Factors Associated with Attitudes toward Aging among Taiwanese Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Based on Population-Representative National Data

Shu-Hsin Lee, Chih-Jung Yeh, Cheng-Yu Yang, Ching-Yi Wang and Meng-Chih Lee
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Shu-Hsin Lee: Department of Nursing, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 402306, Taiwan
Chih-Jung Yeh: Department of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 402306, Taiwan
Cheng-Yu Yang: Department of Physical Therapy, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 402306, Taiwan
Ching-Yi Wang: Department of Physical Therapy, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 402306, Taiwan
Meng-Chih Lee: Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 402306, Taiwan

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 5, 1-10

Abstract: In middle-aged and older adults, attitude toward aging (ATA) exerts significant influences on their current and future health. For health promotion to be successful, participants’ ATA requires health care providers’ attention. Knowing the factors associated with ATA can facilitate future studies to investigate effective interventions. The aim of this study was to identify the factors associated with ATA in middle-aged and older adults. This cross-sectional study analyzed data of a nationally representative sample of adults aged 58 years and older collected in a population-based longitudinal study: the Taiwan Longitudinal Study on Aging (TLSA). To identify the factors associated with ATA, we investigated demographic factors (age, gender, education, marital and cohabitation status, and financial satisfaction status) and health-related factors (number of co-morbidities, depression, physical function dependency) with bivariate analysis and multiple regression analysis. To identify the activities beneficial to ATA over and above demographic and health-related factors, various activities (exercise, volunteer service, and leisure activities) were each examined individually by multiple regression analysis. The factors detrimental to ATA were advanced age, a higher number of co-morbidities, living alone, depression, and dependence on physical function. Those beneficial to ATA were higher education, financial satisfaction, physical exercise, volunteer service, and six leisure activities.

Keywords: attitude toward aging; leisure activities; physical exercise; volunteer service (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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