期刊名称：Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine
印刷版ISSN：1232-1966
电子版ISSN：1898-2263
出版年度：2015
卷号：22
期号：1
页码：147-151
DOI：10.5604/12321966.1141385
出版社：Institute of Agricultural Medicine in Lublin
摘要：Introduction and objective. Modern medicine is still searching for the antecedents which will lead to successful aging. Thearticle discusses the self-perception of life satisfaction and health of senior citizens. The aim of the study was to determinethe relationship between self-evaluation of life satisfaction and health by senior citizens in comparison to different agegroups.Materials and method. The study included 463 persons – 230 men and 233 women. The age of the participants was in therange 16 – 83 years. All participants were asked to fill the Life Satisfaction Questionnaire (Fragebogen zur Lebenszufriedenheit– FLZ). The FLZ questionnaire assesses the global life satisfaction of a person and health domain separately.Results. The results show age-related differences in the evaluation of life satisfaction. Accordingly, there is a significantchange in health evaluations in different age groups, but there are no significant gender differences in health self-reportdata. The senior citizens’ assessment of general health, although the lowest among all the age-subgroups, showed significantdifference only in relation to the people below 45 years of age. The significant differences in satisfaction from mental healthoccurred only for the elderly and participants aged 25–34 and 35–44.Conclusions. Life satisfaction is associated with subjective health evaluations. There are two domains (mental health andperformance) that are positively evaluated by more than two-thirds of senior citizens. The observed differences challengestereotypes and prejudices relating to negative aging process. Senior citizens can improve their control beliefs and developself-regulation and coping skills
关键词：aging; coping skills; activities of daily living; life style; advance care planning
