7 Waves – present
every 5 years: 1988; 1993; 1998; 2003; 2008; 2013; 2018
Baseline: 165 participants (113 women and 52 men)
80+
80+
Quantitative, face-to-face interviews
Longitudinal population based cohort with sequential design
General medical examination (conducted by doctor and psychologist): feelings of depression, satisfaction with life, trouble sleeping, irritability, nervousness, problems of the stomach and headache among other things
Health in the older population influence of coping strategies for higher wellbeing
To investigate the health in the older population and explore whether helping them cope with problems can make them feel better.
Medicine, Psychology
Lund University
lunduniversity.lu.se
Torbjörn Svensson
Björn Slaug
bjorn.slaug@med.lu.se
Stålbrand IS, Svensson T, Elmståhl S, Horstmann V, Hagberg B, Dehlin O, Samuelsson G. Subjective health and illness, coping and life satisfaction in an 80-year-old Swedish population-implications for mortality. Int J Behav Med. 2007;14(3):173-80