TY - JOUR
T1 - Successful aging as a multidimensional concept
T2 - An integrative review
AU - Zanjari, Nasibeh
AU - Sani, Maryam Sharifian
AU - Chavoshi, Meimanat Hosseini
AU - Rafiey, Hassan
AU - Shahboulaghi, Farahnaz Mohammadi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Iran University of Medical Sciences.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Background: Successful aging as an umbrella term with a large amount of literature has emerged with a variety of meanings and dimensions in different studies. This article aims at determining what dimensions contribute to constructing the concept of successful aging. Methods: The method used in this study is an integrative review of published literature related to successful aging. This method includes both qualitative and quantitative studies. Data searching was conducted during November and December 2014 and was then updated in October 2015. First, 2543 articles were identified, and after the screening phase, 76 articles were eligible for inclusion in the integrative review. Results: The results specified 14 subcategories and 5 main categories of successful aging: social well-being, psychological wellbeing, physical health, spirituality and transcendence, and environment and economic security. Conclusion: The present study provides a thorough understanding of successful aging dimensions and proposes the importance of the multidimensional concept of successful aging at the individual, interpersonal, and environmental levels for future studies and policymaking on population aging.
AB - Background: Successful aging as an umbrella term with a large amount of literature has emerged with a variety of meanings and dimensions in different studies. This article aims at determining what dimensions contribute to constructing the concept of successful aging. Methods: The method used in this study is an integrative review of published literature related to successful aging. This method includes both qualitative and quantitative studies. Data searching was conducted during November and December 2014 and was then updated in October 2015. First, 2543 articles were identified, and after the screening phase, 76 articles were eligible for inclusion in the integrative review. Results: The results specified 14 subcategories and 5 main categories of successful aging: social well-being, psychological wellbeing, physical health, spirituality and transcendence, and environment and economic security. Conclusion: The present study provides a thorough understanding of successful aging dimensions and proposes the importance of the multidimensional concept of successful aging at the individual, interpersonal, and environmental levels for future studies and policymaking on population aging.
KW - Integrative review
KW - Multidimensional
KW - Successful aging
KW - Well-being
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U2 - 10.14196/MJIRI.31.100
DO - 10.14196/MJIRI.31.100
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85046401848
SN - 1016-1430
VL - 31
SP - 686
EP - 691
JO - Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran
JF - Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran
IS - 1
M1 - 100
ER -