%0 Journal Article
%T Predictive factors for ageing without the need for assistance in a population of individals older than 80 years.
%A Cassou B
%A Iwatsubo Y
%A Mandereau L
%A Monfort C
%J Revue M¨¦dicale de l'Assurance Maladie
%D 2005
%I 
%X Aims: To determine the factors associated with different health-outcomes following retirement. Method: We randomly selected a sample of 869 male and female subjects aged 60 years or older from the databases of a supplemental retirement fund and followed them from 1982 (T1) to 2002 (T5). During the study period, we recorded information concerning their social status and health five different times by using both interviews and auto-questionnaires. The subsequent statistical analysis was designed to identify the factors at T1 which could predict the evolution in their state of health between T1 and T5. Results: A total of 532 (61.2%) subjects died between T1 and T5. 120 subjects were still participating in the study at T5, corresponding to 53.3% of the surviving subjects in August 2002 among those who were enrolled at T1. 66% of the males and 50.7% of the females considered that their quality of life was good. More than one subject out of two stated that he or she didn¡¯t require any assistance to perform normal, daily activities other than routine housekeeping chores. The study identified four factors at T1 which predicted future ageing without the need for assistance: age, social status, degree of physical activity in males and the absence of any cardio-respiratory disorder in females. Conclusion: The results suggest that more than 30% of subjects older than 85 years state that they live without assistance, except for routine housekeeping chores. The study also underscores the relationship between factors which are present a few years after retirement and the health-outcome at old age.
%K elderly persons
%K successful ageing
%K epidemiology
%K predictive factors.
%U http://www.ameli.fr/fileadmin/user_upload/documents/Vieillissement_sans_besoin_d_aide.pdf