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[Application of the psychological aging scale for healthy people: A preliminary study based on empirical research]
Ziqiang He1, Hui Yao2, Yao Long3
1Department of Epidemiology; Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China.
Objective:
To explore the distribution of psychological aging in healthy population and its relationship with telomere length in peripheral blood leukocyte, and to provide reference for aging evaluation. Methods: Stratified random samples were obtained according to age and they were divided into 9 age groups. The age-related psychological information were collected from healthy people by using the self-made scale. Situation of psychological aging, correlation between age and telomere length and score of this scale were analyzed by statistical software. Results: A total of 2 100 questionnaires were distributed, and 2 060 of them were valid and has been recovered, with an efficiency of 98.10%. The ratio of male to female was 0.95:1; psychological aging score was in the range of 8.62-23.14; cognitive function score was in the range of 2.25-10.77; emotion score was in the range of 1.45-6.73; personality score was in the range of 0.96-4.22; motivation score was in the range of 1.50-7.18. The correlation coefficient of psychological aging scores with age was 0.721 (P<0.001). The average relative telomere length was 1.06±0.26, and relative telomere length in different age groups were significantly different (F=35.803, P<0.001). Telomere length was negatively correlated with age (r=-0.964, P<0.001) and psychological aging scores (r=-0.915, P=0.004). Conclusion: The empirical study of physiological aging scale in healthy population shows that the scores of physical aging are increased with age and that the telomere length is negatively correlated with aging scores, suggesting that the scale can provide reference for the comprehensive evaluation of aging.
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