Everyday Health among Older People: A Comparison between Two Countries with Variant Life Conditions

• Published in: Journal of aging research Vol. 2017; no. 2017; pp. 1 - 8
• Main Authors: Sternäng, Ola, Kabir, Zarina Nahar, Wranker, Lena Sandin, Fagerström, Cecilia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2017; Hindawi; John Wiley & Sons, Inc; Hindawi Limited; Wiley
• Subjects: Age; Aging; Analysis; Clinical Medicine; Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi; Geriatrics; Geriatrik; Gerontology; Health Sciences; Health services; Hälsovetenskap; Insomnia; Klinisk medicin; Living conditions; Medical and Health Sciences; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Mental health; Older people; Pain; Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology; Quality of life; Rural areas; Sleep disorders; Studies; Womens health; Bangladesh; Sweden
• ISSN: 2090-2204; 2090-2212; 2090-2212
• DOI: 10.1155/2017/2720942

This study described health factors of importance for everyday health, such as pain, tiredness, and sleeping problems, in a cross-national context. Data for persons 60+ years were obtained from the Poverty and Health in Aging study, Bangladesh, and the Swedish National Study on Aging and Care-Blekinge. The strongest associations with everyday health in Sweden were found for pain and tiredness, while in Bangladesh they were financial status, tiredness, and sleeping problems. As similarities were found regarding the associations of tiredness on everyday health, tiredness may be a universal predictor of everyday health in older adults irrespective of country context.