TY - JOUR
T1 - Personality and reduced incidence of walking limitation in late life
T2 - Findings from the health, aging, and body composition study
AU - Tolea, Magdalena I.
AU - Ferrucci, Luigi
AU - Costa, Paul T.
AU - Faulkner, Kimberly
AU - Rosano, Caterina
AU - Satterfield, Suzanne
AU - Ayonayon, Hilsa N.
AU - Simonsick, Eleanor M.
N1 - Funding Information:
The Health ABC Study is funded by N ational Institute on Aging (NIA) Contracts N01-AG-6-2101 , N01-AG-6-2103 , and N01-AG-6-2106 . H.N. Ayonayon was partly supported by one of these contracts. This research was supported (in part) by the Intramural Research Program of the National Institutes of Health , NIA . P. T. C osta receives royalties from the NEO-PI-R.
PY - 2012/11
Y1 - 2012/11
N2 - Objectives. To examine the association between openness to experience and conscientiousness and incident reported walking limitation.Method. The study population consisted of 786 men and women aged 71-81 years (M = 75 years, SD = 2.7) participating in the Health, Aging, and Body Composition-Cognitive Vitality Substudy.Results. Nearly 20% of participants (155/786) developed walking limitation during 6 years of follow-up. High openness was associated with a reduced risk of walking limitation (hazard ratio [HR] = 0.83, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.69-0.98), independent of sociodemographic factors, health conditions, and conscientiousness. This association was not mediated by lifestyle factors and was not substantially modified by other risk factors for functional disability. Conscientiousness was not associated with risk of walking limitation (HR = 0.91, 95% CI = 0.77-1.07).Discussion. Findings suggest that personality dimensions, specifically higher openness to experience, may contribute to functional resilience in late life.
AB - Objectives. To examine the association between openness to experience and conscientiousness and incident reported walking limitation.Method. The study population consisted of 786 men and women aged 71-81 years (M = 75 years, SD = 2.7) participating in the Health, Aging, and Body Composition-Cognitive Vitality Substudy.Results. Nearly 20% of participants (155/786) developed walking limitation during 6 years of follow-up. High openness was associated with a reduced risk of walking limitation (hazard ratio [HR] = 0.83, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.69-0.98), independent of sociodemographic factors, health conditions, and conscientiousness. This association was not mediated by lifestyle factors and was not substantially modified by other risk factors for functional disability. Conscientiousness was not associated with risk of walking limitation (HR = 0.91, 95% CI = 0.77-1.07).Discussion. Findings suggest that personality dimensions, specifically higher openness to experience, may contribute to functional resilience in late life.
KW - Conscientiousness
KW - Functional limitations
KW - Openness to experience
KW - Personality
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U2 - 10.1093/geronb/gbs001
DO - 10.1093/geronb/gbs001
M3 - Article
C2 - 22437204
AN - SCOPUS:84867833506
SN - 1079-5014
VL - 67 B
SP - 712
EP - 719
JO - Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
JF - Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
IS - 6
ER -