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The Mediating Effects of Social Networks and Wisdom on the Relationship between Lifestyle Habits and Healthy Aging in Older Adults with Chronic Diseases
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: Received: 18 July 2023 / Approved: 19 July 2023 / Online: 19 July 2023 (09:53:15 CEST)
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Kim, H.-K.; Oh, H.-S.; Park, C.-H. The Mediating Effects of Social Networks and Wisdom on the Relationship between Lifestyle Habits and Healthy Aging in Older Adults with Chronic Diseases. Preprints2023, 2023071294. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.1294.v1
Kim, H.-K.; Oh, H.-S.; Park, C.-H. The Mediating Effects of Social Networks and Wisdom on the Relationship between Lifestyle Habits and Healthy Aging in Older Adults with Chronic Diseases. Preprints 2023, 2023071294. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.1294.v1
Kim, H.-K.; Oh, H.-S.; Park, C.-H. The Mediating Effects of Social Networks and Wisdom on the Relationship between Lifestyle Habits and Healthy Aging in Older Adults with Chronic Diseases. Preprints2023, 2023071294. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.1294.v1
APA Style
Kim, H. K., Oh, H. S., & Park, C. H. (2023). The Mediating Effects of Social Networks and Wisdom on the Relationship between Lifestyle Habits and Healthy Aging in Older Adults with Chronic Diseases. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.1294.v1
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Kim, H., Hye-Suk Oh and Cheol-Hee Park. 2023 "The Mediating Effects of Social Networks and Wisdom on the Relationship between Lifestyle Habits and Healthy Aging in Older Adults with Chronic Diseases" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.1294.v1
Abstract
Background and Objectives: There is a need to effectively manage the healthy aging of the rapidly increasing number of elderly people in an ultra-elderly society. The purpose of this study was to analyze the mediating effects of social networks and wisdom on the relationship between lifestyle habits and healthy aging in older adults with chronic diseases. Materials and Methods: Participants were 120 community-dwelling older adults aged 65 and older with at least one chronic disease. Data were collected from elderly people who met the criteria by visiting nursing care worker training centers, senior centers, social gatherings, and home welfare centers in D, G, and S cities from May 24 to June 23, 2023, with a questionnaire consisting of lifestyle habits, social networks, wisdom and healthy aging, and general characteristics. Results: The degree of healthy aging of the subjects was 3.56 out of 5, and there were differences in the degree of healthy aging according to age (F=3.76, p=0.026), spousal relationship (t=3.11, p=0.002), education (F=9.08, p<0.001), number of diseases (F=8.65, p<0.001), and economic level (t=-2.45, p=0.016). The most common diseases among the subjects were hypertension, hyperlipidemia, joint diseases and diabetes mellitus. Healthy aging was highly correlated with lifestyle habits (r=0.63, p<0.001), social networks (r=0.65, p<0.001), and wisdom (r=0.73, p<0.001). Social networks (β=0.46, p<0.001) and wisdom (β=0.55, p<0.001) had partial mediating effects (z=4.15, p<0.001; z=5.11, p<0.001) on the relationship between subjects' lifestyle habits and healthy aging. Conclusions: In order to increase the degree of healthy aging of the subjects, it is necessary to establish a mediating intervention program that manages to have a good lifestyle habits in daily life, increase social networks, and become wise.
Keywords
elderly; healthy aging; lifestyle habits; social networks; wisdom; chronic disease
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Public Health and Health Services
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