Perceived Stress Symptoms in Midlife Predict Disability in Old Age: A 28-Year Prospective Cohort Study - UTU Research Portal

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Perceived Stress Symptoms in Midlife Predict Disability in Old Age: A 28-Year Prospective Cohort Study

Authors: Kulmala J, von Bonsdorff MB, Stenholm S, Tormakangas T, von Bonsdorff ME, Nygard CH, Klockars M, Seitsamo J, Ilmarinen J, Rantanen T

Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC

Publication year: 2013

Journal: Journals of Gerontology, Series A

Journal name in source: JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES

Journal acronym: J GERONTOL A-BIOL

Number in series: 8

Volume: 68

Issue: 8

First page : 984

Last page: 991

Number of pages: 8

ISSN: 1079-5006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/gls339

Abstract

Conclusions. Among occupationally active 44- to 58-year-old men and women, perceived stress symptoms in midlife correlated with disability 28 years later. Stress symptoms may be the first signs of decompensation of individual functioning relative to environmental demands, which may later manifest in disabilities.