A Scoping Review on Biopsychosocial Predictors of Mental Health among Older Adults

Nia Murniati, Badra Al Aufa (), Dian Kusuma and Sudijanto Kamso
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Nia Murniati: Doctoral Program in Public Health, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Indonesia, Depok 16424, Indonesia
Badra Al Aufa: Applied Health Science Department, Vocational Education Program, Universitas Indonesia, Depok 16424, Indonesia
Dian Kusuma: Centre for Health Economics & Policy Innovation, Imperial College Business School, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
Sudijanto Kamso: Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Indonesia, Depok 16424, Indonesia

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 17, 1-13

Abstract: This review aims to map the available evidence on biopsychosocial predictors of elderly mental health. The articles were independently screened in three selected databases, namely Pubmed, Proquest and Google Scholar. The stages consist of identifying the research questions, seeking and selecting relevant evidence, mapping data, and concluding and reporting results. The PRISMA flowchart was used to show the PEOS evidence search flow. A total of 23,722 articles were obtained from all databases during the initial search, where 458 titles fulfilled the eligibility criteria at the title screening stage. Furthermore, 383 articles passed through abstract screening, where 75 met the inclusion criteria and were included for full-text screening. Based on the full-text screening stage, 28 articles were excluded and the remaining 47 articles that matched the search process were included for data extraction. This review creates biopsychosocial variables related to the mental health of the elderly. The biological factors consist of age, biomarkers, female, health conditions, chronic diseases, and physical function. Variables related to psychological factors are affect, personality traits, and subjective well-being. Meanwhile, social factors include smoking, sleep quality, physical activity, daily living, social support, marital status, loneliness, religiosity, spirituality, and early life conditions.

Keywords: aged; biological factors; sociological factors; psychological factors; mental health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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