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© Copyright Canadian Association on Gerontology 2016Â. A successful aging (SA) index was captured in a longitudinal population-based cohort study of individuals aged 75 and older and examined longitudinally using growth mixture modelling (GMM) to identify groups with similar trajectories using decedents' (n = 1,015) last completed interview and up to four previous data collection waves before death. GMM identified a three-class model. Classes were high-functioning, no decline (HN); high-functioning, gradual decline (HG); and low-functioning, steep decline (LS). HN class individuals were significantly younger at death (p < 0.001) and at last interview (p < 0.001), consisted of more men (p < 0.001), and more likely to be married (p < 0.001) compared to HG and LS class individuals. These results demonstrate the different ways in which individuals can experience successful aging at the end of life. This study provides the framework for future research into life-course processes of aging, with important implications for policy and practice.
Author(s): Cosco TD, Stephan BCM, Muniz G, Brayne C
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Canadian Journal on Aging
Year: 2016
Volume: 35
Issue: 4
Pages: 533-540
Print publication date: 01/12/2016
Online publication date: 25/10/2016
Acceptance date: 12/03/2016
ISSN (print): 0714-9808
ISSN (electronic): 1710-1107
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0714980816000519
DOI: 10.1017/S0714980816000519
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