| Self-perception of aging and acute medical events in chronically institutionalized middle-aged and older persons with schizophrenia. | |
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PMID: 21953859 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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OBJECTIVES: To examine the relationship between self-perceptions of aging and acute medical events in chronically institutionalized middle-aged and older persons with schizophrenia. METHODS: Participants were 83 persons with schizophrenia (30% women; mean age = 58.48, SD = 8.14) residing in a long-stay care home, who were without organic mental disorders, mental retardation, serious audiovisual impairment, and serious cognitive and physical impairment. They received assessments in body mass index, functional health, and global mental status, and responded to measures of self-perception of aging at baseline. Acute events that required medical attention were recorded for the next 3 months. RESULTS: 8% of the participants had acute medical events. Bivariate analysis suggested that number of comorbid medical conditions, mobility, Mini-Mental State Examination, and negative self-perception of aging were predictive of acute medical events. However, multivariate analysis (logistic regression) showed that only mobility (OR = 0.78, p = 0.04) and negative self-perception of aging (OR = 3.38, p = 0.02) had independent effects on acute medical events, with the latter being the stronger predictor. Positive aging self-perception, body mass index, and smoking were unrelated to medical events. CONCLUSIONS: Physical vulnerabilities may not be sufficient to explain the development of acute medical events in late-life schizophrenia. How individuals perceive their aging process, which is expected to regulate health behavior and help-seeking, may be an even more important factor. Further research should investigate whether such self-perceptions, which are probably rooted in stereotypes about aging socialized early in life, are modifiable in this population. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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Sheung-Tak Cheng; Leona C Y Yip; Olivia T T Jim; Anna N N Hui |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-9-23 |
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Title: International journal of geriatric psychiatry Volume: - ISSN: 1099-1166 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Sep |
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Created Date: 2011-9-28 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8710629 Medline TA: Int J Geriatr Psychiatry Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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Department of Psychological Studies, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong. takcheng@ied.edu.hk. |
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