Contribution of Lifestyle to Positive Ageing in Hong Kong

Woo, Jean; Ng, Sik Hung; Chong, Alice M. L.; Kwan, Alex Yh; Lai, Stephanie; Sham, Aprille

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“…Related research in Taiwan has found that older people are more likely to meet the criteria for successful ageing if they are men rather than women, are young‐old rather than old‐old, and have high levels of education and income [7,18]. Chou and Chi [2] and Woo et al ., [20] also found that in Hong Kong, education and income were positively related to higher levels of successful ageing, while being an older woman was associated with lower levels of successful ageing. For longitudinal studies in Taiwan, the follow‐up data in 1993 and 1999 indicate that the proportion of older people women survivors, who were ‘always successful’, scored less than their male counterparts in the successful ageing indicators [21].…”

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confidence: 82%

Successful ageing: The case of Taiwan

Wang

Lin

2011

Australas J Ageing

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Successful ageing: The case of Taiwan

Wang

Lin

2011

Australas J Ageing

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“…A pesar de las limitaciones, la CHS-5 aplicada a adultos mayores peruanos, ha demostrado ser una medida de screnning consistente y adecuada para la medida del humor como afrontamiento, además de ampliar el repertorio de herramientas de medición psicométrica en esta población. Así, este estudio busca servir como inicio para la inclusión del humor como afrontamiento en los estudios acerca de los mecanismos asociados al envejecimiento exitoso y saludable en el contexto peruano y latinoamericano, tal como es reconocido en la literatura internacional 5,6,8 . Finalmente, al contar ya con una medida válida y fiable, futuros estudios deberían ofrecer evidencia, a partir de programas de intervención, del rol del humor como afrontamiento como predictor del envejecimiento exitoso en diferentes contextos.…”

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“…Este crecimiento ha generado la formulación de políticas de salud pública a favor de los adultos mayores, fundamentadas en modelos conceptuales de envejecimiento exitoso 3,4 . En relación a esto, el humor ha cobrado un papel importante para la promoción de un envejecimiento exitoso y saludable 5,6 . Simon señala, que para los adultos mayores, el humor tiene un valor terapéutico como mecanismo de afrontamiento ante situaciones estresantes y está relacionado positivamente con la salud percibida y la calidad de vida 7 .…”

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Evidencias psicométricas de una versión breve de la Coping Humor Scale en adultos mayores peruanos

Caycho‐Rodríguez

Reyes-Bossio

Ventura-León

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Revista Española de Geriatría y Gerontología

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Introducción: El humor tiene un papel importante en la promoción de un envejecimiento exitoso y saludable. Sin embargo, su estudio científico es aún limitado, en parte debido a la ausencia de medidas validadas para su uso en el ámbito latinoamericano. El objetivo del estudio fue traducir al español y examinar las evidencias de fiabilidad y validez basadas en la estructura interna, convergente y discriminante de la versión peruana de la Coping with Humor Scale-5 ítems. Materiales y métodos: Los participantes fueron 236 adultos mayores peruanos (78,4% mujeres y 21,6% hombres) con un promedio de edad de 72,8 años (DE = 6,90). Se realizó un análisis factorial confirmatorio, análisis de correlación (r) y fiabilidad (␣; alfa de cronbach y ; omega). Resultados: El modelo unidimensional presentó un ajuste adecuado de los datos (2 = 7,72, df = 5, p = 0,17, 2 /df = 1,54, GFI =0,988, CFI =0,996, NFI = 0,988; RMSEA = 0,048 [IC90% 0,000, 0,111]; y SRMR = 0,016). Los índices de fiabilidad son adecuados (␣= 0,86 [IC95%: 0,82-0,89] y = 0,89 [IC95%: 0,87-0,91]). Se observa una correlación positiva entre la puntuación promedio de la CHS-5 y la satisfacción con la vida, y negativa con la depresión. Conclusiones: La CHS-5 presenta excelentes propiedades psicométricas, siendo una medida que brinda interpretaciones válidas y confiables para ser utilizada en adultos mayores peruanos.

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“…The frequency of daily fish intake in the Hong Kong population was obtained from two independent surveys conducted in Hong Kong in 1995 and 2003. Detailed methods have been described previously ( 14 , 15 ) . The first was the Adult Dietary Survey, which was conducted with a sub-sample of the territory-wide cardiovascular risk factor study in Hong Kong from 1995 to 1996 ( 14 ) .…”

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Increasing dietary fish intake has contributed to decreasing mortality from CHD among the older population in Hong Kong

Zhang

Woo

Heller

2009

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To test whether change in the frequency of fish intake at population level would affect the trends of death from CHD and how many CHD events could be prevented in Hong Kong, a population among those with the highest fish consumption and the lowest CHD mortality in the world. Design: Time trends analysis with data from repeated dietary surveys and death registration. Setting: Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China. Subjects: A total of 3096 men and women aged 40-69 years who participated in territory-wide surveys in 1995 or 2003 were included in the analysis of changes in dietary fish intake; all adults aged 40-69 years in Hong Kong were included in the analysis of time trends of CHD mortality. Results: Over the period, the frequency of fish intake increased and CHD mortality decreased significantly in the population age group of 50-69 years, while in the age group of 40-49 years little change in both fish intake and CHD mortality was observed. It was estimated that 240 CHD deaths (or 29 % of the total) were avoided among the population aged 40-69 years in 2003, as more than half of the population consumed fish every day in Hong Kong. Conclusions: The time trend of CHD mortality was inversely related to the trend of fish intake. The frequency of fish intake may have a substantial impact on the population for the prevention of CHD deaths in Hong Kong. Keywords Dietary fish intake Coronary heart disease Population impactThe protective effect of dietary fish intake on CHD, partly through the pathway of n-3 PUFA and especially EPA and DHA, has been explored in general populations as well as among CHD patients for almost half a century. The inverse association between fish consumption and CHD has been observed in both Eastern and Western populations (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6) . A dose-response relationship between the size of the effect on CHD and the amount of fish consumed or the frequency of dietary fish intake was demonstrated in a meta-analysis of thirteen cohort studies (7) . Dietary fish intake has been recommended in guidelines on CVD prevention by many medical societies around the world (8)(9)(10)(11) . However, whether changes in the frequency of fish intake at population level would affect the trends of CHD, and what proportion or number of CHD deaths could be averted due to the frequency of fish intake in a given population, has not been assessed. The population of Hong Kong is among those with the highest fish consumption and the lowest CHD mortality in the world. The percentage of dietary energy from fish intake in Hong Kong was the third highest and the ageadjusted CHD mortality was the second lowest among those populations with data available in the UN (12) . The population impact of fish intake on CHD mortality in Hong Kong, however, has not been quantitatively estimated. The present report aims to fill this gap by comparing the frequency of daily fish intake and CHD mortality in age-and sex-specific populations between two time points (1995 v. 2003), and estimating the potential populat...

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Contribution of Lifestyle to Positive Ageing in Hong Kong

Cited by 9 publications

References 33 publications

Successful ageing: The case of Taiwan

Successful ageing: The case of Taiwan

Evidencias psicométricas de una versión breve de la Coping Humor Scale en adultos mayores peruanos

Increasing dietary fish intake has contributed to decreasing mortality from CHD among the older population in Hong Kong

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