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- Cognition and functionality: how do they related to time lived after 100 years of age?Publication . Teixeira, Laetitia; Araújo, Lia; Duarte, Natália; Brandão, Daniela; Azevedo, Maria João; Ribeiro, OscarIntroduction: The number of centenarians has greatly increased in Portugal in the last decades. Therefore, the analysis of survival time after becoming a centenarian and related factors constitute an import- ant issue for the quality of care provision. The objective of this study is to identify health related factors associated with the time lived after being 100 years of age. Methods: Data come from the population-based study PT100 (Oporto Centenarian Study) and considers information gathered through face-to-face interviews with centenarians and their proxies during 2013. Study eligibility criteria included being 100 and more years old and living in the Oporto Metropolitan Area. Survival analyses were performed in order to identify factors associated with survival after the 100. Functional status (e.g., walking, being bedrid- den) and specific health conditions (e.g. presence/absence of cognitive impairment) were considered as potential factors. Results: The sam- ple comprises 140 centenarians with approximately 14.5 months as median survival time after their 100th anniversary. Centenarians who were bedridden presented a higher probability to live after 100 years when compared with functionally independent centenarians. Presence of cognitive impairment was not associated with the time lived after 100 years old. Conclusions: Given the increasing number of centenarians in Portugal, different studies based on this population need to be consid- ered. The present study, focused on the life after 100 years old, provides new information about this topic contributing to the formulation of new scientific questions for this population.
- Successful ageing in centenarians: the relevance of social engagement for psychological wellbeingPublication . Araújo, Lia; Ribeiro, Oscar; da Costa Teixeira, Laetitia; Duarte, Natália; Brandão, Daniela; Azevedo, Maria João; Paul, ConstançaRowe and Kahn’s (1997) version of successful aging defines avoid- ance of disease and disability, maintenance of high physical and cogni- tive function, and sustained engagement in social and productive activ- ities as essential components of aging successfully. The applicability of this model in very advanced age has been questioned and the relative importance of these aspects to well-being is not properly established. In order to analyze the effect of Rowe and Kahn’ criteria on both subjective (hedonic) and psychological (eudaimonic) well-being, 140 individu- als with 100 and more years old from the Oporto Centenarian Study (PT100) were interviewed. The mean age of the sample was 101.18 (SD 1.59); 89.3% women, 76.4% widowed and 57.9% living in the com- munity. The Positive Valuation of Life Scale (Lawton et al., 2001), the Satisfaction with Life Scale (Diener et al., 1985) and a questionnaire of health and social information were used for data collection. Descriptive and inferential analyses were conducted. Mean scores of well-being were 27.81 (SD=5.21) for VOL and 6.51 (SD=1.97) for SWLS. Of the successful aging criteria only social engagement, i.e. participation in social activities, had a significant association with psychological well-being (p<0.01). These results stress out the influence of activity and social engagement participation in the adaptation to the challenges of very old age. The characteristics, sort and distribution of activities practiced at this age should be further investigated in order to promote and/or adjust available social engagement opportunities.