| Publication | |
| Author(s) | Gfellner, B.M. |
| Title | Perceptions of Health, Abilities, and Life Satisfaction among very Old Adults. |
| Source | Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1989, Vol. 68, 203 -209 |
| URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2928048 |
| Investigation | |
| Public | 80+ aged, hospitalized within 2 years, Canada, 1984 |
| - 18 Participants were volunteers from local seniors' clubs; 2 who responded to a local newspaper advertisement; 20 were contacted while in the hospital. | |
| Survey name | Unnamed study |
| Sample | Non-probability purposive sample |
| Respondents N = | 40 |
| - age: 80-96 years old - 75% are women, 25% are men - 27 alone, 11 with their spouses, 2 with another - all lived in their own homes - 34 resided in a small urban centre 25yr. ; 6 lived in the community 10-25 yr. - 31 with at least one child living within the same city. 9 had children within a distance of 250 miles or less - all of them were middle-class in socioeconomic background - education: 10 yr. of school - there income was adequate to meet their needs - 20 had been hospitalized within 2 yr. and included those recently discharged - 74% were recipients of home-care services | |
| Non Response | Not available |
| Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| interview in their homes | |
| General remarks | year of data gatheing not reported. Estimated 1984 |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question: Here is a picture of a ladder. Suppose we say that the top of the ladder represents the best possible life for you and the bottom represents the worst possible life for you. Where on the ladder do you feel you personally stand at the present time? [ 10 ] best possible life [ 9 ] [ 8 ] [ 7 ] [ 6 ] [ 5 ] [ 4 ] [ 3 ] [ 2 ] [ 1 ] [ 0 ] worst possible life Preceded by 1) open questions about what the respondent imagines as the best possible life and the worst possible life. 2) ratings on the ladder of one's life five years ago and where on the ladder one expects to stand five years from now. Name: Cantril's self anchoring ladder rating of life (original) |
| Classification | C-BW-c-sq-l-11-a |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 0 - 10 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 7.40 | |
| Standard deviation | 2.50 |
| Author's label | Subject Code Finding | Subject description |
| Current Functional Abilities | H14ab03 | Symptoms of bad health |
| Current Health | H14ab02a | Global health rating |
| Current Health Conditions | H14ab02c | Number of health complaints |
| Current Instrumental Limitations | H14ac | Current functional health |
| Current Physical Limitations | H14ac | Current functional health |
| Expected Functional Abilities | H14af07 | Expected health |
| Expected Health | H14af07 | Expected health |
| Expected Satisfaction | H04aa04a | In the near future (up to 5 years) |
| Past Functional Abilities | H14aa01 | Earlier physical health |
| Past Health | H14aa01 | Earlier physical health |
| Past Satisfaction | H04aa01a | In recent past |