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Jean Woo
Jean Woo
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital,
Shatin, N.T.
Hong Kong
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Cross Cultural Cohort Studies May Improve Understanding of Contributory Factors to Ageing Well
Author(s): Ruby Yu and Jean Woo* Ruby Yu and Jean Woo*
Objective: Comparative studies of ageing well using a biopsychosocial model among populations of disparate cultures and ethnicity could provide better understanding of factors contributing to ageing well. We compared characteristics of Hong Kong Chinese people born in 1921 with people born in the same year in Newcastle, UK, using available published data from the Newcastle Study. Results: Compared with the UK cohort, Hong Kong elderly had more informal social support, in that fewer people lived alone and the ratio of married to widowed persons was higher. There were fewer ex-smokers, lower prevalence of overweight and obesity, lower prevalence of all compared chronic diseases with the exception of dementia, fewer falls in the past 12 months, and more people reporting independence in all activities of daily living. However more Hong Kong people rated their health as fair only, and the .. View More»
DOI: 10.4172/2167-7182.1000300