Search results for "ikääntyminen"

Self-rated health in old age : a follow-up study of changes and determinants

2002

The purpose of the study was to examine how older people rate their health with increase-ing age and how they assess change in their health over a 5-year follow-up period. Further, the aim was to study the individual-related factors underlying self-rated health, as well as to explore whether self-rated health takes the form of a continuum in relation to different indicators of health status, functional performance, and physical and social activity.This study was part of the Evergreen project and used data on the inhabitants of Jyväskylä, Finland, born in 1914. The baseline data were collected in 1989, the 5-year follow-up was conducted in 1994, and the 10-year follow-up in 1999. The data we…

Intentions of early retirement and continuing to work among middle-aged and older employees

2009

The purpose of this study is to investigate personal, health, work, and work-related psychological factors in association with employee intentions of early retirement and continuing to work after retirement in the form of bridge employment. In addition, the study aims to further our understanding of what motivates older employees by investigating age-related differences in employee reward preferences. The study draws upon several theoretical perspectives, including continuity theory, the life course perspective, theories on motivation, and the meaning of work for older employees. Survey data from three individual research projects are used in this study - age management studies consisting o…

Early signs of mobility decline and physical activity counseling as a preventive intervention in older people

2010

Genetic and environmental effects on hearing acuity and the association between hearing acuity, mobility and falls in older women

2010

Obesity as a predictor of falls among older women

2012

In older people’s falls often lead to hospitalisation and lengthy recovery in health care institutions and this may be conducive to financial strain on health care systems. The propensity or risk of falling rises as the individual gets older and frailer. Fear of falling, previous history of falling, poor mobility, limitations in Activities of Daily Living (ADL), side effects of medications, hazardous environment, poor vision and hearing, poor postural balance and gaits impairment are among the frequent factors that give rise to falls amongst older people. However, studies focused on obesity as a risk factor for falls are rarer. The aim of this study was to find out whether obesity increases…

Postural balance and aging : cross-sectional comparative studies and a balance training intervention

2004

Sanna Sihvonen tutki väitöskirjatyössään eri-ikäisten henkilöitten tasapainoa ja yksilöllisen näköpalautteeseen perustuvan tasapainoharjoittelun vaikuttavuutta ikääntyneillä palvelukodissa asuvilla naisilla. Sihvonen havaitsi eri-ikäisten tasapainokyvyssä eroja. Näköpalautteeseen perustuva harjoittelu osoittautui lupaavaksi kuntoutusmuodoksi tasapainon parantamisessa ja kaatumisten ehkäisyssä iäkkäillä palvelukodissa asuvilla naisilla.Tasapainon hallinta vaikuttaa olennaisesti ikääntyneen henkilön kykyyn suoriutua itsenäisesti jokapäiväisistä toiminnoista. Tasapainoon liittyvät ongelmat ovat ikääntyneiden keskuudessa yleisiä ja ne ovat eräs kaatumistapaturmien keskeinen taustatekijä. Viime …

Sustainable Working Life Patterns in a Swedish Twin Cohort : Age-Related Sequences of Sickness Absence, Disability Pension, Unemployment, and Prematu…

2022

We aimed to investigate sustainable working life via age-related sequences of sickness absence (SA), disability pension (DP), unemployment (UE), premature death, and the influence of individual characteristics, accounting for familial confounding. The sample included monozygotic (MZ) and dizygotic (DZ) same-sexed twin pairs with register data (n = 47,450) that were followed for 10 years in four age cohorts: 26–35 (n = 9892), 36–45 (n = 10,620), 46–55 (n = 12,964) and 56–65 (n = 13,974). A sequence analysis was done in a 7-element state space: 1. “Sustainable working life”: SA/DP 0–30 days and UE 0–90 days; 2. “Unemployment >90 days”: SA/DP 0–30 days and UE > 90 days; 3. “Moderate SA/DP”: SA…

Dietary acid load and acid-base balance in exercise and health from adolescence to late adulthood

2018

This thesis investigated whether dietary acid load has either short-term (4 to 7 days) or prolonged (12 weeks) effects on acid-base status at rest and during submaximal and maximal aerobic exercise; whether the effects of dietary acid load on acid-base status differ between adolescents, young adults and the elderly, and between men and women; and whether the changes in acid-base balance have a further effect on aerobic exercise performance. These questions were addressed in three different study settings in healthy and recreationally active men and women. In studies 1 and 2, which followed a crossover study design, participants were assigned in randomized order to follow a diet with a low o…

Vyötärölihavuus, kohonnut paastoglukoosi, tyyppi 2 diabetes ja metabolinen oireyhtymä entisillä huippu-urheilijoilla

2010

Tutkimus on osa laajempaa projektikokonaisuutta, jonka yleisenä tavoitteena on kartoittaa entisten huippu-urheilijoiden terveyttä. Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena on selvittää metabolisen oireyhtymän (MBO), vyötärölihavuuden, kohonneen paastoglukoosin ja tyypin 2 diabeteksen esiintyvyyttä heillä. Tutkimusaineiston (N=599) muodostavat entiset mieshuippu-urheilijat, jotka ovat edustaneet Suomea vuosina 1920-1965 vähintään kerran kansainvälisesti. Verrokit (N=207) on valittu samoista armeijan palvelukseen astumiseristä (A1-luokka). Edustettuina ovat kestävyys- (N=41), voima- (N=107) ja joukkuelajit (N=244). Tutkittavat kutsuttiin kirjeitse TERVEYSTUTKIMUS 2008 terveystarkastukseen. Tutkimus to…

Automatic auditory and somatosensory brain responses in relation to cognitive abilities and physical fitness in older adults

2017

AbstractIn normal ageing, structural and functional changes in the brain lead to an altered processing of sensory stimuli and to changes in cognitive functions. The link between changes in sensory processing and cognition is not well understood, but physical fitness is suggested to be beneficial for both. We recorded event-related potentials to somatosensory and auditory stimuli in a passive change detection paradigm from 81 older and 38 young women and investigated their associations with cognitive performance. In older adults also associations to physical fitness were studied. The somatosensory mismatch response was attenuated in older adults and it associated with executive functions. So…