines.
Methodology:The sample (N=346) was obtained from
a random sampling of voluntary attendees invited to a mental
health screening program scheduled in six districts spanning
from June to October of 2017. Proposed psychosocial factors
of healthy aging were assessed through demographics and
the following scales:1)-Montreal Cognitive Assessment Test
in Pilipino (MOCA-P), 2) Hospital Anxiety and Depression
scale in Pilipino (HADS-P), 3) Connor-Davidson Resilience
Scale (CDR-10) and 4) World Health Organization Quality
of Life using (WHOQOLBREF). Successful Agers were
defined as participants who scored themselves seven or
above (:2:7) in the Self-Rated Successful Aging (SRSA)
scale.
Results:Seventy percent (70%) of the respondents
(N=238) considered themselves as successful agers. Among
the demographic variables, being female and the frequency
of social visits were related to successful aging. Self-reported
successful agers (SRSA) had no dementia with (MOCA-P
mean of 21). They were not depressed (HADS-D mean
1.8) or anxious (HADS-A mean 3.4); had good quality of
life (WHOQOL mean 3.4) and positive perceived health
(WHOQOL mean3.3). Successful Quezon City Filipino
agers were not as resilient (CD-RISC) with a mean of 27.
Conclusion:Like most studies in successful aging,
quality of life and perceived health and strong family support
were related to self-rated successful aging in this group of
Filipino senior citizens. There was no relationship with
cognitive function and resilience, which may be due to the
exclusion of cognitively impaired participants and the lack of
a validated cut-off score for the Filipino translated resilience
scale used.
- Full text:pjp 41-2-1-2.pdf
