THE EMOTIONAL SIDE OF FATIGABILITY: FINDINGS FROM THE BLSA

Emotional vitality, a high sense of personal mastery and happiness and low depressive symptomatology and anxiety, has been associated with lower risk of incident walking limitation as has fatigability. Whether emotional vitality is associated with fatigability is unknown. Among nearly 600 BLSA parti...

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Published in:	Innovation in aging Vol. 2; no. suppl_1; p. 200
Main Authors:	Simonsick, E M, Chiles Shaffer, N, Gmelin, T H, Schrack, J A, Glynn, N W
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	US Oxford University Press 11-11-2018
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Summary:	Emotional vitality, a high sense of personal mastery and happiness and low depressive symptomatology and anxiety, has been associated with lower risk of incident walking limitation as has fatigability. Whether emotional vitality is associated with fatigability is unknown. Among nearly 600 BLSA participants aged 60 years and older (47% men), 54% exhibited emotional vitality and had lower age- and sex-adjusted mean physical (12.2 v. 15.1; p<.0001) and mental (7.7 v. 10.1; p<.0001) fatigability even after adjustment for walking speed (12.3 v. 14.9; p<.0001 and 7.8 v. 9.9; p<.0001, respectively). Likewise, persons with emotional vitality were protected from higher physical and mental fatigability (OR=.46 95%CI(.32-.66) and .58(.38-.87), respectively). Over an average follow-up of 2.1 years, persons with emotional vitality, in adjusted analyses, had a lower increase in mental fatigability (p=.023) than those without emotional vitality. Findings suggest that modifying emotional health may favorably impact fatigability and possibly diminish its negative consequences.
ISSN:	2399-5300 2399-5300
DOI:	10.1093/geroni/igy023.735