Prevalence of Successful Aging among Turkish Adults, with Particular Focus on Age Groups and Living Space.

IF 1 Q3 GERONTOLOGY

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology Pub Date : 2025-07-07 DOI:10.1007/s10823-025-09541-0

Cem Soylu, Banu Cengelci Ozekes

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The older adult population in Türkiye is increasing, paralleling global trends; however, there is a lack of information regarding the prevalence of successful aging in the Turkish context. This study aims to fill this data gap by assessing both the objective and subjective prevalence of successful aging in Turkish adults aged ≥ 50 years. The study included 478 older adults (M = 72.11, SD = 10.43), categorized by age range (50-64, 65-74, 75-84 and ≥ 85 years) and residence status (nursing home residents and community-dwelling adults). Participants were compared based on successful aging criteria defined by Rowe and Kahn's model (1997) and a self-rated successful aging item. Descriptive analyses were conducted to assess the prevalence of successful aging. The overall prevalence of successful aging was found to be 6.3% according to Rowe and Kahn's criteria, while 55.2% of participants self-rated themselves as aging successfully. A significant decreasing trend in the prevalence of successful aging components was observed with increasing age, and community-dwelling older adults exhibited a higher prevalence of successful aging components compared to nursing home residents. The findings indicated that nursing home residency and increased age are inversely related to both objective and subjective successful aging. Furthermore, older adults in Türkiye tend to maintain fewer components of successful aging than their counterparts in other countries.

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土耳其成年人中成功老龄化的患病率，特别关注年龄组和生活空间。

日本的老年人口正在增加，与全球趋势平行；然而，在土耳其的背景下，缺乏关于成功老龄化流行的信息。本研究旨在通过评估≥50岁土耳其成年人成功衰老的客观和主观患病率来填补这一数据空白。研究纳入478名老年人（M = 72.11, SD = 10.43），按年龄（50-64岁、65-74岁、75-84岁和≥85岁）和居住状况（养老院居民和社区居民）进行分类。根据Rowe和Kahn模型（1997）定义的成功老化标准和自评成功老化项目对参与者进行比较。进行描述性分析以评估成功衰老的患病率。根据Rowe和Kahn的标准，成功衰老的总体患病率为6.3%，而55.2%的参与者自认为自己成功衰老。随着年龄的增长，成功老龄化成分的流行率呈显著下降趋势，社区居住的老年人比养老院居民表现出更高的成功老龄化成分的流行率。研究结果显示，住在养老院与年龄增加对主观与客观的成功老化均有负相关。此外，与其他国家的老年人相比，日本的老年人往往保持着更少的成功衰老的要素。

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Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology GERONTOLOGY-

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology is an international and interdisciplinary journal providing a forum for scholarly discussion of the aging process and issues of the aged throughout the world. The journal emphasizes discussions of research findings, theoretical issues, and applied approaches and provides a comparative orientation to the study of aging in cultural contexts The core of the journal comprises a broad range of articles dealing with global aging, written from the perspectives of history, anthropology, sociology, political science, psychology, population studies, health/biology, etc. We welcome articles that examine aging within a particular cultural context, compare aging and older adults across societies, and/or compare sub-cultural groupings or ethnic minorities within or across larger societies. Comparative analyses of topics relating to older adults, such as aging within socialist vs. capitalist systems or within societies with different social service delivery systems, also are appropriate for this journal. With societies becoming ever more multicultural and experiencing a `graying'' of their population on a hitherto unprecedented scale, the Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology stands at the forefront of one of the most pressing issues of our times.