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May 24, 2019 · Some studies report that those with a strong purpose in life engage in healthy behaviors 5 and have better health outcomes for sleep disturbances, 6 stroke incidence, 7 poststroke quality of life, 8 depression, 2 and diabetes. 9 The association between life purpose and overall mortality has also been explored previously, with Cohen and colleagues carrying out a meta-analysis of 9 prospective ...
- Aliya Alimujiang, Ashley Wiensch, Jonathan Boss, Nancy L. Fleischer, Alison M. Mondul, Karen McLean,...
- 2019
May 3, 2019 · Objective: To evaluate whether an association exists between life purpose and all-cause or cause-specific mortality among older adults in the United States. Design, setting, and participants: The Health and Retirement Study (HRS) is a national cohort study of US adults older than 50 years. Adults between the ages of 51 to 61 were enrolled in ...
- Aliya Alimujiang, Ashley Wiensch, Jonathan Boss, Nancy L. Fleischer, Alison M. Mondul, Karen McLean,...
- 2019
Overall, those with higher baseline purpose (versus lower) tended to have higher SES, better baseline physical health, and a lower prevalence of depression. Associations between purpose and 8-year mortality risk, stratified by SES, are shown in Figure 1 and Appendix Table 3. Overall, people with high (versus low) purpose consistently tended to ...
- Koichiro Shiba, Laura D. Kubzansky, David R. Williams, Tyler J. VanderWeele, Eric S. Kim
- 10.1016/j.amepre.2021.02.011
- 2021
- 2021/08
Feb 1, 2023 · This article showed a very interesting association of life purpose with all-cause mortality in older adults. The study analyzed a total of 6,985 individuals between 50-60 year. Hazard ratio, 2.43; 95% CI, 1.57-3.75, comparing those in the lowest life purpose category with those in the highest life purpose category.
- Maya Shetty
Dec 3, 2015 · Purpose in Life and Its Relationship to All-Cause Mortality and Cardiovascular Events. Psychosomatic Medicine , 2015; 1 DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000274 Cite This Page :
Aug 18, 2021 · Early randomized controlled trials, ranging from volunteering to group cognitive behavioral therapy, have explored whether a sense of purpose can potentially be altered, but further work is needed to continue documenting the effectiveness of these interventions. 4,16-19 Replication of the present findings is also needed to not only document the impact of purpose in life on multiple health ...
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Nov 15, 2022 · The results showed that people with the highest sense of purpose indicated the lowest risk of death (15.2 percent mortality risk), compared to people with the lowest sense of purpose (36.5 percent ...
