More Years, Less Yawns: Fresh Evidence on Tiredness by Age and Other Factors

Dolan, Paul; Kudrna, Laura

doi:10.1093/geronb/gbt118

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“…These descriptive patterns are consistent with prior studies showing that life satisfaction remains high and even increases with age, that emotional wellbeing declines above age 75, and that pain has no age gradient in later life (13–14, 18, 21–22). Findings differ, however, from studies suggesting that fatigue declines with age (19–20). Although we cannot pinpoint the reason for this discrepancy, in sensitivity analyses (not shown) we found patterns for fatigue mirrored those for somatic wellbeing, which suggests that it does not stem from combining pain and fatigue into one measure.…”

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“…Developmental theory suggests that adults accumulate strategies as they age to maximize positive and minimize negative experiences (18) so that experienced wellbeing should increase with age. Research on somatic wellbeing is consistent with this persepctive: diary-based measures of fatigue decline with age and pain is relatively flat above age 60 (19–20). Empirical studies of emotions, however, suggest positive experiences peak in the late 60s or mid-70s before returning to pre-retirement levels (18,21).…”

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Aging, mobility impairments and subjective wellbeing

Freedman

Carr

Cornman

et al. 2017

Disability and Health Journal

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Background Wellbeing is often described as U-shaped over the life course, suggesting an apparent paradox that wellbeing remains high at older ages despite increases in impairments. Objective/Hypotheses We explore associations among age, lower body impairments—one of the most common late-life impairments—and three measures of wellbeing: life satisfaction, emotional wellbeing and somatic wellbeing. We hypothesize that age effects are positive, become stronger once lower body impairments are controlled, and are concentrated among those who have maintained their mobility. Net of confounding factors, we hypothesize that lower body impairments are associated with worse wellbeing and these effects diminish with advancing age. Methods We analyze the 2013 Disability and Use of Time supplement to the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (N=1,607 adults ages 60 and older). We estimate nested regression models that include age, severity of lower body impairments and confounding demographic, psychological, and socioeconomic factors and activities; test age-impairment interactions; and estimate age- and impairment-stratified models. Results Positive age effects were observed after controlling for lower body impairments for life satisfaction (β=0.90;p<.05), although statistical significance weakened (p=0.07) in fully adjusted models. For emotional wellbeing, adjusted age effects were negative (β=−0.05; p<.05) and were concentrated among those with limitations (β=−0.14;p<.01). For all three outcomes, severity of impairments reduced wellbeing in adjusted models. These effects were strongest for somatic wellbeing, especially for 65-to-74 year olds. Conclusions Our study challenges the notion that wellbeing is U-shaped throughout the life course and underscores the critical role of mobility across wellbeing domains in later life.

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Aging, mobility impairments and subjective wellbeing

Freedman

Carr

Cornman

et al. 2017

Disability and Health Journal

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“…Increasing evidence suggests that DRM ratings replicate intra-day patterns of affect obtained with experience sampling methods [6,13] and can be used to study relationships between affect and physiological processes like ambulatory heart rate [2,41] and salivary cortisol [42]. The DRM can be administered with a questionnaire, over the Internet, or via an interview, making it attractive for addressing population-level research questions with relatively large samples [6,43]. To date, the DRM has not found widespread attention in PRO research, possibly because it has originally been developed to investigate relationships between time-use and emotions in general population samples.…”

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Ambulatory and diary methods can facilitate the measurement of patient-reported outcomes

Schneider

Stone

2015

Qual Life Res

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Purpose Ambulatory and diary methods of self-reported symptoms and wellbeing have received increasing interest in recent years. These methods are a valuable addition to traditional strategies for the assessment of Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs) in that they capture patients’ recent symptom experiences repeatedly in their natural environments. In this article, we review ways that incorporating diary methods into PRO measurement can facilitate research on quality of life. Methods Several diary methods are currently available and they include “real time” (Ecological Momentary Assessment) and “near real time” (end-of-day assessments, Day Reconstruction Method) formats. We identify the key benefits of these methods for PRO research. Results (1) In validity testing, diary assessments can serve as a standard for evaluating the ecological validity and for identifying recall biases of PRO instruments with longer-term recall formats. (2) In research and clinical settings, diaries have the ability to closely capture variations and dynamic changes in quality of life that are difficult or not possible to obtain from traditional PRO assessments. (3) In test construction, repeated diary assessments can expand understanding of the measurement characteristics (e.g., reliability, dimensionality) of PROs in that parameters for differences between people can be compared with those for variation within people. Conclusions Diary assessment strategies can enrich the repertoire of PRO assessment tools and enhance the measurement of patients’ quality of life.

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“…Corresponde a este gênero, a literatura de autoajuda (Dockery, 2005;Thaler & Sunstein, 2008;Hansen, 2012;Dolan & Kudrna, 2013;Dolan, 2015), às expectativas de diversos indivíduos, como fundamenta o número exponencial de edições à escala global.…”

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<b>Por que leem os jovens literatura de autoajuda? Reflexões sobre O céu existe mesmo, de T. Burpo e L. Vincent

Martins

Azevedo

2016

Acta Sci. Human Soc. Sci.

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RESUMO.A obra em apreço remete para a literatura de autoajuda, cujo teor, pertencente ao imaginário religioso, a colocou no patamar dos best-sellers, suscitando uma leitura transversal a todas as faixas etárias. A particularidade de ter sido objeto de escolha por parte de jovens motivou uma análise hermenêutica que identificasse possíveis valores estéticos, éticos e simbólicos. O artigo explicita o conceito de literatura de autoajuda e as principais linhas ideológico-temáticas da obra em causa.Palavras-chave: literatura, autoajuda, valores.Why do young people read self-helping literature? Reflections about Heaven is for real, from T. Burpo and L. Vincent ABSTRACT. The work in question refers to self-help literature, whose content, belonging to religious imagination, placed it at the level of bestselling texts, leading to a cross reading for all age groups. The fact of having been the subject of choice by young readers motivated a hermeneutic analysis to identify possible aesthetic, ethical and symbolic values. This article explains the concept of self-help literature and the main ideological and thematic lines of the work in question.

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More Years, Less Yawns: Fresh Evidence on Tiredness by Age and Other Factors

Abstract: Contrary to much previous research, tiredness decreases with age. People who are more than 65 years of age are almost one point on a 0-6 scale less tired than people aged between 15 and 24. Clinical implications and methodological limitations are discussed.

Cited by 22 publications

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Aging, mobility impairments and subjective wellbeing

Aging, mobility impairments and subjective wellbeing

Ambulatory and diary methods can facilitate the measurement of patient-reported outcomes

<b>Por que leem os jovens literatura de autoajuda? Reflexões sobre O céu existe mesmo, de T. Burpo e L. Vincent

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