| Title | The relationship of psychosocial factors to total mortality among older Japanese-American men: The Honolulu Heart Program |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2001 |
| Authors | Ceria, CD, Masaki, KH, Rodriguez, BL, Chen, R, Yano, K, Curb, J |
| Journal | Journal of the American Geriatrics SocietyJournal of the American Geriatrics Society |
| Volume | 49 |
| Pagination | 725-731 |
| Date Published | Jun |
| ISBN Number | 0002-8614<br/>1532-5415 |
| Accession Number | Peer Reviewed Journal: 2001-11259-003 |
| Keywords | *Asians, *Death and Dying, *Etiology, *Psychosocial Factors, *Social Support, Human Male Adulthood (18 yrs & older) Aged (65 yrs & older) Very Old (85 yrs & older), Mortality Rate, Psychological & Physical Disorders [3200], psychosocial factors, mortality, Asian-Americans, social networks, us |
| Abstract | Examined the predictive value of psychosocial factors as risk factors for all-cause mortality. 3,497 men age 71-93 were examined and followed prospectively for all-cause mortality for an average of 6 years. Psychosocial data were obtained using the Lubben Social Networks Scale (LSNS). The LSNS consists of 10 items-family relationships (3 items), relationships with friends (3 items), and interdependent social supports and living arrangements (4 items). A significant dose-response relationship was noted with LSNS score and total mortality: 33.8% in the first quartile died over the follow-up period, 23.4% in the second, 18% in the third, and 15.7% in the fourth. 6-yr age-adjusted mortality rates were 66.2 45.7, 37.8, and 33.7 per 1,000 person years in the first, second, third, and fourth, respectively. Findings suggest that social networks were significantly independently associated with 6-year all-cause mortality in this cohort of older Japanese-American men. Social interventions in old age may reduce early mortality. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved). |
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