What is healthy ageing? Definitions and Effective factors

The concept of healthy ageing has become important in daily life, academic world and ageing health policy making. Healthy ageing is a lifelong process of optimizing opportunities for improving and preserving physical, social and mental wellness, independence, and quality of life, as well as enhancing successful life-course transitions. Healthy ageing is beyond the presence or absence of disease, and is affected by a variety of factors. The purpose of this study was to review the physical, psychological, social aspects of healthy ageing.

In this review study conducted in 2020, the keyword of "healthy aging" was searched in "Google Scholar", "PubMed" and "Science Direct" from 2010 to 2020. Finally, 6 articles were reviewed in this study.

The results of the selected studies showed that physical activity, depression, loneliness, participation in leisure activities, perceived health status, ego-integrity, self-achievement, self-esteem, fair self-rated health, age, education, income, health behaviors, social participation, social support network, social support, self-efficacy and health-promoting behavior affected healthy ageing.

Healthy ageing is a multidimensional phenotype and does not merely capture the absence of clinical disease, but also incorporates freedom from physical disability, plus preserved cognitive, affective and social functioning and is affected by factors such as perceived health, ego-integrity, self-achievement and social support network.